II*Church · listed 1966Cross in Rocester churchyardOn the list as Cross Approximately 40 Yards North of Church of St MichaelPhoto: David Weston · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: AtticTapestry · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Rocester · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Rocester’s built-up area, 71 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Rocester grades B for history.
Listed buildings
12
71 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rocester
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 Rocester’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
12 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*11 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Rocester
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
11 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 14% of Rocester
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rocester14 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 99 ha inside the built-up area.
11 of the 12 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 Rocester’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 8
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1966. 8 came in 1985, 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Rocester 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 (17 points, 101 per 10,000 residents)More than 59% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 49% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Rocester before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford
George Harris
Charles Lyon
Colin Campbell
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Colin Campbell1887–1955 · British field hockey player, born 1887
Charles Lyon1878–1959 · English soldier & cricketer (1878-1959)
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Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford1562–1612 · 2nd wife of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
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George Harris1877– · English footballer, born 1877
Everyone born in Rocester → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rocester
In brief
Rocester in brief
Rocester has 12 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Colin Campbell (1887), Charles Lyon (1878) and Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford (1562) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 8 of 12. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Rocester’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rocester?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Rocester’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Rocester?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Cross in Rocester churchyard and Site of Rocester Abbey and part of Roman town.
How many conservation areas are there in Rocester?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Rocester.
When were Rocester’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 8, in 1985.
Who was born in Rocester?
Among people born before 1900: Colin Campbell (1887), Charles Lyon (1878), Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford (1562) and George Harris (1877).
How old are the homes in Rocester?
16% 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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