II*Church · listed 1962St Peter's ChurchOn the list as Church of St PeterPhoto: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Peter · Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0C−History Grade
History of Heswall · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Heswall’s built-up area, 4.8 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 7.6% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Heswall grades C− for history: #16 of 25 in Merseyside.
Listed buildings
14
4.8 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.6%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Heswall in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Old WindmillGrade II listed
Oldfield FarmhouseGrade II listed
Lloyds BankGrade II listed
Irby HallGrade II listed
The CottageGrade 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 Heswall’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 20neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 27% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
14 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*11 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Heswall
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
11 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.
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 4.2% of Heswall
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Heswall Lower Village29 ha
No data available for publication by HE9 ha
Gayton5 ha
43 hain conservation areas, of 1,018 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 14 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 Heswall’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1962
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1962 · 9
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The first 9 entries were listed in 1962. Only 1 has 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Heswall grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (19 points, 7 per 10,000 residents)More than 32% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.6%)More than 17% 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
7.6% of Heswall’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.4%
Before 1900
3.3%
1900–18
8.4%
1919–29
18%
1930s
6.9%
1945–54
25%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
9.8%
1973–82
5.8%
1983–92
2.1%
1993–99
3.2%
2000–08
0.1%
2009–15
2.4%
2016–25
HeswallEngland & Wales
4.4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 25% 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 (27 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Heswall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heswall | 29,082 | 14 | 0 | C− |
| Greasby | 9,175 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Caldy | 1,227 | 9 | 0 | C+ |
| Birkenhead | 109,854 | 295 | 6 | A− |
| Neston | 14,963 | 66 | 0 | B |
| West Kirby | 13,383 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Bebington | 57,607 | 246 | 2 | B |
| Meols | 5,023 | 2 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Heswall in brief
Heswall has 14 listed buildings, including St Peter's Church. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.6% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1962, when 9 of the 14 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Septimus Francom (1882) and Leslie Burton (1882) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Heswall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Heswall?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Heswall’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Heswall?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Irby Hall moated site, Wirral.
How many conservation areas are there in Heswall?
3, covering about 43 hectares of the town. The largest are Heswall Lower Village and No data available for publication by HE.
When were Heswall’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 9, in 1962.
How old are the homes in Heswall?
7.6% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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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