IHouse · listed 1949Bishop Percy's HousePhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bishop Percy's House · Photo: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0AHistory Grade
History of Bridgnorth · Historic England
238 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bridgnorth’s built-up area, 196 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 14 of its listed buildings. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Bridgnorth grades A for history: #2 of 19 in Shropshire.
Listed buildings
238
196 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
11
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Bridgnorth in 15 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Bridgnorth CastleScheduled monument
Church of St. LeonardGrade II* listed
Bridgnorth StationGrade II listed
Foster Arms Public HouseGrade II listed
United Methodist and Congregational ChurchGrade II listed+10See 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 Bridgnorth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 9neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 49% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
238 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I11 Grade II*226 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Bridgnorth
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.
Grade II*
The 11 Grade II* listed buildings in Bridgnorth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 10 are photographed.
II*Church · listed 1949St Leonard's ChurchOn the list as Church of St. LeonardPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1949Church of St. Mary MagdaleneOn the list as Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Andrewrabbott · Public domain
II*Inns & shops · listed 1949Swan InnOn the list as Former Swan InnPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1949Governor's HousePhoto: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*Public · listed 1949Grammar School HousePhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1949The RectoryPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1949Town HallPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 194920, East Castle StreetPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 194934-36, High StreetPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 194948, Mill StreetPhoto: Richard Symonds · CC BY-SA 3.0
Public · listed 1949The Court
Historic streets
High 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.
High Street33 listed · 1 II*
Cartway27 listed
East Castle Street21 listed · 1 II*
St Mary's Street19 listed
Mill Street15 listed · 1 II*
St Johns Street10 listed
Bridge Street6 listed
Waterloo Terrace6 listed
Whitburn Street6 listed
Northgate4 listed
Church Street3 listed
St Leonards Close3 listed
Of the 238 entries, 168 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Bridgnorth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas185
Inns, shops & warehouses22
Public & civic buildings17
Walls, gates & bridges8
Churches, chapels & priories4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
185 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
226 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.
The first 150 of 226 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Acacia HouseBandon Arms HotelBaptist ChapelBarn to South-East of Nos 1 and 3Baxters CottageBear InnBell and Talbot InnBlack Boy Public HouseBlack Horse HotelBridgnorth StationBritish Legion ClubCliff Railway Station Stoneway Guest HouseConduit Head Adjacent to the Former Trustee Savings BankConduit Head, Corner of Westgate and Ludlow RoadDiamond HallFormer Carpenter's Arms Public HouseFormer Chadwick Temperance HotelFormer Trustee Savings Bank, 33 East Castle StreetFoster Arms Public HouseFox InnFragment of Town WallsFragment of Town Walls to South of Remains of Half Moon BatteryFragment of Town Walls to West of Postern GateGolden Lion Public HouseHSBC, 43A, High StreetHalf Moon BatteryHillside HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk, Bridge StreetKings Head Public HouseMoorgate HouseMunicipal OfficesNational Provincial BankNew InnNo. 78, High StreetNorth GateNorthgate HouseNos. 30 and 30A, SALOP STREETNumber 16 and the Crown and Raven Public HouseNumber 4 and Beaumaris HouseOld Grammar SchoolOldbury Wells School (East)Oldbury Wells School (West)Palmers HospitalParlor's HallRaven HotelSabrina FountainSevern Arms Public HouseShakespeare HotelThe AlmshousesThe CastleThe CourtThe Falcon HotelThe New Market HallThe Vine Public HouseUnited Methodist and Congregational ChurchUpper Station of Cliff RailwayWall forming part of former Franciscan Priory, central basement of Carpet factoryWar MemorialWarehouse Occupied by Messrs Se and a RidleyWhite Lion Inn1 and 2, Church Street1 and 2, Mill Street1 and 3 Stourbridge Road1, Bridge Street1, East Castle Street1, Waterloo Terrace1-7, Northgate1-9 Ebenezer Row10, East Castle Street10, St Johns Street10A and 11, St Johns Street11, East Castle Street11, Mill Street11-13, High Street12, East Castle Street12, West Castle Street12-14 and 18-20 St Mary's Street13, East Castle Street14, Cartway14, East Castle Street15 Bridge Street15, East Castle Street15, St Johns Street16 and 17, Cartway16, St Johns Street17 & 17A, East Castle Street18 and 19, Pound Street18-23, Cartway19, East Castle Street2 and 2A, Bridge Street2 and 3, East Castle Street2, Cartway2, St Leonards Close2, Waterloo Terrace20 and 21, Railway Street21 and 22, Northgate21, East Castle Street21, St Mary's Street22, East Castle Street22, St Marys Street23, East Castle Street23, High Street23, West Castle Street23-28, St Mary's Street24, East Castle Street24, High Street24-26, Cartway24-30, Whitburn Street25, East Castle Street25, High Street25, Northgate26 and 27, St Leonards Close26, East Castle Street26, High Street27 and 28, High Street27, East Castle Street28 and 29, East Castle Street28 and 29, St Leonards Close28-31, Friars Street29, High Street29-31, Cartway3 St Mary's Street3 and 4, High Street3, Bridge Street3, Castle Terrace3, Church Street3, St Johns Street3, Waterloo Terrace3-5, 6 (incorporating former No 7), 8-10, 11 (incorporating former No 12) and 13 Cartway3-5, Mill Street30, High Street30, St Mary's Street30-32, East Castle Street31, High Street32, Cartway32, Friars Street32, High Street33, High Street34, Cartway35 and 36, Cartway35, Mill Street36-38, Mill Street37, Cartway37, High Street38 to 40, St Mary's Street38-40, Cartway39, Mill Street4 and 5, East Castle Street4, St Johns Street4, Waterloo Terrace
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 15% of Bridgnorth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bridgnorth 197156 ha
Innage Gardens 19941 ha
57 hain conservation areas, of 368 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Bridgnorth, was designated in 1971; the newest, Innage Gardens, in 1994. 235 of the 238 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
75 of Bridgnorth’s 238 listed buildings were added in 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 751949 · 731970 · 70
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 73 entries were listed in 1949, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 75 came in 1974, 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.
1 scheduled monument
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
Bridgnorth 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 (253 points, 208 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 61% 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.
Born here
11 notable people born in Bridgnorth before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Francis Moore
Thomas Percy
Peter Magowan
William Macmichael
William Yate
George Garland
Ethel Margaret Phillips
Douglas Cunnington
Terence O'Connor
Katharine Price Collier St. George
Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
1650170017501800185019001950
Thomas Percy1729–1811 · Irish Anglican bishop (1729-1811)
TO
Terence O'Connor1891–1940 · British politician (1891-1940)
Katharine Price Collier St. George1894–1983 · American politician
Francis Moore1657–1715 · British physician and astrologer
William Macmichael1783–1839 · British physician, author
George Garland1856–1950 · New Zealand politician
PM
Peter Magowan1762–1810 · Canadian politician
WY
William Yate1802–1877 · Missionary, writer
Everyone born in Bridgnorth → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Bridgnorth has the 105th most Grade I buildings of 610 towns its size
Places of 7,000–19,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bridgnorth1
#33 of 610for listed buildings per resident (196 per 10,000). Brecon, Ludlow and Richmond lead.
104 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bridgnorth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 238 | 1 | A |
| Broseley | 5,596 | 29 | 0 | B+ |
| Highley | 3,305 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Much Wenlock | 1,766 | 87 | 3 | A+ |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 29 | 0 | B− |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 3 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Bridgnorth in brief
For its size, Bridgnorth has more listed heritage than 91% of UK towns. In all there are 238 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Bishop Percy's House. Only 104 of the 610 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 33 listed buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 11 people born here before 1900, the best known include Thomas Percy (1729), Terence O'Connor (1891) and Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Bridgnorth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bridgnorth?
Historic England lists 238 buildings inside Bridgnorth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 11 Grade II* and 226 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bridgnorth?
One: Bishop Percy's House.
Which street in Bridgnorth has the most listed buildings?
High Street (33), Cartway (27) and East Castle Street (21) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bridgnorth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bridgnorth Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Bridgnorth?
2, covering about 57 hectares of the town. The largest are Bridgnorth and Innage Gardens.
When were Bridgnorth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 75, in 1974.
Who was born in Bridgnorth?
Among people born before 1900: Thomas Percy (1729), Terence O'Connor (1891), Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894), Francis Moore (1657) and William Macmichael (1783).
How old are the homes in Bridgnorth?
20% 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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