Public · listed 1952Meriden Hall
Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Meriden · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Meriden’s built-up area, 104 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 9.2% of its homes were built before 1919. Meriden grades B− for history.
Listed buildings
23
104 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
9.2%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Meriden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 Grade II* listed building in Meriden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Meriden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Street furniture1
13 entries (57%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BrooklynBrooksideCentre of England StoresCorner HouseCyclists War MemorialIce House About 100 Metres South West of Meriden HallK6 Telephone KioskLanesfieldMeriden HotelMeriden War MemorialPremises Adjoining Centre of England Stores on EastPremises at the Western Corner of Birmingham Road and Gloves CloseStrawberry Bank HouseThe Bull's Head HotelThe Coach House the Nags HeadThe CooperageThe ElmsThe LaurelsThe Old Stables (Now Flats 15 and 16) at Meriden HallThe Village CrossWaterfall Cottage1 and 2, The Thatched Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Meriden
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 HE76 ha
76 hain conservation areas, of 76 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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 Meriden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 17
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 17 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Meriden 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 (26 points, 118 per 10,000 residents)More than 67% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9.2%)More than 22% 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
9.2% of Meriden’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.8%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
6.2%
1919–29
6%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
9.4%
1973–82
7.8%
1983–92
8.9%
1993–99
3%
2000–08
12%
2009–15
3.8%
2016–25
MeridenEngland & Wales
7.8% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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 (206 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Meriden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden | 2,203 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | 24 | 1 | A− |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 19 | 0 | C |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Coleshill | 6,744 | 55 | 1 | B− |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 45 | 2 | C+ |
In brief
Meriden in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Meriden. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 57%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 9.2% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1976, when 17 of the 23 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Edward Merewether (1858) and C. M. Ridding (1862) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Meriden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Meriden?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Meriden’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Meriden?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Standing cross on the village green.
How many conservation areas are there in Meriden?
1, covering about 76 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Meriden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 17, in 1976.
How old are the homes in Meriden?
9.2% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% 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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