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History of Thorne · Historic England
18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Thorne’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 9.4% of its homes were built before 1919. Thorne grades C for history: #20 of 63 in South Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
18
15 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
9.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Thorne
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St NicholasGrade I listed
The White Hart InnGrade II listed
The Old VicarageGrade 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 Thorne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IScheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 8neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 31% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
18 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*17 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 Thorne
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
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Churchyard Gatepiers Approximately 12 Metres South West of Porch to Church of St NicholasCrimean War Memorial PumpCrimean War Memorial Pump Situated Approximately 20 Metres to West of North East Entrance to ParkFront Garden Wall and Gatepiers to Number 20LockermarshNumber 1 Silver Street Including Number 31 Bridge StreetOutbuilding to Rear of Number 44APremises of Richard Law Fruit Shops and Flat AboveRemains of Medieval Coffin Approximately 3 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St NicholasSettings FarmhouseStonegate House (Now Masonic Hall)The Old VicarageThe White Hart InnThorne Hall, Ellison Street, ThorneTower Mill Immediately to East of Junction with Millfield RoadTravis Studio44A and 44B, King Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.2% of Thorne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Thorne 196837 ha
37 hain conservation areas, of 404 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 18 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
9 of Thorne’s 18 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 91966 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 9 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
Thorne grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (22 points, 18 per 10,000 residents)More than 43% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9.4%)More than 23% 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
9.4% of Thorne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.6%
Before 1900
4.7%
1900–18
6.2%
1919–29
9.2%
1930s
17%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
8.5%
1965–72
9%
1973–82
5.7%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
9.5%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
6.4%
2016–25
ThorneEngland & Wales
4.6% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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 (54 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Thorne before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Pool
Samuel Hopkinson
Thomas Crapper
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Thomas Crapper1836–1910 · British plumber
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Samuel Hopkinson1825–1887 · Cricketer (1825-1887)
William Pool1783–1856 · British inventor, whitesmith, engineer (1783-1856)
Everyone born in Thorne → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Thorne has the 108th most Grade I buildings of 604 towns its size
Places of 7,000–20,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
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#376 of 604for listed buildings per resident (15 per 10,000). Brecon, Ludlow and Richmond lead.
107 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Thorne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorne | 12,303 | 18 | 1 | C |
| Moorends | 5,194 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Stainforth | 5,999 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | 14,000 | 30 | 2 | C |
| Hatfield Woodhouse | 2,208 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Crowle | 3,969 | 21 | 1 | B |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 13,090 | 5 | 1 | D |
| Rawcliffe | 1,580 | 8 | 0 | B |
In brief
Thorne in brief
Thorne has 18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Nicholas. Only 107 of the 604 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1968.
Thomas Crapper (1836), Samuel Hopkinson (1825) and William Pool (1783) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 9.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Thorne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Thorne?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Thorne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Thorne?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Thorne?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Peel Hill motte and bailey castle, Thorne..
How many conservation areas are there in Thorne?
1, covering about 37 hectares of the town. The largest is Thorne.
When were Thorne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 9, in 1987.
Who was born in Thorne?
Among people born before 1900: Thomas Crapper (1836), Samuel Hopkinson (1825) and William Pool (1783).
How old are the homes in Thorne?
9.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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