IPublic · listed 1953Great Barn Circa 100 Metres West of Gawthorpe HallPhoto: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Barn Circa 100 Metres West of Gawthorpe Hall · Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Padiham · Historic England
Old homes in Padiham: 51% built before 1919
For Padiham, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Padiham’s built-up area, 31 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Padiham grades A− for history: #8 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
31
31 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Padiham in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Stockbridge HouseGrade II* listed
Church of St LeonardGrade II listed
Town HallGrade II listed
National Westminster BankGrade II listed
1 and 3 Moor LaneGrade II listed+2See all photosPhotos 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 Padiham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 87% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
31 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*28 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 I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Padiham
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Public · listed 1953Gawthorpe HallOn the list as Gawthorpe Hall and Surrounding Balustrade
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Padiham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1953Stockbridge HousePhoto: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Padiham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Public & civic buildings5
Street furniture3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges1
18 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arbory LodgeBarclays BankBarn and Lean to Stable Approximately 15 Metres to North of Craggs FarmhouseBoundary Stone at North End of Copse on Playing Field at Sd 805 343Boundary Stone at Sd 8046 3337Boundary Stone on Playing Field at Sd 806 344Cellar RestaurantChurch of St LeonardCraggs FarmhouseEstate Offices Etc, On South Side of Courtyard, Circa 20 Metres South of Great BarnFormer Coach House Attached to East Side of Great Barn at Gawthorpe HallGame Larder Circa 30 Metres West of Gawthorpe Hall on North Side of Path to Great BarnGate Piers and Gates at Nazareth Unitarian ChurchGatepiers at Stockbridge LodgeGreen Farm Cottage Green Farm HouseIsles HouseNational Westminster BankNazareth Unitarian ChurchStockbridge LodgeTown HallTrevelyan Guest House1 and 3 Moor Lane1-21, Gawthorpe Street2 Factory Lane2, Bank Street2-6, Gawthorpe Street22-26, Bank Street29, Mill Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5% of Padiham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Padiham 197514 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 272 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 31 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
15 of Padiham’s 31 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1953, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 15 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 registered park or garden
Gawthorpe HallGrade II
History Grade
Padiham grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (37 points, 37 per 10,000 residents)More than 57% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (51%)More than 98% 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.
Homes by age
51% of Padiham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
49%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
3.1%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
4.9%
1945–54
9%
1955–64
5.5%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
2.5%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
0.8%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
PadihamEngland & Wales
49% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 9% 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 (56 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
14 notable people born in Padiham before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Robert Whitaker
William Thompson
John Stephenson
Wilson Greenwood
Harry Davy
Thomas Jackson
General Stevenson
Jack Dewhurst
Billy Bradshaw
Ernest Bradshaw
Martin Dunne
Herbert Bradley
Alfred Thompson
Bill Blackadder
18501875190019251950
BB
Billy Bradshaw1884–1955 · English footballer and manager (1884-1955)
John Stephenson1871–1933 · British zoologist (1871-1933)
WG
Wilson Greenwood1871–1943 · English footballer (1871-1943)
BB
Bill Blackadder1899–1977 · English footballer (1899-1977)
HD
Harry Davy1872– · Footballer (1872-?)
EB
Ernest Bradshaw1887– · English footballer (1887-?)
MD
Martin Dunne1887–1955 · English footballer (1887-1955)
GS
General Stevenson1877–1945 · English footballer (1877-1945)
Everyone born in Padiham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Padiham has the 47th most Grade I buildings of 671 towns its size
Places of 6,000–16,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Padiham2
#288 of 671for listed buildings per resident (31 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
46 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Padiham
In brief
Padiham in brief
Old houses are part of Padiham’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 31 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Great Barn Circa 100 Metres West of Gawthorpe Hall. Only 46 of the 671 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975.
Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. Billy Bradshaw (1884), John Stephenson (1871) and Wilson Greenwood (1871) are among the 14 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Padiham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Padiham?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Padiham’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Padiham?
2, including Gawthorpe Hall and Surrounding Balustrade and Great Barn Circa 100 Metres West of Gawthorpe Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Padiham?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Padiham.
When were Padiham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 15, in 1985.
Who was born in Padiham?
Among people born before 1900: Billy Bradshaw (1884), John Stephenson (1871), Wilson Greenwood (1871), Bill Blackadder (1899) and Harry Davy (1872).
How old are the homes in Padiham?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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