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History of Stannington · Historic England

19 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside Stannington’s built-up area, 437 for every 10,000 residents. Stannington’s listed buildings are all Grade II. 23% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
19
437 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Stannington’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

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

19 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*19 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 II

19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew

More than half of Stannington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987

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

1987 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 1 entry was listed in 1969. 18 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

23% of Stannington’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

20%
Before 1900
2.3%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
7%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
3.7%
1955–64
8.8%
1965–72
1.4%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
2.8%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
6%
2009–15
37%
2016–25
StanningtonEngland & Wales

20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 37% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Stannington

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Stannington435190—
Bedlington16,186220C+
Cramlington28,846130D
Morpeth14,419792B+
Dinnington2,36630D
Seaton Burn1,35410D
Wideopen9,15040D
Stakeford8,19720D
In brief

Stannington in brief

Old houses are part of Stannington’s character: 23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 19 listed buildings. The big year was 1987, when 18 of the 19 went on the list.

Questions about Stannington’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Stannington?

Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Stannington’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.

When were Stannington’s buildings listed?

The first in 1969; the most, 18, in 1987.

How old are the homes in Stannington?

23% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Stannington 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.