II*Walls & gates · listed 1982Providence Place United Reformed ChurchOn the list as Former Providence Place United Reformed Church, gate piers and gatesPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St John · Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Cleckheaton · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Cleckheaton’s built-up area, 17 for every 10,000 residents. 19 of Cleckheaton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings. Cleckheaton grades B for history: #42 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
20
17 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
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Cleckheaton in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Town HallGrade II listed
Savile Arms Public HouseGrade II listed
Chapel at Cleckheaton CemeteryGrade II listed
Cleckheaton LibraryGrade II listed
Spen Hall Including Adjoining CottagesGrade II listed+2See 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 Cleckheaton’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%+
1 of 9neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 51% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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 Cleckheaton
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 Cleckheaton’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas6
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
6 entries (30%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Chapel at Cleckheaton CemeteryChurch of St JohnChurch of St LukeCleckheaton LibraryEgyptGeorge HotelLower Blacup Farmhouse Including Numbers 2 and 3Midland BankOld Post OfficeSavile Arms Public HouseSpen Hall Including Adjoining CottagesTown HallWar Memorial in King Edward VII Memorial ParkWarehouse at Ngr 1914 2530Wellands FarmWestroyd FarmhouseWhitechapel Church, Cleckheaton1, 2 and 3 Mazebrook4 and 5 Mazebrook
How the list grew
9 of Cleckheaton’s 20 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 9
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1967. 9 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Cleckheaton 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 (21 points, 18 per 10,000 residents)More than 42% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 86% 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
31% of Cleckheaton’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
5.1%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
6.1%
1930s
0.8%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
9.7%
1965–72
7.3%
1973–82
4.8%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
2.6%
2009–15
5.4%
2016–25
CleckheatonEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% 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 (67 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
6 notable people born in Cleckheaton before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Harry Varley
Frederick Firth
Frederick Lord
Edward Wadsworth
Irvine Boocock
Horace Norton
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Edward Wadsworth1889–1949 · British artist, printmaker, and camoufleur (1889-1949)
IB
Irvine Boocock1890–1941 · English footballer (1890-1941)
FL
Frederick Lord1879– · British athlete
HN
Horace Norton1896–1976 · English footballer (1896-1976)
HV
Harry Varley1867–1915 · English rugby union and rugby league footballer (1867–1915)
FF
Frederick Firth1870–1936 · English rugby union and rugby league footballer
Everyone born in Cleckheaton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cleckheaton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleckheaton | 11,607 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Scholes (near Cleckheaton) | 2,896 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Liversedge | 17,519 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 13,948 | 36 | 0 | B |
| Oakenshaw | 1,571 | 7 | 0 | B |
| Heckmondwike | 13,368 | 18 | 0 | B− |
| Brighouse | 33,159 | 114 | 0 | A− |
| Drighlington | 5,280 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
In brief
Cleckheaton in brief
Old houses are part of Cleckheaton’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 20 listed buildings, including Church of St John. Of the 6 people born here before 1900, the best known include Edward Wadsworth (1889), Irvine Boocock (1890) and Frederick Lord (1879). Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Cleckheaton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cleckheaton?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Cleckheaton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
When were Cleckheaton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 9, in 1984.
Who was born in Cleckheaton?
Among people born before 1900: Edward Wadsworth (1889), Irvine Boocock (1890), Frederick Lord (1879), Horace Norton (1896) and Harry Varley (1867).
How old are the homes in Cleckheaton?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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