IChurch · listed 1953Church of St AndrewPhoto: Nigel Coates · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Nigel Coates · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Middleton · Historic England
Old homes in Middleton: 49% built before 1919
For Middleton, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Middleton’s built-up area, 325 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
13
325 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
49%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Middleton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*10 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 Middleton
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Middleton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Walls & gates · listed 1953Aislaby HallOn the list as Aislaby Hall, Front Wall and Gate Piers
Walls & gates · listed 1953Gazebo and Garden Walls Attached to Aislaby Hall
Grade II
10 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
2 conservation areas cover 58% of Middleton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Middleton 198513 ha
Aislaby 19886 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Middleton, was designated in 1985; the newest, Aislaby, in 1988. 13 of the 13 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 Middleton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 81953 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1953, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 8 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
49% of Middleton’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
1.6%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
2.6%
1930s
8.3%
1945–54
1.6%
1955–64
4.1%
1965–72
5.2%
1973–82
9.3%
1983–92
6.7%
1993–99
5.2%
2000–08
4.1%
2009–15
2.6%
2016–25
MiddletonEngland & Wales
49% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 9.3% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Middleton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 400 | 13 | 1 | — |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 225 | 1 | A |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 69 | 0 | A+ |
| Kirkbymoorside | 2,763 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 9 | 1 | B+ |
| Malton | 6,320 | 231 | 2 | A |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Helmsley | 1,345 | 56 | 0 | A |
In brief
Middleton in brief
Old houses are part of Middleton’s character: 49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1985. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 8 of 13.
Questions about Middleton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Middleton?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Middleton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Middleton?
One: Church of St Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Middleton?
2, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest are Middleton and Aislaby.
When were Middleton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 8, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Middleton?
49% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Middleton 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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