II*Church · listed 1966Church of St MichaelPhoto: Peter Hodge · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Margaret Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0C−History Grade
History of Longton · Historic England
9 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Longton’s built-up area, 8.2 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Longton, 8 are Grade II. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Longton grades C− for history: #50 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
9
8.2 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Longton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Longton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 9neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
9 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*8 Grade II
Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Longton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
8 Grade II listed buildings
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Longton grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (10 points, 9 per 10,000 residents)More than 26% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 42% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Longton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longton | 10,912 | 9 | 0 | C− |
| Hutton | 2,140 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 12 | 0 | D |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 8,756 | 15 | 0 | C |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Freckleton | 4,478 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Longton in brief
Longton has 9 listed buildings, including Church of St Michael. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1966 and 2003.
Questions about Longton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Longton?
Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Longton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
How old are the homes in Longton?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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