Photo: Galatas · CC BY-SA 2.02 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Barnston’s built-up area, 30 for every 10,000 residents. Barnston’s listed buildings are all Grade II. 11% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Barnston’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
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.
2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 13% of Barnston
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
2 of the 2 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Barnston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnston | 661 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Heswall | 29,082 | 14 | 0 | C− |
| Birkenhead | 109,854 | 295 | 6 | A− |
| Greasby | 9,175 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Bebington | 57,607 | 246 | 2 | B |
| Caldy | 1,227 | 9 | 0 | C+ |
| Neston | 14,963 | 66 | 0 | B |
| West Kirby | 13,383 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
Barnston in brief
The official list counts 2 listed buildings in Barnston. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, the list grew between 1986 and 1988; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Barnston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barnston?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Barnston’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Barnston?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Barnston Village.
How old are the homes in Barnston?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Barnston has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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