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Linacre Methodist MissionLinacre Methodist Mission · Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0
C−History Grade
History of Litherland · Historic England

4 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside Litherland’s built-up area, 2.1 for every 10,000 residents. Litherland’s listed buildings are all Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Litherland grades C− for history: #19 of 25 in Merseyside.

Listed buildings
4
2.1 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Litherland

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 Litherland’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 14neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 85% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

4 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*4 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

4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade

Litherland 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 (4 points, 2 per 10,000 residents)More than 12% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 52% 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.

Born here

3 notable people born in Litherland before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

Robert Depledge
Archibald Spooner
Teddy Lightfoot
18501875190019251950
RD
Robert Depledge1882–1930 · English footballer
AS
Archibald Spooner1886–1965 · English cricketer (1886-1965)
TL
Teddy Lightfoot1889–1918 · English footballer (1889-1918)

Everyone born in Litherland → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Litherland

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Litherland18,75240C−
Bootle53,722251B−
Crosby50,2181090A−
Aintree6,21250D
Maghull20,36790D
Hightown2,01820C−
Lydiate6,51640D
Kirkby45,559240D
In brief

Litherland in brief

Litherland has 4 listed buildings, including Linacre Methodist Mission. Robert Depledge (1882), Archibald Spooner (1886) and Teddy Lightfoot (1889) were all born here before 1900. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 12% of UK towns. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1982 and 1986; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Litherland’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Litherland?

Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Litherland’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.

Who was born in Litherland?

Among people born before 1900: Robert Depledge (1882), Archibald Spooner (1886) and Teddy Lightfoot (1889).

How old are the homes in Litherland?

17% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.