II*Church · listed 1951Church of St LawrenceOn the list as Church of St Lawrence and coffin lids and benches on south sidePhoto: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Lawrence and coffin lids and benches on south side · Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Biddulph · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Biddulph’s built-up area, 18 for every 10,000 residents. 29 of Biddulph’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Biddulph grades B− for history: #23 of 46 in Staffordshire.
Listed buildings
32
18 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Biddulph in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Biddulph GrangeGrade I park or garden
Knypersley School Knypersley School, Attached Archway and Frontage WallGrade II listed
Biddulph War MemorialGrade II listed
Whitehouse CottageGrade II listed
Squirrel Hayes LodgeGrade II listed+2See 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 Biddulph’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Park or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 11neighbourhoods 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.
32 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*29 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 II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Biddulph
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1974Biddulph GrangePhoto: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1994Knypersley Hall
What’s protected
The largest group of Biddulph’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Churches, chapels & priories9
Walls, gates & bridges8
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture2
9 entries (28%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Almshouses, Boundary Walls and Railings Approximately 100 Metres North of Biddulph Grange Almshouses, Boundary Walls and Railings to South and East, Approximately 100 Metres North of Biddulph GrangeBiddulph War MemorialChest tomb approximately 15m south of porch of Church of St LawrenceChurch of St John the EvangelistCoach House Approximately 10 Metres to East of Church of St LawrenceCoach House to Fairhaven and Section of Stable Yard WallCoachman's House to Fairhaven, And Section of Stable Yard WallElmhurstEntrance Screen and Gateway and Gates, Approximately 20 Metres East of FairhavenFairhavenFormal Steps and Approach to Bateman's Study at Biddulph GrangeGarden Gateway to Biddulph Grange Approximately 70 Metres South East of Church of St Lawrence Garden Gateway to Biddulph Grange, Approximately 70 Metres South East of Church of St LawrenceGillowfold FarmhouseGinders Memorial 2 metres north of chancel of Church of St LawrenceGosling Memorial 2 metres east of chancel of Church of St LawrenceKnypersley School Knypersley School, Attached Archway and Frontage WallMilestone Outside No 279Milestone in front of 161 Congleton RoadOverton Road Entrance to Biddulph Grange Overton Road Entrance to Biddulph Grange; Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking WallsRed Cross, Approximately 2 Metres West of Church of St JohnSpring Head Basin 10 Metres North of Gates to Biddulph GrangeSquirrel Hayes LodgeSt Lawrence's churchyard wall, entrance arches and gates to south and westStables, Coach Houses Including Coachman's Cottage and Lodge North of Knypersley HallStone Seat and Arbour in Lime Walk Approximately 15 Metres South of Biddulph GrangeThe Alcove and Approach Steps at North End of Lime AvenueWar Memorial in St Lawrence's Churchyard, BiddulphWeeping Cross 4 metres south of south aisle to Church of St LawrenceWhitehouse Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.8% of Biddulph
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Biddulph Grange 19779 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 502 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 32 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
More than half of Biddulph’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 22
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1951. 22 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 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 registered park or garden
Biddulph GrangeGrade I
History Grade
Biddulph 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 (38 points, 22 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 40% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Biddulph
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddulph | 17,490 | 32 | 0 | B− |
| Biddulph Moor | 1,286 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel | 3,637 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Brown Edge | 2,374 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Scholar Green | 2,095 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Endon | 2,655 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
| Kidsgrove | 15,598 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 106 | 1 | B |
In brief
Biddulph in brief
Biddulph has 32 listed buildings, including Biddulph Grange. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 22 of 32. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Biddulph’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Biddulph?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Biddulph’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Biddulph?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Biddulph Grange.
When were Biddulph’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 22, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Biddulph?
14% 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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