Public · listed 1966Baildon Hall
Roberts Park · Photo: Tim Green aka atouch · CC BY 2.0B−History Grade
History of Baildon · Historic England
46 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Baildon’s built-up area, 27 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Baildon grades B− for history: #49 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
46
27 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Baildon in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Malt Shovel Public HouseGrade II listed
Baildon Moravian ChurchGrade II listed
West ShelterGrade II listed
Cross Base and Shaft of CrossGrade II listed
Church of St John the EvangelistGrade 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 Baildon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 11neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 39% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
46 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*45 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 Baildon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Baildon’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
29 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
45 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 45 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baildon HouseBaildon Moravian ChurchBank Walk HouseBarn 10 Metres of Trench FarmhouseBarn Attached to the Rear of the Angel Public HouseBrookhill StoresButler Cottage and Butler FarmhouseButler HouseChurch of St JamesChurch of St John the EvangelistCross Base and Shaft of CrossCrowtreeEast ShelterFerniehurst FarmFormer Stable Block and Cottage to Langley HouseGatepiers and Flanking Walls and Lodge to the WoodlandsGill Beck BridgeHoyle CourtLangley HouseLodge at East Entry to ParkMalt Shovel Public HouseMidgley Farm Cottages Midgley FarmhouseMilestone Opposite Reception Office of Shipley Paint CompanyMilestone Set on Top of Wall Approximately 10 Metres North East of Hollings Hill GarageMoorfieldNorth ShelterOld HallRoundwood GrangeSandal First SchoolStatue of Sir Titus Salt Set in Centre of Main Terrace of ParkStocksTea Room, Balustrade and Flanking StepsThe Old Mill RestaurantTrench FarmhouseWesley HouseWest ShelterWoodlands1 and 2, Ghyllbeck Farm14, Low Fold16, Low Fold2 and 4, Brook Hill22, 24 and 26, Brook Hill24, 26, 28 and 30, Northgate27 and 27A, Station Road4-Storey Mill Warehouse Forming Part of the Premises of John Peel and Son Limited
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 4.6% of Baildon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Baildon13 ha
Baildon Station Road 19815 ha
Leeds Liverpool Canal 19882 ha
Saltaire 19712 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 469 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Saltaire, was designated in 1971; the newest, Leeds Liverpool Canal, in 1988. 29 of the 46 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 Baildon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 321966 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1966. 32 came in 1985, 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.
World Heritage
| SaltaireUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
3 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.
1 registered park or garden
Roberts ParkGrade II
History Grade
Baildon 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 (54 points, 32 per 10,000 residents)More than 60% 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
4 notable people born in Baildon before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Wadsworth
Fred Leach
Joseph Hermon Cawthra
Bertie Snowball
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Joseph Hermon Cawthra1886–1971 · British artist
Bertie Snowball1887–1915 · English professional golfer
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William Wadsworth1823–1891 · (1823-1891)
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Fred Leach1885– · English golfer
Everyone born in Baildon → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Baildon
In brief
Baildon in brief
Baildon has 46 listed buildings, including Roberts Park. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Of the whole list, 63% are houses, terraces and villas.
Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886), Bertie Snowball (1887) and William Wadsworth (1823). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 32 of 46. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Baildon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Baildon?
Historic England lists 46 buildings inside Baildon’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 45 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Baildon?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Cup and ring marked rock at Hoyle Court Drive, Charlestown, Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House and Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green.
Is Baildon a World Heritage Site?
Part of Baildon lies within the area Historic England maps for Saltaire, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Baildon?
4, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest are Baildon and Baildon Station Road.
When were Baildon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 32, in 1985.
Who was born in Baildon?
Among people born before 1900: Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886), Bertie Snowball (1887), William Wadsworth (1823) and Fred Leach (1885).
How old are the homes in Baildon?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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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