Photo: Cutler at English Wikipedia · Public domain1 listed building
On the Historic England list, it stands inside Blackheath’s built-up area, 1.4 for every 10,000 residents. In Blackheath, the listed building is Grade II. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Blackheath grades D for history: #27 of 35 in West Midlands.
Blackheath in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1908Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Blackheath’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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).
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Blackheath grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Blackheath
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackheath | 6,950 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Oldbury | 45,188 | 35 | 0 | C |
| Cradley Heath | 18,819 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Rowley Regis | 39,052 | 6 | 0 | D− |
| Halesowen | 60,103 | 32 | 2 | C |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 95 | 2 | B− |
| Smethwick | 56,343 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Brierley Hill | 32,311 | 13 | 0 | D |
Blackheath in brief
The official list counts 1 listed building in Blackheath. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 6% of UK towns. The rest is about typical: Billy Adams (1892) was born here before 1900; its only entry went on the list in 2012; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Blackheath’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Blackheath?
Historic England lists 1 building inside Blackheath’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
Are there old photos of Blackheath?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1908 to 1908, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Blackheath?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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