IWalls & gates · listed 1966Cawood CastleOn the list as Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side of GatehousePhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Cawood · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cawood’s built-up area, 193 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. Cawood grades A for history.
Listed buildings
29
193 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cawood
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side of GatehouseGrade I listed
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
The GrangeGrade II* listed
Yew Tree House and Yew Tree CottageGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Cawood’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I2 Grade II*24 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Cawood
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1966All Saints' ChurchOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: Roger Gilbertson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1966Cawood Castle GatehouseOn the list as GatehousePhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Cawood
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1966The GrangePhoto: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1966Yew Tree House and Yew Tree CottagePhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Cawood’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Street furniture1
17 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 3 Grade I buildings.
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.
Grade II
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Compton Court HotelDon JuanGoole Bank Farm Barn Approximately 8 Metres North East of Goole Bank FarmhouseGoole Bank FarmhouseK6 Telephone Kiosk to the East of Number 2Mill BankMill HouseMill HouseMill Race CraftsOuse View and Rose DenePigeoncote to the GrangeRose CottageStation FarmhouseThe LaurelsThe Moorings18, High Street2, Market Place2, Thorpe Lane22 and 24, Church End3, Market Place5, Wistow Gate6, High Street62-72, Church End8, Market Place
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 40% of Cawood
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cawood 197627 ha
27 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 29 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 Cawood’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 151984 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 15 entries were listed in 1966, 3 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Cawood 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 (41 points, 273 per 10,000 residents)More than 80% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 77% 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
26% of Cawood’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
2.8%
1930s
7.5%
1945–54
4.1%
1955–64
5.7%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
16%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
5.2%
2009–15
2.9%
2016–25
CawoodEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 16% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Cawood has the 15th most Grade I buildings of 1,752 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cawood3
#383 of 1,752for listed buildings per resident (193 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
14 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cawood
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cawood | 1,501 | 29 | 3 | A |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 11 | 1 | B |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 6 | 1 | B |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Barlby | 3,499 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Selby | 19,480 | 124 | 2 | A− |
| Hambleton | 1,722 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Cawood in brief
Old houses are part of Cawood’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 29 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 80% of UK towns. Cawood Castle sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m.
Only 14 of the 1,752 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 59% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: George Montaigne (1569) and Henry Monson (1793) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Cawood’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cawood?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Cawood’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cawood?
3, including Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side of Gatehouse, Church of All Saints and Gatehouse.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cawood?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit and Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system.
How many conservation areas are there in Cawood?
1, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest is Cawood.
When were Cawood’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 15, in 1966.
How old are the homes in Cawood?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% 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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