Church · listed 1985The Abbey Church
Photo: Stephen Horncastle · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Ampleforth · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Ampleforth’s built-up area, 129 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Ampleforth, 15 are Grade II. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. Ampleforth grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
16
129 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Ampleforth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
16 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*15 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.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Ampleforth
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
15 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
1 conservation area covers 16% of Ampleforth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ampleforth 197720 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 128 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 16 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 Ampleforth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 14
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1955. 14 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Ampleforth 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 (18 points, 145 per 10,000 residents)More than 64% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 92% 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
37% of Ampleforth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
5.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
6.8%
1930s
5.5%
1945–54
4.2%
1955–64
9.6%
1965–72
8.1%
1973–82
9.6%
1983–92
5.5%
1993–99
4.2%
2000–08
2.6%
2009–15
5.5%
2016–25
AmpleforthEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 9.6% 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 (18 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Ampleforth has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,918 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Ampleforth1
#740 of 1,918for listed buildings per resident (129 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ampleforth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| Helmsley | 1,345 | 56 | 0 | A |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 46 | 0 | B |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Kirkbymoorside | 2,763 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Thirsk | 5,891 | 57 | 1 | A− |
| Sowerby | 4,727 | 24 | 0 | B |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 7 | 0 | D |
In brief
Ampleforth in brief
Old houses are part of Ampleforth’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 88 of the 1,918 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 14 of 16. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Ampleforth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ampleforth?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Ampleforth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ampleforth?
One: The Abbey Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Ampleforth?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Ampleforth.
When were Ampleforth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 14, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Ampleforth?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% 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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