IChurch · listed 1967Church of All SaintsPhoto: John Davidson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Saxton · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Saxton’s built-up area, 141 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
141 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Saxton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Saxton’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.
8 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*7 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 Saxton
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
7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 63% of Saxton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Saxton 198413 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 20 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
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.
1 registered battlefield
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Saxton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxton | 566 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 6 | 1 | B |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 5 | 1 | D |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 4 | 0 | C |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 47 | 0 | B+ |
| Barwick in Elmet | 2,180 | 5 | 0 | C |
In brief
Saxton in brief
The official list counts 8 listed buildings in Saxton, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1984. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1967 and 2010; it also has a scheduled monument; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Saxton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Saxton?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Saxton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Saxton?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Saxton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond.
How many conservation areas are there in Saxton?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Saxton.
How old are the homes in Saxton?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Saxton has no History Grade.
© 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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