Bottom Boat: 30% of homes built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Bottom Boat has 2 times the share. Historic England lists no buildings inside Bottom Boat’s built-up area. Bottom Boat grades C− for history.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Bottom Boat

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

Town	Distance	Listed	Grade I	History
Mickletown	4.3 km	7	1	C⁺
Wakefield	5 km	242	11	B⁺
Kippax	7.9 km	6	1	C⁻
Horbury	9.1 km	23	2	B
Morley	9.7 km	49	1	B
Pontefract	11 km	63	1	C⁺

History Grade

Bottom Boat 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 (0 points, 0 per 10,000 residents)More than 2% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 83% 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

30% of Bottom Boat’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

26%

Before 1900

4.3%

1900–18

1.4%

1919–29

27%

1930s

4.3%

1945–54

16%

1955–64

1.4%

1965–72

10%

1973–82

1.4%

1983–92

2.8%

1993–99

2.8%

2000–08

2009–15

2.8%

2016–25

Bottom BoatEngland & Wales

26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

In brief

Bottom Boat in brief

Old houses are part of Bottom Boat’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Bottom Boat has nothing on the list; Mickletown, 4.3 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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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