IChurch · listed 1966Church of St AndrewPhoto: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Denton · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Denton’s built-up area, 1,011 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
28
1,011 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Denton
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 Denton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Denton
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Denton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Agent's HousePhoto: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1979Garden Gateway to Agents House
What’s protected
Most of Denton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
20 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Base of Churchyard Cross, South of Church of St AndrewChurchyard Wall and Gate Piers, East of Church of St AndrewEstate CottageEstate CottageEstate CottageEstate Cottage (Church Trees)Estate Cottage (Pear Tree Cottage)Estate CottagesEstate CottagesEstate CottagesEstate CottagesEstate Cottages (Entrance lodges to Denton Park)Estate HouseEstate HousesGateway and Gate, West Side of Churchyard, In Denton ParkGlebe FarmhouseIncluding Post OfficeLeys HouseNetherhall FarmhouseOld RectoryPigeoncote and Barn at Agent's HouseStone Cross in Garden Immediately North West of the LeysThe LaurelsThe Welby Arms89 and 90, Main Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 57% of Denton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Denton 198014 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 28 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
More than half of Denton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1979
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1979 · 181987 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 18 came in 1979, 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Homes by age
34% of Denton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
0.9%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
0.9%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
22%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
2.7%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
5.3%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
2.7%
2016–25
DentonEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 22% 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 (19 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Denton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 277 | 28 | 1 | — |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 28 | 1 | B |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 203 | 7 | B+ |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 18 | 1 | B− |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 29 | 1 | B+ |
| Waltham on the Wolds | 1,034 | 24 | 1 | A |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 19 | 1 | A− |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 24 | 1 | B |
In brief
Denton in brief
Old houses are part of Denton’s character: 34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1980.
Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1979: 18 of 28. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Nina Welby-Gregory (1867) and Alfred Welby (1849) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Denton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Denton?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Denton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Denton?
One: Church of St Andrew.
Are there scheduled monuments in Denton?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross, St Andrew's churchyard and Denton village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Denton?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Denton.
When were Denton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 18, in 1979.
How old are the homes in Denton?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Denton 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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