IPublic · listed 1950Museum of the HomeOn the list as The Geffrye MuseumPhoto: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Geffrye Museum · Photo: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Hackney · Historic England
543 listed buildings, 8 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hackney’s built-up area, 21 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 41 of its listed buildings. Hackney grades A− for history: #8 of 33 in London.
Listed buildings
543
21 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
8
exceptional interest
Grade II*
30
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
4 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Hackney in 46 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Old Tower of Former Church of St AugustineGrade I listed
Victoria ParkGrade II* park or garden
Bishop Wood's AlmshousesGrade II listed
The Amhurst Arms Public HouseGrade II listed
Hackney Baptist Chapel, And Sunday SchoolGrade II listed+41See 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 Hackney’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Museum of the Home
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
4 of 8Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Museum of the Home, a five-minute walk. So do 27 of the 543 listed buildings.
55 of 150neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 94% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
543 listed buildings by grade
8 Grade I30 Grade II*505 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 8 Grade I listed buildings in Hackney
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 4 of these stand within 400 m of Museum of the Home. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1951St Augustine's TowerOn the list as Old Tower of Former Church of St AugustinePhoto: Emmabellechan · CC BY-SA 4.0
IChurch · listed 1950St Chad's Church, HaggerstonOn the list as Church of St ChadPhoto: Julian Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1950Church of St ColumbaPhoto: Tarquin Binary · CC BY-SA 2.5
IChurch · listed 1950St Leonard's Church, ShoreditchOn the list as Church of St LeonardPhoto: Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1953St Matthias ChurchOn the list as Church of St MatthiasPhoto: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1950St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry · CC BY-SA 3.0
IChurch · listed 1975St Columba's Vicarage, With Link to ChurchPhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 30 Grade II* listed buildings in Hackney
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1953St Mary, Stoke NewingtonOn the list as (New) Church of St Mary Church of St MaryPhoto: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1987Ancillary Building to North of Engine House of Metropolitan Water BoardPhoto: Peyoman · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1988Church of St AndrewPhoto: The National Churches Trust · CC BY 2.0
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St BarnabasPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St John-at-HackneyOn the list as Church of St JohnPhoto: Kbthompson · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St John of JerusalemPhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1950St John the Baptist, HoxtonOn the list as Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1975Church of St MarkPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1951St Mary of EtonOn the list as Church of St Mary of Eton with St AugustinePhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1975Clergy House to West of Church of St MichaelPhoto: Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1972Engine House of Metropolitan Water BoardPhoto: Jonty Wareing · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1975Former French Protestant Hospital (later Cardinal Pole School)Photo: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
Show the other 18
II*Public · listed 1972Hoxton HallPhoto: Kbthompson · CC BY 2.5
II*Public · listed 1975Niche in North West Corner of Forecourt of Geffrye MuseumPhoto: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1953Old Church of St MaryPhoto: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Pond HousePhoto: Fin Fahey from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1953Refreshment Rooms, Clissold ParkOn the list as Refreshment RoomsPhoto: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1975Sisters' House and School to North of Church of St ColumbaPhoto: Hjamesberglen · CC0
II*House · listed 1975St Chad's VicaragePhoto: Alberich76 · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1975St Michael's Church SchoolPhoto: Jwslubbock · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1951Sutton HousePhoto: Julian Mason from London, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*House · listed 1972Hackney EmpireOn the list as The Hackney EmpirePhoto: Tarquin Binary · Public domain
II*House · listed 1951The New Lansdowne ClubPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1969The former Ark of the CovenantPhoto: Fin Fahey · CC BY-SA 2.5
II*Church · listed 1974United Reformed ChurchPhoto: Ewan Munro from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 195016, Charles Square N1Photo: Richard Nevell · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1953187, 189, 191, High Street N16Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195381 and 83, Stoke Newington Church Street N16Photo: Izzy123roxy · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 195385 and 87, Stoke Newington Church Street N16Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195091-101, Worship Street EC2Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets
Stoke Newington Church Street N16 has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Stoke Newington Church Street N1619 listed · 2 II*
Albion Square E811 listed
Albion Road N1610 listed
Dalston Lane E810 listed
Clapton Square E59 listed
Northchurch Road N19 listed
Queensbridge Road E29 listed
Kingsland Road E28 listed
Lower Clapton Road E57 listed
Mare Street E86 listed
Clapton Terrace5 listed
Forest Road E85 listed
Of the 543 entries, 254 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Hackney’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas327
Public & civic buildings62
Churches, chapels & priories46
Walls, gates & bridges44
Memorials, crosses & tombs25
Street furniture22
Inns, shops & warehouses17
327 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 46 are churches, chapels and priories, including 7 of the 8 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
505 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.
The first 150 of 505 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Academy Fitness CentreAir Raid Precaution CentreArchway Leading to St Thomas's Recreation GroundBeaufort Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard GardensBilney LodgeBishop Wood's AlmshousesBlocks A and B and façade of Relief Office at St Leonard's HospitalBridge over Grand Union CanalBridge over New RiverCaretaker's LodgeCattle TroughChalmar HouseChurch of All SaintsChurch of St Anne with St ColumbaChurch of St BarnabasChurch of St James the GreatChurch of St LukeChurch of St Michael and All AngelsChurch of St Michael and All AngelsChurch of St MonicaChurch of St OlaveChurch of St PeterChurch of St ThomasChurch of the Most Holy Trinity with St MaryCircle HouseClapton LibraryClapton Park Lower SchoolCleeve HouseCleeve Workshops, Rear of Cleeve House, Boundary Street EstateColvestone Primary SchoolCourt House and Police StationCrosswaysDarnley HouseDaubeny Infants' SchoolDaubeny Junior SchoolDrinking FountainDrinking FountainElizabeth HouseEntrance lodges, gates and railings to Abney Park CemeteryEton HouseEvangelical ChurchF Cooke's Eel, Pie and Mash ShopF Cooke's Eel, Pie and Mash Shop, Broadway MarketFolly Tower in Back Garden of Number 130Forecourt Railings to Church of St Columba and VicarageForecourt Railings to Colvestone Primary SchoolForecourt Railings to Daubeny Junior SchoolForecourt Railings to Number 126Forecourt Railings to Number 200Forecourt Railings to Numbers 108 to 116 (Even)Forecourt Railings to Numbers 18 and 20Forecourt Railings to St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolForecourt Wall and Gates to Old Bishopsgate Goods StationForecourt Wall and Railings to South Hackney Upper SchoolForecourt Wall and Railings to Unitarian ChapelForecourt Wall to Church and Rectory of St MaryForecourt Wall to Church and Vicarage of St BarnabasForecourt Wall to Number 25Forecourt Wall to Number 57Forecourt Wall to Numbers 2 to 32Forecourt Wall to Numbers 34 to 56Forecourt Wall to West Hackney HouseForecourt Wall, Gates and Railings to Church of the Good ShepherdForecourt Wall, Gates and Railings to Geffrye MuseumForecourt Wall, Gates and Railings to Number 191Forecourt Wall, Railings and Gates to Number 187 and Wall to SouthForecourt Walls Railings and Gates to Numbers 31 to 41 (Odd)Forecourt Walls and Railings to Number 10Forecourt Walls to Number 91Former Church of St PaulFour posts between Falkirk Street and Shenfield StreetFront Wall and Piers to London College of FurnitureGainsborough School Including Caretaker's House, Outdoor Wcs and Covered Play Areas, Handicraft Block and Special SchoolGarden Wall and Railings to Numbers 147 and 149 and Gate to Number 147Gas House to West of ReservoirGate and Piers to Sutton HouseGate and Railings on North Side of Newington GreenGates and Forecourt Walls to Congress HallGayhurst Primary SchoolGrove Cottage Grove HouseGunpost at North Corner of French Place, By RailwayHackney Baptist Chapel, And Sunday SchoolHackney Borough Disinfecting StationHackney Free and Parochial SchoolHackney Town HallHackney Town Hall Civic Garden Walls and Lamp Piers, To Western ElevationHaggerston All Saints War MemorialHaggerston BathsHaggerston Branch LibraryHaggerston Bridge Regents CanalHaggerston Girls' SchoolHamburg Lutheran ChurchHampden ChapelHoly TrinityHomerton War MemorialHope CottagesHorse and cattle drinking troughHunter Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard GardensIvy House SluiceJohn Scott Health Centre at Woodberry DownK2 Telephone KioskK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Adult Education InstituteK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Cotswold HouseK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 149K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 162K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 281, Green LanesK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 93K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Police Station near Junction with Lower Clapton RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside St Leonard's HospitalK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Amhurst ParkK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Downham RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Hackney RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Northchurch RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Upper Clapton RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk near Junction with Victoria Park RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk on Corner of Junction with Lower Clapton RoadK6 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Geffrye MuseumK6 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Geffrye MuseumK6 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Sutton Place, Junction Homerton High StreetLampholders and Arch Outside Number 55 (The Sturt Arms)Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery, the lodge, gates and piers facing Lauriston Road and portion of the walling to the south of the graveyardLeft Forecourt Wall to Number 162Loddiges Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard GardensLodge to West Entrance of German HospitalLondon College of FurnitureMaberly Chapel and Attached School BuildingMain Block and Attached Extension to East at the German HospitalMarlow HouseMission Hall to North of Church of St Mary of EtonMonger HouseMonument to Agnes Forsyth in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Andrew Holmes Reed in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Dr Nathaniel Rogers in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Frank Bostock in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to General William and Catherine Booth in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Henry Richard in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Isaac Watts in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to James Braidwood in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Joanna Vassa in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to John Jay in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to John Swan in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to Samuel Robinson in Abney Park CemeteryMonument to William Tyler in Abney Park CemeteryMortuary Chapel of Abney Park CemeteryNational Westminster BankNew Synagogue and Attached SchoolNorth London Railwaymen War MemorialNorth Wing of Convent of Sacred HeartNumber 200 (Including Number 202)Number 243 (Including Number 241)
Conservation areas
37 conservation areas cover 30% of Hackney
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Graham Road and Mapledene 199756 ha
Northwold and Cazenove 201054 ha
Victoria Park 197748 ha
De Beauvoir 197141 ha
Stoke Newington Resvrs, Filter Beds and New River 198635 ha
Kingsland30 ha
South Shoreditch 199127 ha
Regent's Canal 200724 ha
Stoke Newington 198323 ha
Clapton Square 196920 ha
Brownswood 202018 ha
Mare Street 200017 ha
St Mark's13 ha
Hackney Road 200912 ha
Clissold Park 196910 ha
Dalston 201610 ha
Lordship Park 20046 ha
Clapton Common 19696 ha
No data available for publication by HE6 ha
Pitfield Street 20215 ha
Albion Square 19754 ha
Dalston Lane (West) 20054 ha
Broadway Market 19954 ha
Town Hall Square 19954 ha
Clapton Pond 19714 ha
508 hain conservation areas, of 1,684 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Clapton Square, Clissold Park and Clapton Common, were designated in 1969; the newest, Beck Road, in 2021. 420 of the 543 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 Hackney’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 318
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 14 entries were listed in 1950, 5 of the 8 Grade I buildings among them. 318 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 18 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.
4 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Hackney 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 (598 points, 23 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (35%)More than 90% 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
35% of Hackney’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
5.6%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
6.3%
1930s
8.3%
1945–54
8.2%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
3%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
7.5%
2000–08
8.4%
2009–15
7.5%
2016–25
HackneyEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2009–15, which added 8.4% 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 (1,380 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
188 notable people born in Hackney before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Edmond Halley
John Howard
James Parkinson
John Adams
George Loddiges
Baden Powell
Frederick Catherwood
Grace Aguilar
Charles Bradlaugh
Edward Aveling
Henry Head
Ernest Arthur Gardner
James Richardson Spensley
Ernest Webb
Johnny Douglas
John Condon
Harold Franks
Jessie Kite
Lupino Lane
Harold Annison
1650170017501800185019001950
Edmond Halley1656–1742 · English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and ph…
JP
James Parkinson1755–1824 · English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political…
Charles Bradlaugh1833–1891 · British freethinker and politician (1833–1891)
Grace Aguilar1816–1847 · English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion
John Adams1767–1829 · British seaman and mutineer, last survivor of the Bounty mutineers (1…
Johnny Douglas1882–1930 · Cricket player of England (1882-1930)
Frederick Catherwood1799–1854 · British Mesoamericanist, explorer, artist, architect, and photographe…
Edward Aveling1849–1898 · British biologist (1849-1898)
Everyone born in Hackney → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hackney
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 258,464 | 543 | 8 | A− |
| Islington | 216,309 | 1,024 | 12 | A |
| City of London | 7,820 | 587 | 83 | A+ |
| Tower Hamlets | 311,072 | 923 | 21 | B |
| Haringey | 264,069 | 306 | 6 | A− |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 113 | 0 | B+ |
| Camden | 209,342 | 1,889 | 58 | A+ |
| Newham | 351,065 | 117 | 4 | B+ |
In brief
Hackney in brief
More of Hackney’s homes are old than in most places: 35% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 543 listed buildings, 8 of them Grade I. Museum of the Home sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m. Its older streets lie in 37 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969.
Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. Edmond Halley (1656), James Parkinson (1755) and Charles Bradlaugh (1833) are among the 188 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1975: 318 of 543. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Hackney’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hackney?
Historic England lists 543 buildings inside Hackney’s built-up area: 8 Grade I, 30 Grade II* and 505 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hackney?
8, including Church of St Chad, Church of St Columba, Church of St Leonard, Church of St Matthias, Church of St Michael and Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine.
Which street in Hackney has the most listed buildings?
Stoke Newington Church Street N16 (19), Albion Square E8 (11) and Albion Road N16 (10) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Hackney?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including The Curtain Playhouse and The Theatre Playhouse.
How many conservation areas are there in Hackney?
37, covering about 508 hectares of the town. The largest are Graham Road and Mapledene and Northwold and Cazenove.
When were Hackney’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 318, in 1975.
Who was born in Hackney?
Among people born before 1900: Edmond Halley (1656), James Parkinson (1755), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), Grace Aguilar (1816) and John Adams (1767).
How old are the homes in Hackney?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% 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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