Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Old homes in Ouston: 41% built before 1919
For Ouston, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists no buildings inside Ouston’s built-up area.
Listed buildings near Ouston
The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.
| Town | Distance | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamfordham | 2.7 km | 36 | 1 | — |
| Ovingham | 5.2 km | 16 | 1 | B |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 5.7 km | 10 | 1 | B− |
| Ponteland | 7.9 km | 31 | 1 | C+ |
| Ryton | 9.1 km | 26 | 1 | B |
| Newburn | 9.2 km | 10 | 1 | B+ |
41% of Ouston’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Ouston in brief
More of Ouston’s homes are old than in most places: 41% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Ouston has nothing on the list; Stamfordham, 2.7 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings.
Ouston 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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