Church · listed 1954St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mary
The Vicarage · Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Cleobury Mortimer · Historic England
70 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cleobury Mortimer’s built-up area, 236 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Cleobury Mortimer grades A− for history: #5 of 19 in Shropshire.
Listed buildings
70
236 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Cleobury Mortimer in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Manor HouseGrade II* listed
Old Lion Public HouseGrade II listed
Old SchoolGrade II listed
Turnpike CottageGrade II listed
Wayside cross on High Street, 140m south west of St Mary's ChurchScheduled monument+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 Cleobury Mortimer’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.
70 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*67 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 Cleobury Mortimer
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1954Manor HousePhoto: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954The VicaragePhoto: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0
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 Street21 listed
Church Street13 listed
Lower Street3 listed
The Hurst3 listed
Of the 70 entries, 41 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Cleobury Mortimer’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas50
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Street furniture3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Public & civic buildings2
50 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
67 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 67 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Assembly Rooms and Railings and Gatepier to South WestBarn at Extreme Northern End of Burgage Plot Behind Numbers 34-37 Lower StreetBeaconsfield HouseChurchyard Wall 18 Metres South West of Church of St MaryGatepiers to South East of Assembly RoomsHorse Trough and Drinking FountainK6 Telephone Kiosk 8 Metres South of Numbers 30 and 31K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with the HurstKings Arms HotelLacon Childe SchoolLangland HouseLloyds BankMounting Block in Front of Talbot HotelOld Lion Public HouseOld SchoolRadnor House and Radnor CottageRemains of Wayside Cross 18 Metres West of K6 Telephone KioskRoyal Fountain InnStable Block at Manor HouseSundial 4 Metres South of Tower of Church of St MaryThe Bell InnThe Redfern HotelTurnpike CottageWall 30 Metres North West of Manor HouseWall and Gatepiers 20 Metres North of Manor HouseWar Memorial Outside Church of St Mary1, Church Street10, Church Street11 and 12, Church Street11 and 12, High Street11 and 12, Lower Street11 and 12, The Hurst13, High Street13, The Hurst14, Church Street14, High Street14, The Hurst15, Church Street16, Church Street16, High Street17, Church Street17, High Street18, Church Street18, High Street19 and 20, High Street2, Church Street21, 22 and 22A, High Street23 and 24, Lower Street23, High Street25 and 26, High Street27, High Street28, High Street29, High Street30a, 30, 31, 31a, 31b and 32, High Street, Cleobury Mortimer34-37, Lower Street36, High Street4, Church Street4, High Street40, High Street41, High Street42, High Street44 and 45, High Street48, High Street6 and 7, Church Street67, 68 and 69, High Street8, Church Street9, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 22% of Cleobury Mortimer
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cleobury Mortimer 197220 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 92 ha inside the built-up area.
68 of the 70 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 Cleobury Mortimer’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 392000 · 141954 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 13 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 39 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
Cleobury Mortimer 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 (76 points, 257 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 55% 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
Cleobury Mortimer has the 94th most Grade I buildings of 1,228 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cleobury Mortimer1
#126 of 1,228for listed buildings per resident (236 per 10,000). Painswick, Sandwich and Chipping Campden lead.
93 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cleobury Mortimer
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 70 | 1 | A− |
| Highley | 3,305 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 64 | 0 | A |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 279 | 0 | A |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 102 | 0 | B |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 436 | 9 | A |
In brief
Cleobury Mortimer in brief
Measured per resident, Cleobury Mortimer has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. In all there are 70 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Manor House. Only 93 of the 1,228 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On High Street alone there are 21 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1974, when 39 of the 70 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument; and 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Cleobury Mortimer’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cleobury Mortimer?
Historic England lists 70 buildings inside Cleobury Mortimer’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 67 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer?
One: Church of St Mary.
Which street in Cleobury Mortimer has the most listed buildings?
High Street (21), Church Street (13) and Lower Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cleobury Mortimer?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wayside cross on High Street, 140m south west of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Cleobury Mortimer?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Cleobury Mortimer.
When were Cleobury Mortimer’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 39, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Cleobury Mortimer?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 20% 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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