II*Public · listed 1952Lavender Hall FarmhousePhoto: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Balsall Common · Historic England
19 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Balsall Common’s built-up area, 27 for every 10,000 residents. 17 of Balsall Common’s listed buildings are Grade II. 7.7% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Balsall Common grades C for history: #10 of 35 in West Midlands.
Listed buildings
19
27 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
7.7%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Balsall Common in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Sarcacens Head InnGrade II listed
Hobbe CottageGrade II listed
Shenstone GrangeGrade II listed
Pool OrchardGrade II listed
The Brickmakers Arms Public HouseGrade 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 Balsall Common’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
19 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Balsall Common
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1952Magpie Farmhouse
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
Barn at Balsall Street FarmBarn at Lavender Hall FarmBarn at Number 85Cottage FarmhouseFrogmore GrangeHobbe CottageOutbuilding Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 83 (Not Included)Pool OrchardShenstone GrangeStables at Frogmore GrangeTemplars CroftThe Brickmakers Arms Public HouseThe HomesteadThe Old FarmhouseThe Sarcacens Head InnWisteria Cottage85, Meeting House Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Balsall Common
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE371 ha
371 hain conservation areas, of 371 ha inside the built-up area.
19 of the 19 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
7 of Balsall Common’s 19 listed buildings were added in 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 7
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 7 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Balsall Common 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 (21 points, 30 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.7%)More than 18% 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
7.7% of Balsall Common’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.1%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
3.2%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
8.6%
1965–72
19%
1973–82
8.6%
1983–92
9.4%
1993–99
15%
2000–08
2.8%
2009–15
5%
2016–25
Balsall CommonEngland & Wales
6.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 19% 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 (92 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Balsall Common
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 19 | 0 | C |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Meriden | 2,203 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | 24 | 1 | A− |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 45 | 2 | C+ |
| Kenilworth | 22,239 | 135 | 3 | B |
| Kingswood | 1,197 | 21 | 0 | A |
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Balsall Common in brief
The official list counts 19 listed buildings in Balsall Common, including Lavender Hall Farmhouse. A conservation area protects part of it. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.7% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Balsall Common’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Balsall Common?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Balsall Common’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Balsall Common?
1, covering about 371 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Balsall Common’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 7, in 1976.
How old are the homes in Balsall Common?
7.7% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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