II*Church · listed 1984Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
Barn About 60 Metres South East of the Elms · Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Albrighton · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Albrighton’s built-up area, 42 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 8 of its listed buildings. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Albrighton grades B− for history.
Listed buildings
29
42 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Albrighton in 8 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II* listed
Railway Station and FootbridgeGrade II listed
Church of St CuthbertGrade II* listed
The Crown InnGrade II listed
Railway BridgeGrade II listed+3See 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 Albrighton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*25 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*
The 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Albrighton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1984Church of St CuthbertPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1984Churchyard cross, St Cuthbert's ChurchOn the list as Churchyard Cross About 10 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St CuthbertPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1984Churchyard cross, St Mary Magdalene's ChurchOn the list as Churchyard Cross About 5 Metres South of the South Porch of the Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Albrighton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Churches, chapels & priories7
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
15 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 60 Metres South East of the ElmsBeamish FarmhouseBeechurstChest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North of the Chancel of the Church of St CuthbertChest Tomb Immediately North of the Monument to Ann Gold in the Churchyard of St Mary MagdaleneChest Tomb to Ann Gold Approximately 14 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary MagdaleneFulton Block, RAF CosfordMeeson HallPedestal Shaped Memorial Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary MagdaleneRailway BridgeRailway Station and FootbridgeShrewsbury ArmsThe Crown InnThe ElmsThe Grey HouseThe Manor HouseThe OaklandsThe PoundThe Red HouseWar Memorial2 and 4, Church Road31 High Street70 and 71 High Street73, High Street77 High Street
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 3.9% of Albrighton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Albrighton 19817 ha
Donington and Albrighton 19944 ha
Albrighton (Station Road) 19820 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 295 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Albrighton, was designated in 1981; the newest, Donington and Albrighton, in 1994. 23 of the 29 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 Albrighton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 26
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 26 came in 1984, 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.
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
Albrighton 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, 53 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 25% 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.
Albrighton is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Albrighton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 29 | 0 | B− |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 48 | 1 | B− |
| Codsall | 11,867 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Perton | 9,302 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Brewood | 2,552 | 64 | 1 | A− |
| Wheaton Aston | 1,995 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Coven | 2,399 | 5 | 0 | D |
In brief
Albrighton in brief
Albrighton has 29 listed buildings, including Church of St Mary Magdalene. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1981. Of the whole list, 52% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 26 of 29. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Albrighton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Albrighton?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Albrighton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Albrighton?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross, St Cuthbert's Church and Churchyard cross, St Mary Magdalene's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Albrighton?
3, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest are Albrighton and Donington and Albrighton.
When were Albrighton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 26, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Albrighton?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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