IChurch · listed 1950Church of St OswaldPhoto: Dave Pickersgill · CC BY-SA 2.0
Railway Station · Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Filey · Historic England
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Filey’s built-up area, 39 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Filey, 24 are Grade II. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. Filey grades B+ for history: #19 of 54 in North Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
26
39 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Filey in 10 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St OswaldGrade I listed
The Foords HotelGrade II listed
War Memorial ArchwayGrade II listed
Roman Catholic Church of St MaryGrade II listed
15-21, The CrescentGrade II listed+5See 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.
Through time
Filey from 1896 to 1920
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1896
1900
1920
c. 1920Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Filey’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 67% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
26 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 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. 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Filey
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Filey
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1985Filey railway stationOn the list as Railway StationPhoto: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Filey’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Churches, chapels & priories5
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
13 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
Church Cliff FarmhouseDovecote Approximately 20 Metres to North-East of Church Cliff FarmhouseFarm Buildings Approximately 20 Metres to West of Church Cliff FarmGates and Gate-Piers to Northcliffe HouseLangford VillaNorthcliffe CottageNorthcliffe HouseNos 27 and 29, Nos 31 and 33 (West House) and Nos 35 to 41 with Iron Railings to Entrance StepsNumbers 1 to 7 and Iron Railings to Entrance StepsNumbers 23 to 28 Including the Hyland HotelRoman Catholic Church of St MaryRoyal Crescent Court and Railings to Front and Sides and 4 Lamp Standards to FrontThe Foords HotelThe Lodge and the Coach-HouseWar Memorial Archway13, Church Street15-21, The Crescent24-38, Rutland Street35, Church Street41, Church Street43 and 45, Church Street8 and 10, Queen Street8-14, The Crescent82, Queen Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 12% of Filey
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Filey 197724 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 209 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 26 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 Filey’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 161950 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 16 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Filey grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (29 points, 44 per 10,000 residents)More than 56% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 78% 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
27% of Filey’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
1.9%
1900–18
3.9%
1919–29
6.7%
1930s
7.7%
1945–54
4.9%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
9.3%
1973–82
6%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
6.7%
2016–25
FileyEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 13% 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 (30 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Filey has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 823 towns its size
Places of 4,000–11,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Filey1
#330 of 823for listed buildings per resident (39 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Filey
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filey | 6,664 | 26 | 1 | B+ |
| Hunmanby | 2,900 | 31 | 0 | B+ |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 7 | 1 | C |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 292 | 5 | A |
| Bempton | 1,023 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 18 | 0 | B− |
| Scalby | 1,790 | 15 | 0 | B− |
| Bridlington | 34,831 | 157 | 2 | A− |
In brief
Filey in brief
More of Filey’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Oswald. Only 87 of the 823 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977.
Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 16 of the 26 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Arthur Mayo-Robson (1853) and William Graburn (1865) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Filey’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Filey?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Filey’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Filey?
One: Church of St Oswald.
How many conservation areas are there in Filey?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Filey.
When were Filey’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 16, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Filey?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1896 to 1920, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Filey?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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