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History of Darton · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Darton’s built-up area, 19 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Darton, 27 are Grade II. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Darton grades B− for history: #11 of 63 in South Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
28
19 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Darton
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 Darton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade I
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 10neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 42% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*27 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 Darton
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.
What’s protected
Most of Darton’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories22
Public & civic buildings3
Houses, terraces & villas2
Walls, gates & bridges1
2 entries (7%) are houses, terraces and villas. 22 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
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Audin graveslab approximately 20 metres south of south aisle of church of All SaintsBarn along south side of farmyard at Kexbrough Hall FarmBrown Graveslab Approximately 15 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of All SaintsCarr Graveslab Approximately 30 Metres West of South Porch of Church of All SaintsClarke Graveslab Approximately 20 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All SaintsCross Base and Shaft Approximately 20 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsFootstone Approximately 20 Metres West of South Porch of Church of All SaintsFormer United Methodist Free Church, Including Attached Railings at FrontGibson Graveslab Approximately 30 Metres West of South Porch of Church of All SaintsGreaves Graveslab Approximately 20 Metres West of South Porch of Church of All SanitsHobson Graveslab Approximately 12 Metres South of Porch of Church of All SaintsL Shaped Range of Farm Buildings and Barn at Squirrel Hall FarmMabson Graveslab and Footstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsMilns Graveslab Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of All SaintsPair of Raised Graveslabs (Denton) Approximately 4 Metres South West of Tower of Church of All SaintsPollard Graveslab Approximately 30 Metres West of South Porch of Church of All SaintsPrincipal Barn at the Oaks Approximately 20 Metres North East of FarmhouseRaised Graveslab (Beaumont) Approximately 3 Metres East of South Porch of Church of All SaintsSunday SchoolSwift graveslab approximately 20 metres west of south porch of Church of All SaintsThree Grave Slabs (Cudworth, Cudworth, Hirst) Approximately 20 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All SaintsThree Hemingway graveslabs approximately 2 metres south of east end of south chapel of Church of All SaintsTraviss Graveslab Approximately 15 Metres South of Porch of Church of All SaintsTwo graveslabs (Dury and unnamed) approximately 10 metres south of south porch of Church of All SaintsWebster Graveslab Approximately 10 Metres South East South Aisle of Church of All SaintsWindhill Gate Farmhouse an Attached Outbuildings17, 19 and 21, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.5% of Darton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE2 ha
2 hain conservation areas, of 431 ha inside the built-up area.
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
More than half of Darton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 25
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1963, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 25 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Darton 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 (30 points, 20 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 48% 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
Darton has the 102nd most Grade I buildings of 544 towns its size
Places of 9,000–24,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Darton1
#291 of 544for listed buildings per resident (19 per 10,000). Ludlow, Bridport and Monmouth lead.
101 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Darton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darton | 15,016 | 28 | 1 | B− |
| Barugh Green and Redbrook | 7,545 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Barnsley | 71,394 | 77 | 2 | B |
| Carlton | 2,125 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Royston | 10,755 | 2 | 1 | C− |
| Dodworth | 5,981 | 9 | 0 | C− |
| Hall Green | 2,307 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Silkstone | 1,682 | 14 | 1 | C+ |
In brief
Darton in brief
The official list counts 28 listed buildings in Darton, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of All Saints. Only 101 of the 544 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 79%, are churches, chapels and priories. The big year was 1987, when 25 of the 28 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Thomas Richard Beaumont (1758) was born here before 1900; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Darton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Darton?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Darton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Darton?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Darton?
1, covering about 2 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Darton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 25, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Darton?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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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