IChurch · listed 1969Church of St LawrencePhoto: Glennsmart · Public domain
The Donjon · Photo: Tony Grist · Public domainAHistory Grade
History of Warkworth · Historic England
75 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Warkworth’s built-up area, 531 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Warkworth grades A for history.
Listed buildings
75
531 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Warkworth
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St LawrenceGrade I listed
Forecourt Wall, Railings and Gates to Bridge End HouseGrade II* listed
Warkworth House HotelGrade II* listed+1See 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 Warkworth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
75 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I2 Grade II*71 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Warkworth
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.
IHouse · listed 1988The DonjonPhoto: Tony Grist · Public domain
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Warkworth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1969Forecourt Wall, Railings and Gates to Bridge End HousePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1953Warkworth House HotelPhoto: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets
Castle Street 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.
Castle Street15 listed
Dial Place7 listed
Bridge Street3 listed
Of the 75 entries, 29 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Warkworth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas50
Walls, gates & bridges12
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture1
50 entries (67%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
71 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 71 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barclays BankBirling ManorBridge End HouseBridge Head TowerBullock and Fawcus Tombs 6 Metres South of South of Church of St LawrenceCastlegate HouseChurchyard Walls, Gate and War MemorialCoach House Range to West of Birling ManorCoach House and Stable to Rear of Number 5Coquet HouseCoquet ViewDodsworth Tomb 14 Metres North East of South Churchyard GateDorothy BoutiqueFormer Co-operative ShopFormerly The Old SchoolFront Wall and Gate Piers to United Reformed ChurchFront Wall and Gate ScreenGarden Wall and Gates to Emberside HouseGarden Wall to North of Emberside and Elm HouseGarden Wall to Number 1Garden Walls to Rear of Bridge End HouseHen House and Attached Structures to North West of Birling ManorHulne HouseJ V Hall, Newsagent and Post OfficeK6 Telephone Kiosk 10 Metres South of Pant Outside Number 19Market CrossMasons ArmsNumber 8 and Attached OutbuildingOld Barns FarmhouseOutbuildings at Rear of Numbers 4 and 5Pant Outside Number 19The BarnThe Hermitage InnThe Horseless CarriageThe Old SmithyThe Old VicarageThe SchoolhouseThe Sun HotelThe VicarageUnited Reform ChurchWall and Railings Enclosing Lawn in Front of Sun HotelWest Part of Farmbuilding Group to North of Maudlin Farmhouse1 and 2, Dial Place1, Castle Terrace1, The Stanners10, 11 and 12, Bridge Street13, Dial Place14, Castle Street14, The Butts15, Bridge Street16 and 16A, Castle Street16, Dial Place19, Dial Place20, Dial Place21, Bridge Street25 and 26, Castle Street3 Stone Coffins to East of South Aisle of Church of St Lawrence30 and 31, Castle Street33, Castle Street37, Castle Street4, Castle Street4, Dial Place43, Castle Street44, Castle Street46, Castle Street47, Castle Street4A, Castle Street5, Castle Street5A, Castle Street6 and 7, Dial Place6, Castle Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 23% of Warkworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Warkworth 197216 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 69 ha inside the built-up area.
70 of the 75 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 Warkworth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 491969 · 21
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1953. 49 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 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.
3 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.
History Grade
Warkworth 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 (87 points, 616 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 73% 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.
Homes by age
25% of Warkworth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
6.1%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
4.5%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
7.7%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
16%
2016–25
WarkworthEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 16% 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.
Towns its size
Warkworth has the 34th most Grade I buildings of 1,816 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Warkworth2
#82 of 1,816for listed buildings per resident (531 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
33 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Warkworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warkworth | 1,412 | 75 | 2 | A |
| Amble | 5,852 | 20 | 0 | B |
| South Broomhill | 1,520 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Hadston | 2,713 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Shilbottle | 1,787 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
| Felton | 1,270 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Alnwick | 8,432 | 249 | 5 | A |
| Longhoughton | 1,173 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Warkworth in brief
For its size, Warkworth has more listed heritage than 91% of UK towns. In all there are 75 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 33 of the 1,816 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On Castle Street alone there are 15 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Of the whole list, 67% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Warkworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Warkworth?
Historic England lists 75 buildings inside Warkworth’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 71 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Warkworth?
2, including Church of St Lawrence and The Donjon.
Which street in Warkworth has the most listed buildings?
Castle Street (15), Dial Place (7) and Bridge Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Warkworth?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including St Mary Magdalene's medieval chapel and associated earthworks, 90m north of Mauldin, Warkworth Bridge and defensive gateway and Warkworth Castle motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle and collegiate church.
How many conservation areas are there in Warkworth?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Warkworth.
When were Warkworth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 49, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Warkworth?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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