IChurch · listed 1966St. Mary and St. Martin’s ChurchOn the list as Blyth Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint MartinPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: steven ruffles · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Blyth · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Blyth’s built-up area, 285 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Blyth grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
36
285 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Blyth
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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.
The map
Where Blyth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
36 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*35 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 Grade I listed building in Blyth
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.
What’s protected
Most of Blyth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
25 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Allendale Clare Cottage Ivy Cottage Park CottageBlyth and Hodsock War MemorialEntrance Gateway Formerly to Blyth HallFormer Ginevers ButchersFourways HotelGate Piers and Gates to Blyth Church, ChurchyardGreystonesHigh House and Attached Outbuildings, NornayIce House at Centry GarthIvy CottagesK6 Telephone KioskLower Spital FarmhouseMemorial to Joseph Dymond in Church Yard of St Mary and St Martin Church, 45 Metres South of the South AisleMilestone 90 Metres South of Ivy CottagesMill Farmhouse and Attached Walls and OuthousesNornay HouseNumber 8, Archway House, Archway Cottage and Number 10Parish RoomPark Farm HousePigeoncote Behind GreystonesPigeoncote and Attached Range of Outbuildings at Nornay HouseRose CottageRose and Crown Cottage and outbuildingsSt JohnsThe Angel InnThe HomesteadThe Old VicarageThe Red Hart HotelWhite House CafeYe Olde House1 and 2, Angel Cottage1 and 2, Angel Row12-16, High Street22 and 24/26, High Street3, 4 and 5, Angel Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Blyth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Blyth12 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 115 ha inside the built-up area.
29 of the 36 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 Blyth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 191984 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 19 came in 1966. Only 1 has 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.
2 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
Blyth 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 (42 points, 332 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 60% 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.
Towns its size
Blyth has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 1,905 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Blyth1
#305 of 1,905for listed buildings per resident (285 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Blyth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth | 1,264 | 36 | 1 | A− |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Langold | 2,603 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 34 | 1 | C+ |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 8 | 0 | D |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 41 | 1 | B+ |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 107 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Blyth in brief
Measured per resident, Blyth has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 86 of the 1,905 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1966, when 19 of the 36 went on the list. Beyond that, Henry Ellison (1868) was born here before 1900; it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Blyth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Blyth?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Blyth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Blyth?
One: Blyth Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Martin.
Are there scheduled monuments in Blyth?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Blyth Priory and Blyth School.
How many conservation areas are there in Blyth?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Blyth.
When were Blyth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 19, in 1966.
How old are the homes in Blyth?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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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