Rishton War Memorial · Photo: Steve Houldsworth · CC BY-SA 2.0Rishton: 53% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Rishton has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 1 building inside Rishton’s built-up area, 1.5 for every 10,000 residents. Rishton grades C for history: #44 of 65 in Lancashire.
Where Rishton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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).
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Rishton grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
53% of Rishton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 11% 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 (20 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
3 notable people born in Rishton before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Rishton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Rishton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishton | 6,653 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Great Harwood | 11,022 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7,969 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Church | 5,030 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Oswaldtwistle | 10,810 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Langho | 1,723 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Huncoat | 1,258 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
Rishton in brief
More of Rishton’s homes are old than in most places: 53% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 1 listed building, including Rishton War Memorial. George Tomlinson (1890), Jack Wolstenholme (1851) and Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897) were all born here before 1900. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 6% of UK towns. The rest is about typical: its only entry went on the list in 2021.
Questions about Rishton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rishton?
Historic England lists 1 building inside Rishton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
Who was born in Rishton?
Among people born before 1900: George Tomlinson (1890), Jack Wolstenholme (1851) and Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897).
How old are the homes in Rishton?
53% of homes were built before 1919 and 58% 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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