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History of Whittington · Historic England
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Whittington’s built-up area, 62 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Whittington grades B for history.
Listed buildings
10
62 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Whittington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
10 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*9 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 Whittington
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
9 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 34% of Whittington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Whittington 199219 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
10 of the 10 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
5 of Whittington’s 10 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 5
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 5 came in 1987, 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
Whittington 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 (14 points, 87 per 10,000 residents)More than 54% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 56% 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
Whittington has the 91st most Grade I buildings of 1,688 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Whittington1
#874 of 1,688for listed buildings per resident (62 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
90 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Whittington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittington | 1,618 | 10 | 1 | B |
| Oswestry | 17,500 | 137 | 1 | A− |
| Gobowen | 3,046 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Morda | 1,976 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 6 | 1 | C |
| Weston Rhyn | 1,381 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 106 | 1 | A |
| Chirk | 3,930 | 29 | 1 | B |
In brief
Whittington in brief
Whittington has 10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 90 of the 1,688 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1992. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Reg Humphreys (1888) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Whittington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whittington?
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Whittington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Whittington?
One: Whittington Castle.
Are there scheduled monuments in Whittington?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Whittington Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Whittington?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Whittington.
When were Whittington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 5, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Whittington?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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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