II*Church · listed 1950Church of All SaintsPhoto: David M Lear · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ruiton Windmill · Photo: FatBadgerKilo · CC BY-SA 4.0C−History Grade
History of Sedgley · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Sedgley’s built-up area, 7.2 for every 10,000 residents. 22 of Sedgley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 6.6% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Sedgley grades C− for history: #18 of 35 in West Midlands.
Listed buildings
23
7.2 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
6.6%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Sedgley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of All SaintsGrade II* listed
Tipton Street Methodist Chapel and Sunday SchoolGrade II listed
Court House Inn Public HouseGrade II listed
Dormston HouseGrade II listed
Church of St James the GreatGrade 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 Sedgley’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 23neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 30% were built before 1919.
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. 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 Grade II* listed building in Sedgley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Sedgley’s listed buildings is inns, shops and warehouses
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Houses, terraces & villas6
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings3
6 entries (26%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
Barn Approximately 30 Metres South West of Cooper's Bank FarmhouseBeacon Hotel and Sarah Hughes BreweryCartshed Approximately 30 Metres West of Cooper's Bank FarmhouseCatholic Church of St Chad and All Saints and Attached Old School HouseChurch of St James the GreatChurch of St MaryCooper's Bank FarmhouseCourt House Inn Public HouseDormston HouseFive Ways Inn (Public House)Former Nail WarehousePresbytery of St Chad and All Saints ChurchRuiton ChapelRuiton WindmillStable Range Approximately 15 Metres South of Cooper's Bank FarmhouseSwan Inn Public HouseThe Old Bull's Head Public House and BrewhouseTipton Street Methodist Chapel and Sunday School5-13, High Street63, Vale Street65, Vale Street9-27, Bilston Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.8% of Sedgley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
All Saints, Sedgley 19836 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 723 ha inside the built-up area.
4 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 Sedgley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 12
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1950. 12 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Sedgley 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 (24 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (6.6%)More than 14% 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
6.6% of Sedgley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.7%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
6.8%
1919–29
8.2%
1930s
8.1%
1945–54
27%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
5%
1983–92
6.3%
1993–99
3.5%
2000–08
3.2%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
SedgleyEngland & Wales
4.7% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 27% 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 (20 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
7 notable people born in Sedgley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Isaac Jenks
Chris Evans
Agnes Body
Willie Layton
Jack Walker
Edward Layton
Walter Jones
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JW
Jack Walker1882–1960 · Footballer (1882-1960)
WL
Willie Layton1875–1944 · British association football player (1875-1944)
IJ
Isaac Jenks1816–1888 · Ironmaster, Mayor of Wolverhampton (1816-1888)
CE
Chris Evans1841–1924 · British-American labor unionist
AB
Agnes Body1866–1952 · Body, (Mary) Agnes (1866–1952), headmistress
EL
Edward Layton1883–1955 · Association football player (1883-1955)
WJ
Walter Jones1885–1924 · Australian politician (1885-1924)
Everyone born in Sedgley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sedgley
In brief
Sedgley in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Sedgley, including Church of All Saints. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1983. Jack Walker (1882), Willie Layton (1875) and Isaac Jenks (1816) are among the 7 people born here before 1900.
Its homes are mostly newer: 6.6% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1976, when 12 of the 23 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it has no Grade I building, where the middle town its size has 1; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Sedgley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sedgley?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Sedgley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Sedgley?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is All Saints, Sedgley.
When were Sedgley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 12, in 1976.
Who was born in Sedgley?
Among people born before 1900: Jack Walker (1882), Willie Layton (1875), Isaac Jenks (1816), Chris Evans (1841) and Agnes Body (1866).
How old are the homes in Sedgley?
6.6% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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