II*Church · listed 1966Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Round House · Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Barrow upon Soar · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Barrow upon Soar’s built-up area, 35 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Barrow upon Soar, 23 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Barrow upon Soar grades B− for history: #15 of 50 in Leicestershire.
Listed buildings
24
35 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
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Barrow upon Soar in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of the Holy TrinityGrade II* listed
22-24, Beveridge StreetGrade II listed
Chippindall HouseGrade II listed
13-21, Church StreetGrade II listed
1, Melton RoadGrade II listed+1See 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 Barrow upon Soar’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 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 29% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*23 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 Barrow upon Soar
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 Barrow upon Soar’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Walls, gates & bridges4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories1
15 entries (63%) 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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barrow upon Soar War MemorialChippindall HouseChurchyard, Memorial to John Storer Beaumont Et Al, Circa 10 Yards South East of South PorchCliffe HouseHumphrey Babington HouseHumphrey Perkins SchoolNumber 47 with Garden Wall and Attached Gazedo to RearStrancliffe HallThe Old Vicarage and Boundary WallThe Round HouseTheophilus Cave's Almshouses, Including Boundary Wall and GateWall, Gate Piers and Gates to Numbers 24-321, Melton Road13-21, Church Street2, Melton Road22-24, Beveridge Street23-29, Church Street3-11, Church Street35-37, Beveridge Street49 and 49A, Beveridge Street4A, Beveridge Street51, Beveridge Street7 and 9, South Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Barrow upon Soar
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Barrow upon Soar21 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 206 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 24 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
7 of Barrow upon Soar’s 24 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 71966 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1966. 7 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Barrow upon Soar grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (25 points, 37 per 10,000 residents)More than 52% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 43% 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 Barrow upon Soar
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow upon Soar | 6,823 | 24 | 0 | B− |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Sileby | 8,954 | 10 | 0 | C− |
| Burton on the Wolds | 1,260 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 60 | 0 | B |
| Loughborough | 64,850 | 73 | 1 | B− |
| Woodhouse Eaves | 1,618 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
| Wymeswold | 1,364 | 42 | 1 | A |
In brief
Barrow upon Soar in brief
Barrow upon Soar has 24 listed buildings, including Church of the Holy Trinity. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and William Beveridge (1637) and Franklin Gimson (1890) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Barrow upon Soar’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barrow upon Soar?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Barrow upon Soar’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Barrow upon Soar?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Barrow upon Soar.
When were Barrow upon Soar’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 7, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Barrow upon Soar?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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