IChurch · listed 1951St Alkmund's ChurchOn the list as Church of Saint AlkmundPhoto: Peter I. Vardy · Public domain
Church of Saint Alkmund · Photo: Peter I. Vardy · Public domainAHistory Grade
History of Whitchurch · Historic England
103 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Whitchurch’s built-up area, 105 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Whitchurch grades A for history: #4 of 19 in Shropshire.
Listed buildings
103
105 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Whitchurch in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Old Eagles Public HouseGrade II* listed
Higginson's Almshouses and Adjoining Wall at RearGrade II listed
Saint Johns Methodist Church and Adjoining Church HallGrade II listed
Churton Memorial Drinking FountainGrade II listed
38 and 40, DodingtonGrade II listed+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 Whitchurch’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 6neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 37% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
103 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I7 Grade II*95 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 Whitchurch
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 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Whitchurch
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1988Old Eagles Public HousePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1951Old School House
House · listed 1951The Old Rectory
Inns & shops · listed 1951The Old Shop
House · listed 195117, Green End
House · listed 195121, Dodington
House · listed 19885, Dodington
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 Street14 listed
Dodington10 listed · 2 II*
Saint Marys Street7 listed
Green End6 listed · 1 II*
Watergate5 listed
Of the 103 entries, 49 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Whitchurch’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas73
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Public & civic buildings7
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges5
Street furniture2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
73 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
95 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 95 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bark Hill HouseBoundary Stone Adjoining Number 16Broughall HouseBull's Head Public HouseCherwell HouseChurton Memorial Drinking FountainDodington HouseDodington Lodge HotelEllesmere HouseForecourt Wall and Piers Approximately 2 Metres to Front of Number 17Forecourt walls and piers approximately 8 metres to the front of the former Church of Saint CatherineFormer Church of Saint CatherineFormer Presbyterian Chapel Approximately 12 Metres to South West of Number 7 (The Old House)Former Stable Approximately 5 Metres to South of Number 58 (Weston House)Game Larder Approximately 3 Metres to South West of Old RectoryHavana HouseHavana TerraceHigginson's Almshouses and Adjoining Wall at RearIce House Approximately 15 Metres to South West of the Tithe BarnLiverpool HouseLoveit Memorial Approximately 2 Metres to South of Church of Saint AlkmundMilestone Adjoining North East Front of Number 46 (Victoria Hotel)Milestone Adjoining Number 3ANumber 29 and Adjoining Stable BlockNumber 8 (Old Cottage) and Number 10Numbers 42 (Clifton House) and 44Old Town HallOld Town Hall VaultsOutbuilding Approximately 10 Metres to East of the Tithe BarnSaint Johns Methodist Church and Adjoining Church HallSaint Marys HouseSitoni HouseStable block and coach house approximately 10 metres to north west of The Mount HotelSundial in the Grounds of Alkmund's ChurchTalbot HouseThe Black Bear Public HouseThe BungalowThe Coach House and Adjoining Forecourt WallsThe Hermitage FlatsThe Mount Hotel and adjoining screen wallThe Old Grammar School Buildings and Flats 1-7 the Old School HouseThe Old HouseThe Red Cow Public HouseUnited Reformed Church and Adjoining Church Hall, Vestry and ManseVictoria HotelWeston HouseWhitchurch Heritage CentreWhitchurch War MemorialWhite House School1, Dodington1-7, Talbot Street12 and 14, Highgate12, High Street14, High Street15 and 15A, Watergate15, Dodington15, Green End16, Saint Marys Street17 and 19 Watergate17, Dodington18, Green End18, Saint Marys Street19 and 19A, Bluegates2 Bullring20 and 22, Green End20, Saint Marys Street21, Saint Johns Street23 and 25 Dodington24, Green End25, High Street26 and 28, Watergate27, Saint Marys Street29, Saint Marys Street3, Dodington3, Saint Marys Street30 and 32, Watergate30-36, Dodington33, Saint Marys Street34, High Street35 Including 35A and 35B, High Street36 and 38, High Street37 and 39, High Street38 and 40, Dodington4 Bullring4, High Street40 and 42, High Street41-45, High Street42A and 44, High Street44, Watergate56, High Street58 and 60, High Street6 and 8, Bargates6, Dodington63, Green End9, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.1% of Whitchurch
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Whitchurch 198722 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 317 ha inside the built-up area.
92 of the 103 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
46 of Whitchurch’s 103 listed buildings were added in 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 461951 · 45
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 45 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 46 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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
Whitchurch 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 (114 points, 116 per 10,000 residents)More than 81% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (24%)More than 72% 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
24% of Whitchurch’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
19%
Before 1900
5.3%
1900–18
6.3%
1919–29
5.3%
1930s
9.5%
1945–54
4.1%
1955–64
5.5%
1965–72
3.8%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
6.8%
1993–99
9.3%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
8%
2016–25
WhitchurchEngland & Wales
19% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 13% 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 (60 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
4 notable people born in Whitchurch before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Abraham Hayward
Thomas Corser
Charles Smith
Edward German
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Edward German1862–1936 · English musician and composer (1862–1936)
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Thomas Corser1793–1876 · British scholar and clergyman (1793-1876)
AH
Abraham Hayward1692–1747 · English architect
Charles Smith1833–1903 · Politician (1833-1903)
Everyone born in Whitchurch → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Whitchurch has the 97th most Grade I buildings of 675 towns its size
Places of 6,000–16,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Whitchurch1
#112 of 675for listed buildings per resident (105 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
96 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Whitchurch
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 103 | 1 | A |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Malpas | 1,361 | 52 | 1 | A+ |
| Prees | 1,013 | 28 | 0 | A |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 18 | 1 | A− |
| Wem | 6,287 | 89 | 0 | A− |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 80 | 0 | B+ |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 129 | 3 | A− |
In brief
Whitchurch in brief
Old houses are part of Whitchurch’s character: 24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 103 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Alkmund's Church. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 81% of UK towns. Only 96 of the 675 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On High Street alone there are 14 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Whitchurch’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whitchurch?
Historic England lists 103 buildings inside Whitchurch’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 95 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Whitchurch?
One: Church of Saint Alkmund.
Which street in Whitchurch has the most listed buildings?
High Street (14), Dodington (10) and Saint Marys Street (7) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Whitchurch?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Sundial in St Alkmund's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Whitchurch?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Whitchurch.
When were Whitchurch’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 46, in 1988.
Who was born in Whitchurch?
Among people born before 1900: Edward German (1862), Thomas Corser (1793), Abraham Hayward (1692) and Charles Smith (1833).
How old are the homes in Whitchurch?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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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