25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

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.

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.

The first 3 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 13 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

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.

22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 18% 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.

Richard Whiting

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset

John Locke

Samuel Budgett

George Howell

Godfrey Firbank

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John Locke1632–1704 · English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset1587–1645 · British nobleman and politician (1587–1645)

George Howell1833–1910 · British trade unionist and politician

GF

Godfrey Firbank1895–1947 · English cricketer (1895-1947)

RW

Richard Whiting1460–1539 · English abbot

SB

Samuel Budgett1794–1851 · British businessman

Everyone born in Wrington → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Old houses are part of Wrington’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 88 of the 1,503 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.

Most entries on the list, 60%, are houses, terraces and villas. John Locke (1632), Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset (1587) and George Howell (1833) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1987, when 13 of the 25 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.