II*Inns & shops · listed 1988Red Barns House and Red Barns HotelPhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red Barns House and Red Barns Hotel · Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0CHistory Grade
History of Redcar · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Redcar’s built-up area, 5.8 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Redcar grades C for history: #42 of 54 in North Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
22
5.8 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Redcar in 8 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.
Listening Post 330 Metres of Wheatlands FarmhouseGrade II* listed
Redcar Central Railway StationGrade II listed
Christ ChurchGrade II listed
Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre, and attached wallGrade II listed
Town ClockGrade II listed+3See 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
Redcar from 1890 to 1890
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890Public 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 Redcar’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 25neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 84% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*20 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Redcar
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1986Listening Post 330 Metres of Wheatlands FarmhousePhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Redcar’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Walls, gates & bridges4
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
11 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Byre Range and Foldyard C10 Metres West of Wheatlands FarmhouseBarn C.20M North West of Foxrush FarmhouseChrist ChurchChurch of St PeterFoxrush Farmhouse and Garden WallGarden Wall South of Wheatlands FarmhouseGladwings' Warehouse to West of Redcar Railway StationLychgate and Boundary Wall Circa 35 Metres North of Christ ChurchNo 151 (Clarendon House) and Area RailingsPair of Cart Sheds Circa 40 Metres West of Wheatlands FarmhouseRedcar Central Railway StationStable Circa 10 Metres North West of Wheatlands FarmhouseTown ClockWar Memorial in Grounds of Sir William Turners Sixth Form CollegeWestfield HouseWheatlands FarmhouseZetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre, and attached wall1-20, Dormans Crescent44 and 46, High Street West48 and 50, High Street West
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 1.3% of Redcar
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Coatham, Redcar 198815 ha
Kirkleatham 19701 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 1,248 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Kirkleatham, was designated in 1970; the newest, Coatham, Redcar, in 1988. 5 of the 22 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 Redcar’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 19
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1983. 19 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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.
1 scheduled monument
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
Redcar grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (26 points, 7 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 33% 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.
Born here
5 notable people born in Redcar before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Robinson
William Heysham Overend
Jack Thompson
Harry Harrison
Richard Hill
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William Heysham Overend1851–1898 · Marine painter and book illustrator (1851 - 1898)
JT
Jack Thompson1892–1969 · English footballer (1892-1969)
TR
Thomas Robinson1837–1910 · English cricket player (1837-1910)
HH
Harry Harrison1893–1975 · Association football player (1893-1975)
RH
Richard Hill1899–1918 · British flying ace (1899-1918)
Everyone born in Redcar → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Redcar
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcar | 37,666 | 22 | 0 | C |
| New Marske | 2,990 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 7,576 | 28 | 1 | C+ |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 5,874 | 36 | 0 | A− |
| Eston | 29,625 | 24 | 0 | C− |
| Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) | 6,895 | 25 | 1 | B |
| Guisborough | 18,091 | 93 | 2 | B |
| Boosbeck | 1,124 | 1 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Redcar in brief
Redcar has 22 listed buildings, including Red Barns House and Red Barns Hotel. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas.
Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include William Heysham Overend (1851), Jack Thompson (1892) and Thomas Robinson (1837). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 19 of 22. Beyond that, it has no Grade I building, where the middle town its size has 1; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Redcar’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Redcar?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Redcar’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Redcar?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including World War I early warning acoustic mirror 650m north west of Bridge Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Redcar?
2, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest are Coatham, Redcar and Kirkleatham.
When were Redcar’s buildings listed?
The first in 1983; the most, 19, in 1988.
Are there old photos of Redcar?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.
Who was born in Redcar?
Among people born before 1900: William Heysham Overend (1851), Jack Thompson (1892), Thomas Robinson (1837), Harry Harrison (1893) and Richard Hill (1899).
How old are the homes in Redcar?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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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