ICathedral · listed 1988Coventry CathedralOn the list as Cathedral of St MichaelPhoto: DeFacto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cathedral of St Michael · Photo: DeFacto · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Coventry · Historic England
277 listed buildings, 19 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Coventry’s built-up area, 8 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 10 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 44 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Coventry grades B− for history: #5 of 35 in West Midlands.
Listed buildings
277
8 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
19
exceptional interest
Grade II*
24
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
10
3 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Coventry in 59 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.
Remains of Caludon CastleGrade I listed
Bablake SchoolGrade I listed
Canal WarehouseGrade II listed
Coventry Central Baths (original part including sunbathing terraces), part of Coventry Sports and Leisure CentreGrade II listed
Rose and Crown InnGrade II listed+54See 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.
Through time
Coventry from 1800 to 1944
An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1800
c. 1850
1871
c. 1874
1917
c. 1925
c. 1941
1942
c. 1944Public 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 Coventry’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Coventry Cathedral
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
11 of 19Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Coventry Cathedral, a five-minute walk. So do 55 of the 277 listed buildings.
25 of 204neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 97% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
277 listed buildings by grade
19 Grade I24 Grade II*234 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 19 Grade I listed buildings in Coventry
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 11 of these stand within 400 m of Coventry Cathedral. 18 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IPublic · listed 1955Caludon CastleOn the list as Remains of Caludon CastlePhoto: Mum's taxi · CC BY-SA 3.0
IPublic · listed 1955Bablake SchoolPhoto: Worm That Turned · CC BY-SA 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955All Saints Church, AllesleyOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: Jez Sutton · CC BY 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955St Bartholomew's Church, BinleyOn the list as Church of St BartholomewPhoto: Carmen McLean-Ellmann, Oliver Ellmann · CC BY 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955St John the Baptist ChurchOn the list as Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Paul Coles · CC BY-SA 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955St Mary Magdalene's Church, WykenOn the list as Church of St Mary MagdalenPhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0
IWalls & gates · listed 1955Cook Street GateOn the list as City GatePhoto: E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0
IPublic · listed 1955Ford's HospitalPhoto: John Redshaw · CC BY-SA 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955Holy Trinity ChurchPhoto: G-Man · CC BY 2.0
IHouse · listed 1955Medieval Basement Below Site of 38 and 39 Bayley StreetPhoto: Rock drum · CC BY-SA 3.0
IChurch · listed 1955St Mary's Priory and CathedralOn the list as Remains of the west front, nave and aisles of Coventry PrioryPhoto: E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0
ICathedral · listed 1955Ruined Cathedral Church of St MichaelPhoto: Andrew Walker ( walker44 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
IPublic · listed 1955St Mary's GuildhallOn the list as St Mary's HallPhoto: Snowmanradio · CC BY-SA 3.0
IWalls & gates · listed 1955City Wall To North Of Swanswell Gate Swanswell GateOn the list as Swanswell Gate and City Wall to North of Swanswell GatePhoto: Mum's taxi · CC BY-SA 3.0
IHouse · listed 1955The CharterhousePhoto: Carmen McLean-Ellmann, Oliver Ellmann · CC BY 3.0
IPublic · listed 1955Old Grammar SchoolOn the list as The Old Grammar School (St John's Hospital Chapel)Photo: Henry Jeayes · Public domain
IPublic · listed 1955Whitefriars MuseumPhoto: Rock drum · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1955Number 22 (Cellarage Only)
Grade II*
The 24 Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 23 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1974Bird Grove HousePhoto: Ballpointbiro · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1974Bond's HospitalOn the list as Bonds HospitalPhoto: Paul Coles · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1998Christ ChurchPhoto: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1955GreyfriarsOn the list as Christchurch SteeplePhoto: Nicholas Jackson · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1955Church of St LawrencePhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1955St Mary's Church, WalsgraveOn the list as Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Anthony Hartwell · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1955Church of St MichaelPhoto: PC · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1974County HallPhoto: Nicholas Jackson · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1957Drapers' HallOn the list as Draper's HallPhoto: Nicholas Jackson · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1955Blue Coat SchoolOn the list as Former Blue Coat SchoolPhoto: Paul Coles · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Memorials · listed 1955Golden CrossOn the list as Golden Cross InnPhoto: The Nicholson Family · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 2007Houses for Visiting MathematiciansOn the list as Houses for Visiting Mathematicians Warwick UniversityPhoto: Nicholas Jackson · CC BY-SA 3.0
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II*Street furniture · listed 1955Kirby HouseOn the list as Kirby House and forecourt railingsPhoto: Paul Coles · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Memorials · listed 1998Lady GodivaOn the list as Lady Godiva StatuePhoto: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1955Mediaeval Stone BuildingOn the list as Medieval Stone BuildingPhoto: RobJN · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1974Medieval precinct wall to The CharterhousePhoto: Carmen McLean-Ellmann, Oliver Ellmann · CC BY 3.0
II*House · listed 1955The CottagePhoto: Andy Mabbett · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1955Cheylesmore ManorOn the list as The Register Office, formerly the Cheylesmore Manor gatehouse and cross-wingsPhoto: Rock drum · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1955Whitefriars Gate, 36-37 Much Park StreetPhoto: E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1991119-123, Upper Spon StreetPhoto: Rock drum · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 19553-5 Priory RowPhoto: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 195565, Birmingham RoadPhoto: Jez Sutton · CC BY 3.0
II*House · listed 19557 Little Park StreetPhoto: Rock drum · CC BY-SA 3.0
Inns & shops · listed 1955Medieval Basement on Site of Old Star Inn
Historic streets
Birmingham Road 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.
Birmingham Road16 listed · 1 II*
Spon Street15 listed
Warwick Row13 listed
Far Gosford Street5 listed
Brinklow Road4 listed
Priory Row4 listed · 1 II*
Cash's Lane3 listed
Hay Lane3 listed
Spon End3 listed
Wall Hill Road3 listed
Woodway Lane3 listed
Of the 277 entries, 92 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Coventry’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas174
Public & civic buildings40
Churches, chapels & priories24
Walls, gates & bridges19
Inns, shops & warehouses13
Memorials, crosses & tombs6
Street furniture1
174 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 24 are churches, chapels and priories, including 7 of the 19 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
234 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 234 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Akon HouseAlderman's Green War MemorialAlverston CottageArden HouseBaptist ChapelBarn CottageBarn FarmhouseBarn at Conways FarmBarn at Ivy FarmBeechwood HotelBelgrade TheatreBlock of Two Gymnasia to South of Main Block at Woodlands SchoolBoundary Wall and Gates on West Side of Lady Herberts Garden from Cook Street Gate to Swanswell GateBremond CollegeBridge CottageBridge Number 1, Coventry CanalBroadgate HouseBroadgate StandardCanal HouseCanal WarehouseCanley Hall FarmhouseCanley Hall FarmhousesCellarage Below Site of Palace YardCemetery Gateway and ScreenCemetery GazeboCemetery LodgeChapel of St James and St ChristopherChurch of St Chad and Bell Tower, Wood EndChurch of St JamesChurch of St John the BaptistChurch of St John the Divine, The Church Hall and Bell TowerChurch of St Mark and boundary walls to Stoney Stanton Lane and Bird StreetChurch of St Oswald and bell tower, Tile HillChurch of St PaulChurch of St PeterChurch of St ThomasChurch of St ThomasCoach House to the CharterhouseConways FarmhouseCoundon Hall (The Old Hall Inn)Coundon Hall FarmhouseCoundon LodgeCoventry Central Baths (original part including sunbathing terraces), part of Coventry Sports and Leisure CentreCoventry City Library building (former Locarno Dancehall)Coventry Civic Centre 2Coventry Retail MarketCoventry Station, Including Attached Platform StructuresCoventry Synagogue and Rabbi's HouseCromwell CottageCruck HouseCryfield House FarmhouseDial HouseDormer CottageDovecote at Allesley HallFormer British Home Stores Building and Carphone WarehouseFormer Leofric HotelFormer Nurses' Home and Outpatients' Clinic at Coventry and Warwickshire HospitalFormer Ribbon Factory and OfficeFour WindsFree Grammar School King Henry VIII SchoolFront Garden Gates and Railings to Number 74Front Gate and Railings to Number 11Garden Shelter and Platform 50M North-East of Lady Herberts HomesGateway and Boundary Wall at Cook Street Entrance to Lady Herberts GardenGateway and Boundary Wall at Swanswell Entrance to Lady Herberts GardenGreen FarmhouseHalifax ChambersHawkesbury Hall and Attached OutbuildingsHouse Block East of Teaching Block Lying Due East of Main Block at Woodlands SchoolHouse Block to East of Linked Teaching and Gymnasium Blocks, At Woodlands SchoolHouse Block to South East of Main Block at Woodlands SchoolHouse with Garage, Raised Terrace and Plant BoxesIvy FarmhouseKeresley War MemorialLevelling StoneLimbrick Wood School (Infants Block)Limbrick Wood School (Junior Block)Lion House Park HouseLloyds BankLower Eastern Green FarmhouseMain Block at Woodlands School Including Administration and Main Entrance, Main and Small Hall, Gym and LibraryManor FarmhouseMarks and Spencer and 4-10 Smithford WayMile Lane BridgeMill HouseMural at the Three Tuns PubNatwest BankNorthern Block at Lady Herberts HomesNumber 21 (Cellar Only)Old Windmill InnOutbuildings of Number 87Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks at the Quadrant, Warwick RoadPelham Lee HousePoors FarmRadford St Nicholas War MemorialRoman Catholic Church of St OsburgRose and Crown InnSmithy CottageSouth Winds, including raised terrace to rearSouthern Block at Lady Herberts HomesSpon BridgeSt Catherine's WellSt Paul’s Foleshill War MemorialStable at Allesley HallStables at Ivy FarmStivichall GrangeStoke HouseSummerhouse on Plot 13Summerhouse on Plot 25Summerhouse on Plot 39Summerhouse on Plot 47Summerhouse on Plot 9Teaching Block Due East of Main Block at Woodlands SchoolTeaching Block with Attached Gymnasium North East of Main Block at Woodlands SchoolThe Biggin Hall Hotel public houseThe ChaceThe Cocked Hat Restaurant and Hotel, Binley Common HouseThe CottageThe CottageThe Council HouseThe LodgeThe Moat House the Moat House and BarnThe Oak InnThe Pilot Public HouseThe Rainbow InnThe SmithyThe VicarageThe former Woolworth Building, Upper PrecinctUpper Precinct, North and South Link Blocks and PiazzaWarwick Road United Reformed ChurchWeighbridge and Weighbridge Office at Coventry Canal BasinWestwood FarmhouseWhite HouseWhitley Abbey Bridge Whitley BridgeWigan HouseWindmill FarmhouseWorkshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School1 and 2, Brinklow Road1 and 3 Ryley Street1, Butcher's Lane1-3 Charles Street1-4 the Quadrant10 and 10A Hay Lane10 and 12, Brinklow Road10 the Quadrant10, 10A and 12, Dial House Lane10, Spon Street10, Warwick Row107-110, Spon End11 Warwick Row
Conservation areas
19 conservation areas cover 6.7% of Coventry
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 HE145 ha
Kenilworth Road 1968109 ha
Earlsdon 202272 ha
Coventry Canal 201265 ha
Stoke Green 196827 ha
Naul's Mill 200326 ha
Brownshill Green 202218 ha
Allesley Village 196812 ha
London Road 197710 ha
Chapelfields 19767 ha
Far Gosford Street 19927 ha
Hill Top and Cathedral 19696 ha
Spon Street 19695 ha
Lady Herbert's Garden 19694 ha
Spon End 20034 ha
Ivy Farm Lane (Canley Hamlet) 19894 ha
Greyfriars Green 19693 ha
High Street 19823 ha
No data available for publication by HE1 ha
527 hain conservation areas, of 7,837 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Kenilworth Road, Stoke Green and Allesley Village, were designated in 1968; the newest, Brownshill Green, in 2022. 156 of the 277 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
137 of Coventry’s 277 listed buildings were added in 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 1371955 · 56
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1949. 137 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 25 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.
10 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.
3 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Coventry 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 (363 points, 11 per 10,000 residents)More than 59% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 38% 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
59 notable people born in Coventry before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
John Davenport
John Ash
Thomas Martyn
Thomas Stedman Whitwell
Charles Bray
Thomas Kirk
Ellen Terry
Rhoda Carleton Holmes Nicholls
Thomas William Kirk
Harry Borrer Kirk
Alan Rotherham
Herbert Banks
Bill Edwards
Arthur Stokes
Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe
Nat Robinson
Fred Chaplin
Reginald Franklin
Dennis King
Gerard Rotherham
155016001650170017501800185019001950
Ellen Terry1847–1928 · English actress (1847–1928)
Thomas Kirk1828–1898 · New Zealand botanist and botanical collector (1828-1898)
Dennis King1897–1971 · British actor (1897-1971)
HB
Herbert Banks1873–1947 · English footballer (1873-1947)
John Davenport1597–1670 · British priest 1597-1670
Rhoda Carleton Holmes Nicholls1854–1930 · English American watercolor and oil painter (1854-1930)
Thomas William Kirk1856–1936 · New Zealand zoologist (1856–1936)
Harry Borrer Kirk1859–1948 · New Zealand biologist, university professor and school inspector (185…
Everyone born in Coventry → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Coventry
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 344,289 | 277 | 19 | B− |
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 8 | 0 | D |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,829 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Coventry in brief
The official list counts 277 listed buildings in Coventry, 19 of them Grade I. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 11 of them stand within 400 m of Coventry Cathedral. Birmingham Road alone has 16 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 19 conservation areas, the first designated in 1968.
Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas. Ellen Terry (1847), Thomas Kirk (1828) and Dennis King (1897) are among the 59 people born here before 1900. It also has 10 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 19 Grade I buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 13); per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Coventry’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Coventry?
Historic England lists 277 buildings inside Coventry’s built-up area: 19 Grade I, 24 Grade II* and 234 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Coventry?
19, including Bablake School, Cathedral of St Michael, Church of All Saints, Church of St Bartholomew, Church of St John the Baptist and Church of St Mary Magdalen.
Which street in Coventry has the most listed buildings?
Birmingham Road (16), Spon Street (15) and Warwick Row (13) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Coventry?
Yes, 10 scheduled monuments, including Caludon Castle: a moated site and part of an associated water management system, Cast iron single-span bridge 110m WNW of Sherbourne House, Cook Street Gate and Coventry city walls.
How many conservation areas are there in Coventry?
19, covering about 527 hectares of the town. The largest are No data available for publication by HE and Kenilworth Road.
When were Coventry’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 137, in 1974.
Are there old photos of Coventry?
Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1800 to 1944, and an old map from 1871, all on this page.
Who was born in Coventry?
Among people born before 1900: Ellen Terry (1847), Thomas Kirk (1828), Dennis King (1897), Herbert Banks (1873) and John Davenport (1597).
How old are the homes in Coventry?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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