II*Public · listed 1967New Tean Hall MillPhoto: AtticTapestry · CC BY-SA 4.0
New Tean Hall Mill · Photo: AtticTapestry · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Upper Tean · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Upper Tean’s built-up area, 40 for every 10,000 residents. 11 of Upper Tean’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Upper Tean grades B− for history: #20 of 46 in Staffordshire.
Listed buildings
13
40 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Upper Tean
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 Upper Tean’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Upper Tean
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Public · listed 1967Tean HallPhoto: David Weston · CC BY-SA 2.0
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.
All 11 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Upper Tean
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Upper Tean 199813 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 85 ha inside the built-up area.
12 of the 13 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 Upper Tean’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 81967 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1967. 8 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Upper Tean 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 (15 points, 46 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 54% 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 Upper Tean
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 13 | 0 | B− |
| Cheadle | 11,403 | 56 | 1 | B+ |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 6,798 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | 63 | 0 | B |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 12 | 0 | B |
| Werrington | 6,012 | 7 | 0 | D |
| Stone | 17,282 | 79 | 0 | B |
| Doveridge | 1,760 | 14 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Upper Tean in brief
The official list counts 13 listed buildings in Upper Tean, including New Tean Hall Mill. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1998. The big year was 1986, when 8 of the 13 went on the list. 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 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Upper Tean’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Upper Tean?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Upper Tean’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Upper Tean?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Upper Tean.
When were Upper Tean’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 8, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Upper Tean?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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