IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Mary and St AlkeldaPhoto: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Middleham · Historic England
Old homes in Middleham: 49% built before 1919
For Middleham, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 59 buildings inside Middleham’s built-up area, 760 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
59
760 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
49%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Middleham
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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.
The map
Where Middleham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
59 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*57 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Middleham
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Public · listed 1970Middleham Castle
What’s protected
The largest group of Middleham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Public & civic buildings11
Walls, gates & bridges9
Street furniture6
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories1
28 entries (47%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
57 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 57 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Black Swan InnBrief HouseCarlton HouseCarriage Drive Gates and Gateway to the GroveCastle Hill House WestCastle Hotel and Foxtor HouseCastle HouseCastle Keep Art and Craft ShopCentral Stores and AwningClarendon House and RailingsCoach House to Castle Hill HouseDesmond HouseGates and Gate-Piers of Kingsley HouseGates and Gate-Piers to Castle Hill HouseGates to Millers' House, Gate-Posts and RailingsGlasgow CottageGlasgow House and Gate PiersHall Gate-PiersHill House East Gate-Piers and RailingsHill House West and RailingsHouse Occupied by Mr and Mrs Montgomery, House Occupied by Mr Brown, Bow Cottage and Screen WallJasmine House and Ferndale House and RailingsK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Town HallKent HouseKingsley HouseLamp StandardLaundry HouseManor House StablesManor House and RailingsMarket CrossMiddleham HouseMillers' HouseMilton House and RailingsNeville HallOld School and RailingsPeacock's Cottages EastPeacock's Cottages WestPear Tree HousePickersgill, ButcherPost OfficePremises of the Wensleydale AdvertiserRosemountStable Door Teashop and Golden Lion CottageSundial HouseSwine CrossThe Black BullThe Manse, Manse Flat and Manse CottageThe NosebagThe Priory, Railings and Carriage Entrance GatesThe Richard the Third HotelThe White SwanVictoria Jubilee FountainWarwick Cottage and Moat CottageWarwick HouseWaterford HouseWest Shaw and Outbuilding1-3 Castle Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 49% of Middleham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Middleham 197317 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
59 of the 59 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 Middleham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 301985 · 26
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 30 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 2 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.
3 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.
Homes by age
49% of Middleham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
49%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3%
1930s
7.3%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
5.9%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
3%
1983–92
8.9%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
3%
2016–25
MiddlehamEngland & Wales
49% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 8.9% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Middleham
In brief
Middleham in brief
More of Middleham’s homes are old than in most places: 49% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 59 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. The big year was 1967, when 30 of the 59 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473) and Richard Osborne (1848) were born here before 1900; and it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Middleham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Middleham?
Historic England lists 59 buildings inside Middleham’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 57 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Middleham?
2, including Church of St Mary and St Alkelda and Middleham Castle.
Are there scheduled monuments in Middleham?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Middleham Castle: twelfth century tower, keep, castle and fourteenth century concentric castle., Middleham market cross and The Swine Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Middleham?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Middleham.
When were Middleham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 30, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Middleham?
49% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Middleham has no History Grade.
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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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