IPublic · listed 1966Calverley Old HallPhoto: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0
Thornhill Arms · Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0B+History Grade
History of Calverley · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Calverley’s built-up area, 33 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Calverley, 10 are Grade II. 36% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Calverley grades B+ for history: #31 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
13
33 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Calverley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Calverley Old HallGrade I listed
Church of St WilfridGrade II* listed
Church HouseGrade II* listed
Methodist ChurchGrade II listed
Coach House to the Old Vicarage (John Ryan and Partners)Grade 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 Calverley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*10 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Calverley
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Calverley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1966Church of St WilfridPhoto: Chemical Engineer · Public domain
II*Church · listed 1966Church HousePhoto: Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
10 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 10 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Coach House to the Old Vicarage (John Ryan and Partners)Grave Slab to James Thompson Set Next to South West Angle Buttress of Tower of Church of St WilfredGrey GablesLodge to North of the GrangeMethodist ChurchOutbuilding Approximately 15 Metres West of the GrangeThe GrangeThe Old Vicarage (John Ryan and Partners)Thornhill ArmsWar Memorial near to Entrance Victoria Park
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Calverley
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 HE83 ha
83 hain conservation areas, of 83 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 13 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
6 of Calverley’s 13 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 6
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 6 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Calverley 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 (17 points, 43 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (36%)More than 91% 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
36% of Calverley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
7.1%
1900–18
7.6%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
8%
1945–54
22%
1955–64
6%
1965–72
4.4%
1973–82
2%
1983–92
0.7%
1993–99
6.7%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
0.6%
2016–25
CalverleyEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 22% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Calverley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Frederick William Faber
Charles Smith
Percival Hartley
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Frederick William Faber1814–1863 · 19th-century British hymn writer, Catholic priest, and theologian
Charles Smith1861–1925 · English cricketer, born 1861
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Percival Hartley1881–1957 · British biochemist
Everyone born in Calverley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Calverley has the 84th most Grade I buildings of 1,047 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Calverley1
#554 of 1,047for listed buildings per resident (33 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
83 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Calverley
In brief
Calverley in brief
Old houses are part of Calverley’s character: 36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Calverley Old Hall. Only 83 of the 1,047 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Frederick William Faber (1814), Charles Smith (1861) and Percival Hartley (1881) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Calverley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Calverley?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Calverley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Calverley?
One: Calverley Old Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Calverley?
1, covering about 83 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Calverley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 6, in 1986.
Who was born in Calverley?
Among people born before 1900: Frederick William Faber (1814), Charles Smith (1861) and Percival Hartley (1881).
How old are the homes in Calverley?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% 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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