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History of Warwick · Historic England

350 listed buildings, 13 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Warwick’s built-up area, 95 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 6 scheduled monuments. 8% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 44 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. Warwick grades B+ for history: #7 of 34 in Warwickshire.

13Grade I30Grade II*1660old map6scheduled monuments31on High Street
Listed buildings
350
95 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
13
exceptional interest
Grade II*
30
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
6
4 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
8%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Warwick in 57 photos and old views

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp ChapelChurch of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp ChapelGrade I listedWarwickshire County Council offices and former gaolWarwickshire County Council offices and former gaolGrade I listedOakens and Iffelens AlmshousesOakens and Iffelens AlmshousesGrade II listedRed Lion Public HouseRed Lion Public HouseGrade II listedBridge HouseBridge HouseGrade II listed+52See all photos

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.

Through time

Warwick from 1660 to 1903

An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

A map of the city of Warwick, with a small emblem to right an a key to leftc. 1660
Old mapA map of the city of Warwick, with a small emblem to right an a key to leftPublic domain
Cedar, At Warwick1860s
VictorianCedar, At WarwickPhoto: Yale Center for British Art · CC0
CS p1.090 - Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - Morris's County Seats, 1867c. 1866
VictorianCS p1.090 - Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - Morris's County Seats, 1867Photo: British Library · Public domain
AH p120 - Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - Morris, Ancestral Homes, 1868c. 1868
VictorianAH p120 - Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - Morris, Ancestral Homes, 1868Photo: British Library · Public domain
The castle from the bridge, Warwick, England1890
VictorianThe castle from the bridge, Warwick, EnglandPhoto: The Library of Congress · No restrictions
The castle from the river, Warwick, England1890
VictorianThe castle from the river, Warwick, EnglandPhoto: The Library of Congress · No restrictions
Shakespeare's Country Warwick Castle1903
EdwardianShakespeare's Country Warwick CastlePhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Shakespeare's Country, Hayfield, Warwick1903
EdwardianShakespeare's Country, Hayfield, WarwickPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Warwick Castle from the bridge1903
EdwardianWarwick Castle from the bridgePhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Warwick’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Guy's Cliffe, registered park or gardenHill Close Gardens, registered park or gardenLord Leycester Hospital, registered park or gardenWarwick Castle, registered park or gardenCastle Bridge, scheduled monumentSite of St Mary's College, scheduled monumentSt Michael's Hospital, Warwick, scheduled monumentSt Sepulchre's Priory, scheduled monumentWarwick Castle (uninhabited parts), scheduled monumentWarwick Castle Old Bridge (remains of), scheduled monumentAllens House, Grade II*Conservatory, Grade II*Elizabethan House, Grade II*Entrance Gateway to St John's House and Flanking Boundary Walls, Grade II*Landor House, Grade II*Longbridge Manor, Grade II*Museum, Grade II*Norman Arch in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital, Grade II*Okens House, Grade II*Portion of Boundary Wall to Warwick Castle Abutting Mill Street, Grade II*Stables Warwick Castle, Grade II*The Athenaeum, Grade II*The Gables, Grade II*The Marble House, Grade II*The Priory, Grade II*Warwick Castle Mill, Grade II*Warwick Quaker Meeting House, Grade II*Warwickshire County Council Staff Club, Northgate and Northgate House, Grade II*1 and 1A, Brook Street, Grade II*1, High Street, Grade II*1, Jury Street, Grade II*10, Market Place, Grade II*108 108A, Saltisford, Grade II*18 and 20, Northgate Street, Grade II*2 4, High Street, Grade II*23 25, Market Place, Grade II*33 35, Jury Street, Grade II*4, 5 and 6, St Michael's Place, Grade II*43, Mill Street, Grade II*90 92, West Street, Grade II*Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp Chapel, Grade IChurch of Saint Nicholas, Grade IEast Gate and St Peter’s Chapel, and the attached section of town wall, Grade IEgyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital, Grade ILord Leycester Hospital, Grade ISt James Chapel West Gate, Grade ISt John's House, Grade IThe Court House, Grade IThe Old Shire Hall and Law Courts, Grade ITown Wall the Part Extending North West from West Gate, Grade IWarwick Castle, Grade IWarwickshire County Council offices and former gaol, Grade I56, High Street, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from The Court House
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
12 of 13Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of The Court House, a five-minute walk. So do 256 of the 350 listed buildings.
0 of 23neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

350 listed buildings by grade
13 Grade I30 Grade II*307 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 13 Grade I listed buildings in Warwick

Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 12 of these stand within 400 m of The Court House. 12 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Public · listed 1953Shire HallOn the list as The Old Shire Hall and Law CourtsPhoto: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*

The 30 Grade II* listed buildings in Warwick

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 29 are photographed.

House · listed 1953Okens HousePhoto: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1953The GablesPhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
Show the other 18
Church · listed 1953Quaker Meeting HouseOn the list as Warwick Quaker Meeting HousePhoto: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets

High Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

High Street31 listed · 1 Grade I · 2 II*
1, High Street2 4, High Street56, High Street
West Street24 listed · 1 II*
90 92, West Street
Smith Street23 listed
Jury Street20 listed · 2 II*
1, Jury Street33 35, Jury Street
Church Street14 listed
Mill Street14 listed · 1 II*
43, Mill Street
Bridge End9 listed
Coten End9 listed
Market Place9 listed · 2 II*
10, Market Place23 25, Market Place
The Butts9 listed
Northgate Street8 listed · 1 II*
18 and 20, Northgate Street
Castle Street7 listed

Of the 350 entries, 234 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Warwick’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas286
Inns, shops & warehouses20
Walls, gates & bridges17
Public & civic buildings17
Churches, chapels & priories9
Street furniture1

286 entries (82%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 13 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

307 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.

The first 150 of 307 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Behind Number 78Barn CottageBarn to Longbridge ManorBoundary Wall to Forecourt of Unitarian Shapel with Lamp StandardsBridge HouseBrome House Little BromeCabin NewsCastle Park HouseChurch of St Mary (Roman Catholic)Church of St PaulCobb CottageCongregational ChapelCounty Library Headquarters End PavilionsEast Gate Pillar BoxFormer Dale Temperance Hotel and Coffee TavernFormer Woolpack HotelGarden Boundary Wall of Number 37Garden Boundary Wall to Number 30Gateway to Congregational ChapelGazebo in Garden of Lord Leicesters HospitalGold Cup InnGuys CourtHeathcote Hill FarmhouseK6 Telephone KioskLeycester CottageLittle Longbridge HouseLord Leycester Hotel (Main Building)Lord Leycester Hotel AnnexeMain Grandstand Building at Warwick RacecourseMidland Sales and Training Centre, Thomas Potterton LimitedMill Cottage and 55, Mill StreetMontague HouseMoss HouseMyton EndNew Bowilng Green InnNumber 70 and Attached Outbuilding to RearOakens and Iffelens AlmshousesOutbuilding to Number 17Outbuildings to Number 30Pageant HousePavilion at Ngr 42780 26480Pavilion at Ngr 42781 26485Pavilion at Ngr 42783 26480Pavilion at Ngr 42789 26480Portion of Boundary Wall to Grounds of Warwick Castle Abutting Castle Hill and East Part of Castle LanePortion of Boundary Wall to Warwick Castle Abutting West Part of Castle LanePremises formerly occupied by Currall (sadler) and Webb and TaylorPresent DaysRed Lion Public HouseRuined Wall to North East of the PriorySanitary Inspectors OfficeStable Wall of the PrioryStocksStone Wall to the Deanery GardenThe CliffeThe CottageThe Dolls HouseThe Eagle WarehouseThe FirsThe GablesThe Glebe House the Old DeaneryThe Globe InnThe Green Dragon Public HouseThe Judges' HouseThe Kings Head Public HouseThe Malt HouseThe Malt HouseThe ManorThe Mill HouseThe Mill HouseThe Millwrights Arms Public HouseThe Old HouseThe Punch Bowl HotelThe Seasons mural at Myton SchoolThe Seven Stars Public HouseThe Toll HouseThe Vine InnTinkers HatchTower ViewUnitarian ChapelWarwick Arms HotelWarwick Castle LodgeWest Barn the Old HouseWest Gate Pillar BoxWestgate Arms InnWootton House1 3, Smith Street1 and 3, Mill Street1, Church Street1, New Street1, Northgate Street10, Castle Street10, Chapel Street10, Jury Street10, Northgate Street102, Coventry Road107, Bridge End109 111, West Street11 13, High Street11 Mill Street11, 13, 15, Gerrard Street11, Church Street11, Old Square11, The Butts113 115, West Street116, Coventry Road12 14, Jury Street12 16, Castle Street12, Church Street12, Mill Street13 15, Church Street13 15, Coten End13 Mill Street13, Market Place13, Old Square13, The Butts14, Chapel Street14, High Street14, Market Place14, Mill Street15, High Street15, Mill Street15, Old Square15, The Butts16 18, Smith Street16, Chapel Street16, Jury Street16, Northgate Street16, West Street16-28, Bridge End17 19 21, Coten End17 and 19, Mill Street17, Church Street17, Gerrard Street17, Jury Street18 18A, Jury Street18 20, Saltisford18 20, St Nicholas Church Street18 20, Swan Street18, High Street18, Mill Street19, Church Street19, High Street19, St Nicholas Church Street19-25, The Butts19A 21, Church Street2 4, Coten End2 4, St John's2 4, St Nicholas Church Street2 Mill Street

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Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 7.8% of Warwick

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Warwick 196889 ha
89 hain conservation areas, of 1,136 ha inside the built-up area.

317 of the 350 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 Warwick’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1973

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1973 · 1981953 · 127
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 127 entries were listed in 1953, 11 of the 13 Grade I buildings among them. 198 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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.

6 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.

Castle Bridge
Warwick Castle (uninhabited parts)
Warwick Castle Old Bridge (remains of)

4 registered parks and gardens

Guy's CliffeGrade II
Hill Close Gardens
Lord Leycester Hospital
Warwick Castle
History Grade

Warwick 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 (425 points, 116 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8%)More than 19% 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

8% of Warwick’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

6.9%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
2.8%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
9.6%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
16%
1973–82
5%
1983–92
6.8%
1993–99
15%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
20%
2016–25
WarwickEngland & Wales

6.9% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 20% 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 (58 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

23 notable people born in Warwick before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Thomas de Beauchamp
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence
Anne Neville
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
John Ley
William Lambe
Olivia Serres
Walter Savage Landor
George Evans
Joseph Sugar Baly
H. T. Whittell
Harry Drinkwater
Josiah Court
John Rose
Albert Hinchley
William Edward Harrison
Tommy Arkesden
Albert Savage
Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks
13501500165018001950
Anne Neville
Anne Neville1456–1485 · Queen of England from 1483 to 1485
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor1775–1864 · English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864)
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence1451–1476 · English noblewoman (1451–1476)
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick1475–1499 · English Earl
Thomas de Beauchamp
Thomas de Beauchamp1313–1369 · 11th Earl of Warwick
George Evans
George Evans1780–1852 · Australian explorer (1780–1852)
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Tommy Arkesden1878–1921 · English footballer (1878-1921)
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp
John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp1316–1360 · English nobleman (1316-1360)

Everyone born in Warwick → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Warwick has the 8th most Grade I buildings of 292 towns its size

Places of 22,000–59,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Winchester41
Durham40
Salisbury37
Canterbury36
Bury St Edmunds26
Bridgwater17
Chichester14
Warwick13
King's Lynn13
Stratford-upon-Avon11
Abingdon-on-Thames9
Bishop Auckland9
#23 of 292for listed buildings per resident (95 per 10,000). Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury and Chichester lead.

Only Winchester, Durham, Salisbury, Canterbury, Bury St Edmunds, Bridgwater and Chichester have more. Warwick is level with King's Lynn. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Warwick

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Warwick36,67335013B+
Hampton Magna1,63640C−
Royal Leamington Spa51,3214340A
Leek Wootton1,003140B+
Whitnash8,914130D
Hatton1,95330C−
Bishop's Tachbrook2,086141C
Barford1,428430A
In brief

Warwick in brief

Per resident, Warwick has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 350 listed buildings, 13 of them Grade I, including Warwick Castle. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 12 of them stand within 400 m of The Court House. Only 7 of the 292 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

On High Street alone there are 31 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1968. Most entries on the list, 82%, are houses, terraces and villas.

Questions about Warwick’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Warwick?

Historic England lists 350 buildings inside Warwick’s built-up area: 13 Grade I, 30 Grade II* and 307 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Warwick?

13, including Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp Chapel, Church of Saint Nicholas, East Gate and St Peter’s Chapel, and the attached section of town wall, Egyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital, Lord Leycester Hospital and St James Chapel West Gate.

Which street in Warwick has the most listed buildings?

High Street (31), West Street (24) and Smith Street (23) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Warwick?

Yes, 6 scheduled monuments, including Castle Bridge, Site of St Mary's College, St Michael's Hospital, Warwick and St Sepulchre's Priory.

How many conservation areas are there in Warwick?

1, covering about 89 hectares of the town. The largest is Warwick.

When were Warwick’s buildings listed?

The first in 1953; the most, 198, in 1973.

Are there old photos of Warwick?

Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1860 to 1903, and an old map from 1660, all on this page.

Who was born in Warwick?

Among people born before 1900: Anne Neville (1456), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475) and Thomas de Beauchamp (1313).

How old are the homes in Warwick?

8% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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