First Presbyterian Church · Photo: Alf Beard · CC BY-SA 2.033 listed buildings
HED counts them inside Killyleagh’s settlement, 118 for every 10,000 residents. Killyleagh’s listed buildings are all Grade B. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Landmarks of Killyleagh
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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.
Where Killyleagh’s history is
Every Grade A and B+ building, monument and historic park.
The Department for Communities lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in Northern Ireland in three main grades: Grade A for buildings of the greatest importance (about 2.4% of listed buildings), Grade B+ for buildings of particular quality or interest (about 7.4%), and Grade B, with B1 and B2, for buildings of special interest (about 90%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the Department for Communities’ Historic Buildings Record whose point lies inside NISRA’s settlement development limit (2015). One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.
Plantation St. 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.
Of the 33 entries, 22 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
Most of Killyleagh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
23 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories.
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.
33 Grade B 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 33 Grade B listed buildings, A to Z
5 notable people born in Killyleagh before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Killyleagh → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Killyleagh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killyleagh | 2,787 | 33 | 0 | — |
| Downpatrick | 11,545 | 78 | 3 | — |
| Saintfield | 3,588 | 45 | 0 | — |
| Ballygowan | 3,138 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Ballynahinch | 6,164 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Comber | 9,529 | 30 | 0 | — |
Killyleagh in brief
The official list counts 33 listed buildings in Killyleagh, including First Presbyterian Church. Of the whole list, 70% are houses, terraces and villas. Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas L. Young (1832) and Robert Lowry (1824) are among the 5 people born here before 1900.
Questions about Killyleagh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Killyleagh?
The Historic Environment Division lists 33 buildings inside Killyleagh’s settlement: 0 Grade A, 0 Grade B+ and 33 Grade B.
Which street in Killyleagh has the most listed buildings?
Plantation St. (9), Catherine St. (7) and Killyleagh (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Who was born in Killyleagh?
Among people born before 1900: Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas L. Young (1832), Robert Lowry (1824), David Hannah (1867) and Wallace Sproule (1891).
Killyleagh has no History Grade.
Listed buildings, scheduled monument areas and historic parks, gardens and demesnes: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, via Open Data NI (Open Government Licence v3.0). Check an entry with the Historic Environment Division before relying on it.
Sources: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division: Historic Buildings Record (listed grades A, B+, B1, B2, B), scheduled monument areas and the register of historic parks, gardens and demesnes, October 2026, via Open Data NI, inside NISRA’s settlement development limit. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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