II*Church · listed 1967St Cuthbert's ChurchOn the list as Church of St. CuthbertPhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Over Kellet · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Over Kellet’s built-up area, 412 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 24 of Over Kellet’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
25
412 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
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Over Kellet
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 Over Kellet’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*24 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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Over Kellet
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Over Kellet’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories1
16 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to the West of Old Hall Farmhouse, On North-East Corner of Village GreenBeech HouseBrookside and Brookside CottageCragg HouseCroft HouseEagle's HeadGates and Gate Piers to Hall GarthGreen MeadowGreenbank FarmhouseHall FarmhouseHall GarthHogarth Cottage and Adjoining BarnHogarth HouseKirkhouseLamond CottageOld Hall Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to the LeftOld Hall and Nos 1 and 2 Old Hall CottagesPair of Gatepiers and Garden Wall in Front of Hogarth HouseShenstone House and Associated Stable, Pig Sty and Cart ShedThe GablesWall from the Southern Corner of Hogarth Cottage Extending As Far As GatewayWell HouseWilson House, Adjoining the Rear Wing of Hogarth HouseYew Tree Farmhouse
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 28% of Over Kellet
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Over Kellet 197310 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 25 listed buildings stand in one.
Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
How the list grew
12 of Over Kellet’s 25 listed buildings were added in 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 121983 · 12
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 12 entries were listed in 1967. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
26% of Over Kellet’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
1.7%
1930s
7.3%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
3.8%
1993–99
6.6%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
Over KelletEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% of today’s homes.
Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Over Kellet
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over Kellet | 607 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Carnforth | 5,852 | 16 | 0 | B |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 22 | 2 | A− |
| Halton | 2,652 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 6,728 | 47 | 0 | B |
| Caton | 2,552 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 25 | 1 | A− |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 15 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Over Kellet in brief
Old houses are part of Over Kellet’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 25 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Over Kellet’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Over Kellet?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Over Kellet’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Over Kellet?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Over Kellet.
When were Over Kellet’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 12, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Over Kellet?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Over Kellet has no History Grade.
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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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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