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History of York · Historic England

1,271 listed buildings, 64 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside York’s built-up area, 90 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 16 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 223 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. York grades A for history: #8 of 54 in North Yorkshire.

64Grade I159Grade II*16scheduled monuments38on Micklegate
Listed buildings
1,271
90 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
64
exceptional interest
Grade II*
159
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
16
5 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

York in 235 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.

The Kings ManorThe Kings ManorGrade I listedBootham Park Hospital: front range, 1886 link block, late-C18 building, 1817 range and 1908 extensionBootham Park Hospital: front range, 1886 link block, late-C18 building, 1817 range and 1908 extensionGrade I listedWindmill HotelWindmill HotelGrade II listedJoseph Rowntree TheatreJoseph Rowntree TheatreGrade II listedThe Five Lions Public House and Attached OutbuildingsThe Five Lions Public House and Attached OutbuildingsGrade II listed+230See all photos

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.

Through time

York from 1890 to 1890

2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

From city walls, York, England1890
VictorianFrom city walls, York, EnglandPhoto: The Library of Congress · No restrictions
From railway bridge, York, England1890
VictorianFrom railway bridge, York, EnglandPhoto: The Library of Congress · No restrictions

Public 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 York’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Grounds associated with the Retreat, registered park or gardenMuseum Gardens, York, registered park or gardenRowntree Park, registered park or gardenUniversity of York Campus West designed landscape, registered park or gardenYork Cemetery, registered park or gardenCity Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark, scheduled monumentCold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill, scheduled monumentFulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks, scheduled monumentJewbury Medieval Jewish Cemetery, scheduled monumentMedieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate, scheduled monumentMerchant's Hall, Fossgate, scheduled monumentRoman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm, scheduled monumentSiwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill, scheduled monumentSouth angle tower of Roman fortress, scheduled monumentSt George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle, scheduled monumentSt Mary's Abbey, scheduled monumentSt Mary's Abbey precinct walls, scheduled monumentSt Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal, scheduled monumentStanding tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground, scheduled monumentYork Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery, scheduled monumentYork Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar, scheduled monumentAcomb House and Railings and Gates Attached to Front, Grade II*All Saints School, Grade II*Assembly of God Pentecostal Church and Building Attached at Rear, Grade II*At the Sign of the Bible, Grade II*Bathurst House and Railings Attached at Front, Grade II*Bedern Chapel, Grade II*Bedern Hall, Grade II*Bishopsbarns and Garden Wall and Gates Attached at Front, Grade II*Bowes Morrell House, Grade II*Central Methodist Church and Attached Ancillary Buildings, Grade II*Church Cottages, Grade II*Church of St Andrew Evangelical Church, Grade II*Church of St Helen, Grade II*Church of St Martin le Grand, Grade II*Church of St Saviour and Attached Gates and Railings, Grade II*Collingwood Hotel, Grade II*Cottage at Rear of Number 11 Number 9 and Attached Outbuildings, Grade II*Cromwell House, Grade II*De Grey House and Attached Front Railings, Gate and Lamp Standard, Grade II*De Grey Rooms and Attached Gates, Railings and Lamp Standards, Grade II*Elm Bank Hotel, Grade II*Fenton House, Grade II*Former Church of St John the Evangelist, Grade II*Former North Eastern Railway Company Offices and Area Railings Attached, Grade II*Foss Bridge, Grade II*Gatehouse to Merchant Adventurers Hall, Grade II*Gateway Arch Approximately 25 Metres South East of Holy Trinity Church Porch, Grade II*Guinness Bar in the Old Grandstand at York Racecourse, Grade II*Heslington Hall, Grade II*Ingram House, Grade II*Judges Court and Attached Front Steps and Railings, Grade II*Lady Anne Middletons Hotel and Attached Garden Walls, Grade II*Middleton House, Grade II*Mulberry Hall, Grade II*Municipal Offices and Council Chamber and Guildhall Annex, Grade II*North Eastern Railway Company War Memorial, Grade II*Number 25 Including Carriage Entrance, Grade II*Number 29 and Walls Attached to South West, Grade II*Number 4 and Attached Garden Wall, Gate and Railings at Front and Back, Grade II*Number 47 and Attached Railings, Grade II*Number 49 and Attached Railings, Grade II*Number 5 and Attached Front Garden Railings, Grade II*Number 51 and Bootham School Block to Rear Including John Bright Library and Attached Railings, Grade II*Number 54 and Attached Railings, Grade II*Number 68 and Verandah Railings Attached at Rear, Grade II*Number 92 and Railings Attached at Front and Rear, Grade II*Numbers 1-9 (Consecutive) and Railings Attached to Front Wall, Grade II*Numbers 10, 12 and 14 and Carriage Gates Attached to Number 14, Grade II*Numbers 36-42 (Even) Including Number 38A, Grade II*Numbers 53 and 55 and Attached Railings, Grade II*Old Rectory House and Attached Wall and Garage, Grade II*Old Station and Former Station Hotel, Grade II*Parish Room of St Crux and Wall Attached to North West Corner, Grade II*Peaseholme House, Grade II*Petergate House, Grade II*Pikeing Well, Grade II*Railings and Gate Piers Approximately 10 Metres North East of Number 26 (Castlegate House), Grade II*Rowntree Park Memorial Gates, Grade II*Saint Oswald's Hall, Grade II*Scarcroft County Primary School, Grade II*Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow, Grade II*Skeldergate House Hotel, Grade II*South African War Memorial, Grade II*St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel, Grade II*Summerhouse Approximately 75 Metres South West of the Mount School, Grade II*The Adams House, Grade II*The Black Swan Public House, Grade II*The Blue Bell, Grade II*The Churchill, Grade II*The Dutch House, Grade II*The Old Rectory, Grade II*The Oliver Sheldon House, Grade II*The Red House and Railings Attached at Front, Grade II*The Retreat and boundary walls, Grade II*The Roman Bath Public House, Grade II*The Snickleway Inn and attached buildings at rear, Grade II*Theatre Royal and Undercroft, Grade II*Wall, Gates and Gate Piers Approximately 90 Metres South West of Number 1, Grade II*Wandesford House, Grade II*York City War Memorial in the War Memorial Garden, Grade II*York College for Girls, Grade II*York College for Girls, Grade II*York Medical Society, Grade II*York Railway Station, Grade II*Youngs Hotel (Number 25), Grade II*1, 2, 2A, And 3, Minster Court, Grade II*1, Minster Gates, Grade II*10 and 11, Shambles, Grade II*10, Minster Gates, Grade II*10, Precentors Court, Grade II*102 and 104, Micklegate, Grade II*11, Lady Peckitts Yard, Grade II*118 and 120, Micklegate, Grade II*12 and 12A, Shambles, Grade II*122, 124 and 126, Micklegate, Grade II*13, Shambles, Grade II*13, Stonegate, Grade II*14, Shambles, Grade II*144, 146 and 148, Micklegate, Grade II*15, Stonegate, Grade II*16-22, Coney Street, Grade II*16-22, St Saviourgate, Grade II*18 and 19, Colliergate, Grade II*2, 3, 4, And 4A, Precentors Court, Grade II*2, College Street, Grade II*2, Jubbergate, Grade II*20, St Andrewgate, Grade II*21 and 25, Stonegate, Grade II*24, St Saviourgate, Grade II*26 St Saviourgate, Grade II*26 and 28, Gillygate, Grade II*26, Coppergate, Grade II*28, 30 and 32, Coppergate, Grade II*3-9, New Street, Grade II*30 and 32, Goodramgate, Grade II*31, Stonegate, Grade II*33, 33A and 35, High Petergate, Grade II*33, 35 and 37, Micklegate, Grade II*33, Stonegate, Grade II*37 and 38, Shambles, Grade II*37, Stonegate, Grade II*39, North Street, Grade II*39, Shambles, Grade II*4 and 4A, Stonegate, Grade II*41 and 42, Shambles, Grade II*41 and 43, Low Petergate, Grade II*43, Stonegate, Grade II*44 and 46, Stonegate, Grade II*44, Shambles, Grade II*45 and 47, Stonegate, Grade II*48 and 50, Stonegate, Grade II*49, Stonegate, Grade II*5 and 5A, High Petergate, Grade II*5, Precentors Court, Grade II*52, Stonegate, Grade II*53 and 55, Micklegate, Grade II*54, 56 and 58, Stonegate, Grade II*55, Low Petergate, Grade II*56, 58 and 60, Low Petergate, Grade II*57 and 59, Micklegate, Grade II*6, Minster Yard, Grade II*6, Patrick Pool, Grade II*61, Micklegate, Grade II*64 and 66, Clifton, Grade II*67, Micklegate, Grade II*68 and 70, Walmgate, Grade II*69 and 71, Micklegate, Grade II*7 and 8, Shambles, Grade II*7, St Sampsons Square, Grade II*70 and 72, Micklegate, Grade II*73, 75 and 77, Low Petergate, Grade II*77, Walmgate, Grade II*79, Low Petergate, Grade II*8, Stonegate, Grade II*81, Low Petergate, Grade II*85, 87 and 89, Micklegate, Grade II*9, 9A and 11, Stonegate, Grade II*9, Shambles, Grade II*9, Tower Place, Grade II*Anglian Tower, Grade IArcade of Former Archbishops Palace and Attached Railings and Gates, Grade IBootham Bar City Wall from Bootham Bar to Layerthorpe Monk Bar Robin Hoods Tower, Grade IBootham Park Hospital: front range, 1886 link block, late-C18 building, 1817 range and 1908 extension, Grade ICastle Museum the Debtors Prison, Grade ICastle Museum, The Female Prison, Grade ICastlegate House and Attached Railings, Grade ICathedral Church of St Peter, York Minster, Grade IChurch of All Saints, Grade IChurch of All Saints with Anchorage Attached, Grade IChurch of Holy Trinity, Grade IChurch of Holy Trinity and Wall Attached to South East, Grade IChurch of St Cuthbert, Grade IChurch of St Denys, Grade IChurch of St Martin Cum Gregory, Grade IChurch of St Mary Bishophill Junior, Grade IChurch of St Michael, Grade IChurch of St Michael le Belfrey, Grade IChurch of St Olave, Grade ICity Wall from Lendall Hill House to the Lodge, Museum Gardens, Grade ICity Wall from Multangular Tower to Rear of Number 8 St Leonards Place, Grade ICity Wall from the Red Tower to Fishergate Postern Tower Fishergate Bar Fishergate Postern Tower the Red Tower Walmgate Bar, Grade ICity Walls Attached to Tower Place, Grade ICity wall from Baile Hill to Barker Tower, including Barker Tower and North Street Postern, Victoria Bar and Micklegate Bar, Grade ICliffords Tower, Grade ICrown Court and Railings Attached to Front, Grade ICumberland House, Grade ICurtain Wall, Grade IFairfax House, Grade IGarforth House and Railings Attached at Front, Garden Wall Attached at Rear, Grade IGoddards and Attached Gateway, Terrace and Loggia to Side and Rear, Grade IGrays Court and Garden Gates and Piers Attached to South East Corner, Grade IGuildhall and Chamber Range, Atkinson block, Common Hall Lane and boundary wall containing entrance to lane, Grade IJacobs Well, Grade IJudges Lodging, Grade ILady Row, Grade ILendal Tower, Grade IMansion House, railings and gas lamps attached to front, Grade IMerchant Adventurers Hall, Grade IMerchant Taylors Hall, Grade IMicklegate House and Attached Railings and Lamp Brackets, Grade INos. 41, 43 and 45, GOODRAMGATE, Grade INumber 23 and Attached Garden Wall and Outbuilding, Grade IOld Palace, York, Grade IRoman Wall Approximately 20 Metres South East of Monk Bar, Grade ISt Anthonys Hall, Grade ISt Leonards Hospital Remains, Grade ISt Margarets Church, Grade ISt Marys Abbey Remains Church, Grade ISt Marys Abbey Remains Precinct Walls St Marys Tower, Grade ISt Marys Lodge and Attached Railings, Gates and Gate Piers, Grade ISt Williams College, Grade IThe Assembly Rooms, Grade IThe Bar Convent and Railings Attached to Front, Grade IThe Herbert House, Grade IThe Kings Manor, Grade IThe Norman House, Grade IThe Wealden Hall, Grade IThe York Story, Grade ITreasurers House and Attached Garden Walls, Gate and Gate Piers, Grade IWall Approximately 5 Metres North East of the Kings Manor, Grade IWall Aprroximately 2 Metres North of Number 9, Grade IWest Tower of the Old Church of St Lawrence, Grade IYorkshire Museum, Tempest Anderson Hall and St Marys Abbey Remains, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from The Norman House
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
35 of 64Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of The Norman House, a five-minute walk. So do 518 of the 1,271 listed buildings.
10 of 83neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 82% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

1,271 listed buildings by grade
64 Grade I159 Grade II*1,048 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 64 Grade I listed buildings in York

Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 35 of these stand within 400 m of The Norman House. 63 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Cathedral · listed 1954York MinsterOn the list as Cathedral Church of St Peter, York MinsterPhoto: MatzeTrier · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1954King's ManorOn the list as The Kings ManorPhoto: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0
Public · listed 1983Bootham Park HospitalOn the list as Bootham Park Hospital: front range, 1886 link block, late-C18 building, 1817 range and 1908 extensionPhoto: Potkettle · CC BY 3.0
Public · listed 1954York Debtor's PrisonOn the list as Castle Museum the Debtors PrisonPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1954Female PrisonOn the list as Castle Museum, The Female PrisonPhoto: Jitka Erbenová ( cheva ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church · listed 1954All Saints' ChurchOn the list as Church of All Saints with Anchorage AttachedPhoto: Micjohn · Public domain
Walls & gates · listed 1954Holy Trinity Church, MicklegateOn the list as Church of Holy Trinity and Wall Attached to South EastPhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1954St Denys's ChurchOn the list as Church of St DenysPhoto: GuillaumeTell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church · listed 1954St Michael le BelfreyOn the list as Church of St Michael le BelfreyPhoto: Andrew Dyer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1954St Olave's ChurchOn the list as Church of St OlavePhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1954Clifford's TowerOn the list as Cliffords TowerPhoto: bryan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1954York Crown CourtOn the list as Crown Court and Railings Attached to FrontPhoto: Kaly99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Curtain WallPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1983GoddardsOn the list as Goddards and Attached Gateway, Terrace and Loggia to Side and RearPhoto: Bob Cantwell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Grays CourtOn the list as Grays Court and Garden Gates and Piers Attached to South East CornerPhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1954Jacobs WellPhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1954Judges LodgingsOn the list as Judges LodgingPhoto: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1954Lady RowPhoto: Kaly99 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Street furniture · listed 1954Mansion HouseOn the list as Mansion House, railings and gas lamps attached to frontPhoto: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1954Old PalaceOn the list as Old Palace, YorkPhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1954St Anthony's HallOn the list as St Anthonys HallPhoto: GuillaumeTell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church · listed 1954Church of St MargaretOn the list as St Margarets ChurchPhoto: GuillaumeTell · Public domain
Church · listed 1954St Mary's AbbeyOn the list as St Marys Abbey Remains ChurchPhoto: Kaly99 · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1954York Assembly RoomsOn the list as The Assembly RoomsPhoto: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Public · listed 1954Bar ConventOn the list as The Bar Convent and Railings Attached to FrontPhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Treasurer's HouseOn the list as Treasurers House and Attached Garden Walls, Gate and Gate PiersPhoto: Tom Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1954Yorkshire Museum buildingOn the list as Yorkshire Museum, Tempest Anderson Hall and St Marys Abbey RemainsPhoto: Malcolmxl5 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grade II*

The 159 Grade II* listed buildings in York

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 157 are photographed.

Church · listed 1982Wesley ChapelOn the list as Assembly of God Pentecostal Church and Building Attached at RearPhoto: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0
Church · listed 1968Central Methodist ChurchOn the list as Central Methodist Church and Attached Ancillary BuildingsPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Walls & gates · listed 1954St Saviour's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Saviour and Attached Gates and RailingsPhoto: Jhsteel · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1954Eagle & ChildOn the list as Cottage at Rear of Number 11 Number 9 and Attached OutbuildingsPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Street furniture · listed 1983The Grand Hotel and SpaOn the list as Former North Eastern Railway Company Offices and Area Railings AttachedPhoto: mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Foss BridgePhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Lady Anne HouseOn the list as Lady Anne Middletons Hotel and Attached Garden WallsPhoto: Malcolmxl5 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1954Mulberry HallPhoto: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954Parish Room of St CruxOn the list as Parish Room of St Crux and Wall Attached to North West CornerPhoto: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church · listed 1954York Unitarian ChapelOn the list as St Saviourgate Unitarian ChapelPhoto: Malcolmxl5 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Street furniture · listed 1954The Red HouseOn the list as The Red House and Railings Attached at FrontPhoto: Jhsteel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walls & gates · listed 1954The RetreatOn the list as The Retreat and boundary wallsPhoto: Malcolmxl5 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1954York Theatre RoyalOn the list as Theatre Royal and UndercroftPhoto: Jhsteel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Memorials · listed 1970York City War MemorialOn the list as York City War Memorial in the War Memorial GardenPhoto: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic streets

Micklegate has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Micklegate38 listed · 12 II*
102 and 104, Micklegate118 and 120, Micklegate122, 124 and 126, Micklegate
Goodramgate36 listed · 1 II*
30 and 32, Goodramgate
Stonegate36 listed · 16 II*
13, Stonegate15, Stonegate21 and 25, Stonegate
Low Petergate29 listed · 6 II*
41 and 43, Low Petergate55, Low Petergate56, 58 and 60, Low Petergate
Shambles26 listed · 10 II*
10 and 11, Shambles12 and 12A, Shambles13, Shambles
Holgate Road23 listed
The Mount22 listed
Colliergate21 listed · 1 II*
18 and 19, Colliergate
Walmgate21 listed · 2 II*
68 and 70, Walmgate77, Walmgate
Monkgate18 listed
Parliament Street18 listed
Coney Street16 listed · 1 II*
16-22, Coney Street

Of the 1,271 entries, 670 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of York’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas823
Walls, gates & bridges144
Public & civic buildings104
Inns, shops & warehouses73
Churches, chapels & priories60
Street furniture52
Memorials, crosses & tombs15

823 entries (65%) are houses, terraces and villas. 60 are churches, chapels and priories, including 14 of the 64 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

1,048 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.

The first 150 of 1,048 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
(The Limes) College of Ripon and York St JohnAcomb Manor HouseAldersyde and Attached ConservatoryAlmery Garth and Little GarthAmbassador HotelAnnexe to Priory Street Sports and Community Centre and Attached RailingsAssembly Hall at Bootham SchoolBalustrade Approximately 2 Metres to North of Heslington HallBarclays BankBarclays Bank and Attached RailingsBarley HallBay Horse InnBishophill HouseBonding Warehouse and Attached Walls, Railings and Gate PiersBootham Bar HotelBootham GrangeBootham HouseBootham Lodge and Attached RailingsBootham Park Hospital: Medical Superintendent's HouseBootham Park Hospital: Two long corridors, recreation hall, former American bowling alley, and two former Pauper WardsBoots the ChemistBoundary Wall and Railings Approximately 15 Metres East of Grange HouseBoundary Walls to Friends Burial Ground Walls Bounding the Friends Burial GroundBrewery Warehouse Approximately 5 Metres North West of Number 18 (Not Included)Building Attached to South West Corner of Lady Anne Middletons HotelBullnose Building, former Coal Manager's office and houseCastle Mills LockCentral Hall, University of YorkCentral LibraryChimney at Works and Services Depot of York City CouncilChristian Science Reading RoomChurch of Holy TrinityChurch of Saint OswaldChurch of St Chad on the KnavesmireChurch of St Edward the ConfessorChurch of St George and Attached Rectory, Gates and Railings St Georges Church RectoryChurch of St LawrenceChurch of St PaulChurch of St Philip and St JamesChurch of St StephenChurch of St ThomasChurch of St WilfridChurch of the Holy RedeemerChurchyard Cross Approximately 15 Metres from the North West Corner of All Saints ChurchChurchyard Wall, Railings and Gate to Church of St Philip and St JamesCity Art GalleryClementhorpe MaltingsClifford Chambers (Number 4)Clifton CroftClifton Lodge Rawcliffe HoltClifton War MemorialClub Chambers and Railings Attached at FrontCoffin Lid Approximately 9 Metres to South of Saint Oswald's HallCollege House and 1,2 and 3 Driffield Terrace and attached railings, walls and gate piersColumn Approximately 4 Metres North East of Number 9Conservatory at Rear of All Saints SchoolConstantine HouseConvent of St Joseph and Precinct Walls, Lawrence Street, YorkCottage Attached at Rear of Number 25County HouseCounty Stand at York RacecourseCovered walkway linking the former Langwith College to Central Hall and Vanbrugh College, University of YorkCross Keys HotelCrown BuildingsCumberland HouseCurators HouseDanesmeadDean Court Hotel (Part) and Attached RailingsDean Court Hotel (Part) and Railings Attached to Front StepsDelwood CroftDerwent College, University of YorkDorothy Wilsons Hospital and Attached CottageDrinking FountainDryad sculpture, University of YorkEbor Hall, Building to Rear of Number 19 (Number 19 Not Included)Electricity Sub StationEllen Wilson Hospital, Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) and Attached Walls and RailingsEllison TerraceEntrance Gates at Stamford House and George HouseEttys Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of St Olaves ChurchExhibition HotelFishergate County Primary SchoolFishergate HouseFont, Approximately 2 1/2 Metres to North of Chancel of Heslington ChurchForecourt Wall, Railings and Gate to Number 19Forecourt Walls, Gates and Railings to Numbers 74 and 76Forecourt Walls, Gates and Railings to Numbers 9-15 (Odd)Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Numbers 90 and 92Former Abbey Park HotelFormer Burton's TailorsFormer Chapel at Bootham Park HospitalFormer Coach House and Attached Stableyard GatewayFormer Coach House to Number 25Former Junior School Building at Acomb County Primary School and Attached RailingFormer Langwith College, University of YorkFormer Memorial Gymnasium at St Peters SchoolFormer North Eastern Railway Goods StationFormer Waterworks Engine House at Rear of Lendal Hill HouseFormer Weigh OfficeFoss Bridge HouseFreshneys HotelFriargate HouseFriars Terrace Numbers 1, 2 and 3 and Attached Gates and RailingsFulford Conservative ClubFulford CrossFulford HouseGale FarmGaltres ChambersGarden CottageGarden Railings Fronting Road at Number 29 (Song School of St Olaves School)Garden Railings and Gate Piers to Number 65 (The Churchill)Garden Railings, Gate Standards and Gate to Number 6 Fronting Holgate RoadGarden Wall and Gates Approximately 25 Metres South East of the John Burrill HomesGarden Wall, Railings, Gate and Gate Posts Fronting Number 20 (Cumberland House)Garrow HillGas Lamp Post Approximately 6.25 Metres South West of Assembly of God Pentecostal ChurchGas Lamp Post Approximately 6.75 Metres South West of Assembly of God Pentecostal ChurchGate Approximately 100 Metres South West of St Margarets ChurchGate Piers to Number 23 (Acomb House)Gate Piers, Walls and Railings to North West of Numbers 117 and 119Gate Standards, Gates and Railings to Front of Numbers 104 and 106 (106 Not Included)Gate, Forecourt Wall and Railings to Number 55Gate, Gate Piers and Front Garden Wall to Number 137Gatepiers and Gates to York Goods StationGates and Garden Railings to Number 18Gates and Gate Piers to War Memorial GardenGates and Railings Approximately 20 Metres South West of Number 9 the Judges LodgingGates and Railings Attached to Front of Number 10Gates and Railings to Deans ParkGates, Gate Piers and Railings to Old Station ForecourtGates, Walls and Railings to Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior Wall Bounding Former Churchyard of St Mary Bishophill SeniorGateway, Gates and Railings to Bootham Park HospitalGazebo Approximately 20 Metres South East of Number 6 (Number 6 Not Included)General Post OfficeGrand Opera HouseGrange HouseGrove TerraceGroves ChapelHall Range and Chapel at St Peters SchoolHaxby Road SchoolHeadmasters HouseHerdsmans CottageHeslington Anglican and Methodist ChurchHeworth Croft and Attached Coach House (College of Ripon and York St John)Heworth VillaHobs Stone at Ngr Se 589 504Holgate Hill HotelHolgate Terrace (Part)Holgate Terrace (Part)Holgate Windmill

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Conservation areas

14 conservation areas cover 13% of York

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Central Historic Core 1968197 ha
Clifton 196841 ha
Fulford Village 199833 ha
Heworth 197524 ha
Tadcaster Road 197518 ha
Acomb 196815 ha
Fulford Road 197514 ha
The Racecourse and Terry's Factory 197513 ha
The Retreat and Heslington Road 19759 ha
New Walk-Terry Avenue 19757 ha
St Paul's Square-Holgate Road 19757 ha
Heslington 19696 ha
The Nestle-Rowntree Factory4 ha
Clifton (Malton Way and Shipton Road) 19753 ha
391 hain conservation areas, of 2,935 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Central Historic Core, Clifton and Acomb, were designated in 1968; the newest, Fulford Village, in 1998. 1,208 of the 1,271 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

363 of York’s 1,271 listed buildings were added in 1983

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1983 · 3631954 · 3621997 · 190
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 3 entries were listed in 1950. 363 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 17 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.

16 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.

Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
St Mary's Abbey
Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar

5 registered parks and gardens

Grounds associated with the Retreat
Museum Gardens, York
Rowntree Park
York Cemetery
York CemeteryGrade II*
History Grade

York grades A for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (1,597 points, 113 per 10,000 residents)More than 87% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 62% 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

120 notable people born in York before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Alcuin
William of York
Margaret Clitherow
Edward Oldcorne
Guy Fawkes
Peter Harrison
Beilby Porteus
William Tuke
John Flaxman Jr.
William Etty
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Robert Pashley
John Snow
Joseph Barnby
Albert Joseph Moore
Silvanus P. Thompson
Henry Scott Tuke
Eille Norwood
Harold A. Wilson
Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth
7509001050120013501500165018001950
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes1570–1606 · English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Alcuin
Alcuin740–804 · 8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse1800–1867 · Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)
John Snow
John Snow1813–1858 · English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858)
William Etty
William Etty1787–1849 · British painter (1787-1849)
John Flaxman Jr.
John Flaxman Jr.1755–1826 · English artist (1755–1826)
Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth
Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth1876–1951 · Scottish diplomat, Secretary General of the League of Nations (1876-1…
Henry Scott Tuke
Henry Scott Tuke1858–1929 · English painter and photographer (1858-1929)

Everyone born in York → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

York has the 4th most Grade I buildings of 70 towns its size

Places of 85,000–227,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Oxford197
Bath102
Cambridge67
York64
Norwich63
Chester54
Lincoln43
Gloucester34
Peterborough33
Exeter22
Worcester13
Portsmouth13
#2 of 70for listed buildings per resident (90 per 10,000). Bath, York and Cheltenham lead.

Only Oxford, Bath and Cambridge have more. The typical town its size has 3.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around York

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
York141,6961,27164A
Heslington1,787210B
Osbaldwick2,31340D
Huntington12,420760B−
Bishopthorpe3,333151C+
Upper Poppleton3,520230C+
Skelton (York)1,38061C
Copmanthorpe3,67160D
In brief

York in brief

The official list counts 1,271 listed buildings in York, 64 of them Grade I, including York Minster. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 87% of UK towns. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 35 of them stand within 400 m of The Norman House. Only 3 of the 70 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

Its older streets lie in 14 conservation areas, the first designated in 1968. Most entries on the list, 65%, are houses, terraces and villas. Guy Fawkes (1570), Alcuin (740) and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800) are among the 120 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about York’s history

How many listed buildings are there in York?

Historic England lists 1,271 buildings inside York’s built-up area: 64 Grade I, 159 Grade II* and 1,048 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in York?

64, including Anglian Tower, Arcade of Former Archbishops Palace and Attached Railings and Gates, Bootham Bar City Wall from Bootham Bar to Layerthorpe Monk Bar Robin Hoods Tower, Bootham Park Hospital: front range, 1886 link block, late-C18 building, 1817 range and 1908 extension, Castle Museum the Debtors Prison and Castle Museum, The Female Prison.

Which street in York has the most listed buildings?

Micklegate (38), Goodramgate (36) and Stonegate (36) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in York?

Yes, 16 scheduled monuments, including City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark, Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill, Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks and Jewbury Medieval Jewish Cemetery.

How many conservation areas are there in York?

14, covering about 391 hectares of the town. The largest are Central Historic Core and Clifton.

When were York’s buildings listed?

The first in 1950; the most, 363, in 1983.

Are there old photos of York?

Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.

Who was born in York?

Among people born before 1900: Guy Fawkes (1570), Alcuin (740), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), John Snow (1813) and William Etty (1787).

How old are the homes in York?

20% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% 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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