Old homes in Knowbury: 43% built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Knowbury has 3 times the share. Historic England lists no buildings inside Knowbury’s built-up area.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Knowbury

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

Town	Distance	Listed	Grade I	History
Ludlow	6 km	436	9	A
Cleobury Mortimer	9.6 km	70	1	A⁻
Orleton	11 km	22	1	—
Wigmore	17 km	32	1	—
Leintwardine	17 km	16	1	—
Leominster	18 km	236	1	A

Homes by age

43% of Knowbury’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

41%

Before 1900

1.3%

1900–18

3.2%

1919–29

1.3%

1930s

3.2%

1945–54

6.5%

1955–64

7.7%

1965–72

4.5%

1973–82

11%

1983–92

4.5%

1993–99

7.7%

2000–08

4.5%

2009–15

3.2%

2016–25

KnowburyEngland & Wales

41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 11% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

In brief

Knowbury in brief

Old houses are part of Knowbury’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Knowbury has nothing on the list; Ludlow, 6 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings.

Knowbury has no History Grade.

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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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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