II*Church · listed 1970Church of St MaryPhoto: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Highley · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Highley’s built-up area, 24 for every 10,000 residents. 7 of Highley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Highley grades B− for history: #15 of 19 in Shropshire.
Listed buildings
8
24 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Highley
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 Highley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*7 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 Grade II* listed building in Highley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 8.1% of Highley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Highley 19818 ha
Highley Clee View 19811 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 109 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Highley and Highley Clee View, were designated in 1981; the newest, Highley Clee View, in 1981. 6 of the 8 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.
History Grade
Highley 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 (9 points, 27 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 76% 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
26% of Highley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
11%
Before 1900
14%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
4.9%
1930s
3.2%
1945–54
9.2%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
7.6%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
7.3%
2016–25
HighleyEngland & Wales
11% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 14% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Highley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highley | 3,305 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Bridgnorth | 12,172 | 238 | 1 | A |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 279 | 0 | A |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | 70 | 1 | A− |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 24 | 1 | B |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 5 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Highley in brief
More of Highley’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 8 listed buildings, including Church of St Mary. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1981. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1951 and 2015.
Questions about Highley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Highley?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Highley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Highley?
2, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest are Highley and Highley Clee View.
How old are the homes in Highley?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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