IPublic · listed 1950Rothwell Market HousePhoto: Andrew Pickess · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of Holy Trinity · Photo: Immanuel Giel · CC BY-SA 3.0BHistory Grade
History of Rothwell · Historic England
31 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Rothwell’s built-up area, 36 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 27 of Rothwell’s listed buildings. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Rothwell grades B for history: #8 of 31 in Northamptonshire.
Listed buildings
31
36 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Rothwell in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Rothwell Market HouseGrade I listed
Jesus HospitalGrade II* listed
Rothwell House HotelGrade II listed
Rothwell Manor HouseGrade II listed
Rowell Charter InnGrade II listed+2See 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.
The map
Where Rothwell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 31% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
31 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I2 Grade II*27 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Rothwell
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.
IChurch · listed 1950Church of Holy TrinityPhoto: Immanuel Giel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Rothwell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1950Jesus HospitalPhoto: Bryan Pready · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1985Rothwell United Reformed ChurchOn the list as Former Rothwell United Reformed ChurchPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Rothwell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories9
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 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
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashgate CottageBarn Adjoining 3 and 3AChest Tomb 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityChest Tomb 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityChest Tomb 3 Metres East of Vestry of Church of Holy TrinityChest Tomb 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityChest Tomb 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityChest Tomb and Headstone 12 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityFormer Co-Op StoresFormer Sunday School and Adjoining HouseHome FarmhouseLotus House RestaurantNewham FarmhouseRothwell House HotelRothwell Manor HouseRowell Charter InnStable and Adjoining Barn 5 Metres West of Number 37The NunneryTomb Slab 12 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Holy TrinityTown FarmhouseWar Memorial1, Meeting Lane11, Desborough Road2 Barns 10 Metres West of Numbers 3 and 3A2, Market Hill2, Meeting Lane25–28 Market Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.2% of Rothwell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rothwell 19789 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 180 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 31 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 Rothwell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1991
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1991 · 161950 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1950, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 16 came in 1991. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Rothwell grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (37 points, 43 per 10,000 residents)More than 59% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 57% 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
3 notable people born in Rothwell before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Cogan
George Hawes
John Willis
170017501800185019001950
Thomas Cogan1736–1818 · English physician (1736–1818)
GH
George Hawes1881–1934 · Cricketer (1881-1934)
JW
John Willis1886–1963 · Cricketer (1886-1963)
Everyone born in Rothwell → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Rothwell has the 49th most Grade I buildings of 721 towns its size
Places of 5,000–14,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Rothwell2
#292 of 721for listed buildings per resident (36 per 10,000). Brecon, Dartmouth and Malmesbury lead.
48 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rothwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 31 | 2 | B |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 10 | 1 | C− |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 58 | 3 | B |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 46 | 2 | A+ |
| Corby | 68,164 | 14 | 0 | D |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 26 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Rothwell in brief
The official list counts 31 listed buildings in Rothwell, 2 of them Grade I, including Rothwell Market House. Only 48 of the 721 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978. Of the whole list, 52% are houses, terraces and villas.
Thomas Cogan (1736), George Hawes (1881) and John Willis (1886) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1991: 16 of 31. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Rothwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rothwell?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Rothwell’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rothwell?
2, including Church of Holy Trinity and Rothwell Market House.
How many conservation areas are there in Rothwell?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Rothwell.
When were Rothwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 16, in 1991.
Who was born in Rothwell?
Among people born before 1900: Thomas Cogan (1736), George Hawes (1881) and John Willis (1886).
How old are the homes in Rothwell?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% 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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