IChurch · listed 1968St Mary The Virgin ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0A−History Grade
History of Elland · Historic England
58 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Elland’s built-up area, 37 for every 10,000 residents. 51 of Elland’s listed buildings are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings. Elland grades A− for history: #21 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
58
37 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Elland in 10 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
New HallGrade I listed
Clay House BarnGrade II* listed
Calder and Hebble Navigation, Canal Warehouse and Integral House at Elland Wharf Approximately 100 Metres of Elland BridgeGrade II listed
Railway Viaduct over Stainland RoadGrade II listed
The Wellington Public HouseGrade II listed+5See 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 Elland’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 12neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 62% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
58 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I5 Grade II*51 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 I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Elland
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.
IPublic · listed 1968New HallPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Elland
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1977Clay House BarnPhoto: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1983Church of All SaintsPhoto: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1968Clay HousePhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1968Sunny BankPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1968The Fleece InnPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Elland’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Inns, shops & warehouses12
Walls, gates & bridges8
Public & civic buildings8
Churches, chapels & priories7
Street furniture2
21 entries (36%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings.
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
51 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 51 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank Top FarmhouseBarn Attached to Number 1 (Haughroft Head)Barn Fronting Road to Appelyard FarmBethesda Methodist ChurchBoundary Marker on Jagger Bridge over the Black BrookBrian Royd HallBritannia BuildingsCalder and Hebble Navigation Elland LockCalder and Hebble Navigation Lock Keepers House on South Side of Elland LockCalder and Hebble Navigation, Canal Warehouse and Integral House at Elland Wharf Approximately 100 Metres of Elland BridgeChurch of St John the EvangelistChurch of St ThomasElland Bridge at Se 106 213Exchange Mill (J. H. Cockroft's)Forecourt Wall and Gatepiers of Providence United Reformed ChurchHaughcroft HeadK6 Telephone Kiosk to Left of Entrance to Old Town HallK6 Telephone Kiosk to Right of Entrance to Old Town HallLower Ellistones MillMilepost Approximately 90 Metres South West of Elland Lock at Se 1101 2181Milestone 200 Metres on Right After Ainley BottomMilestone Opposite Ingwood Mill, West ValeMilestone Opposite Number 19Milestone on Opposite Side to Long Lea MillNorth Dean CottageNorth Dean MillNumber 1 Dobson's YardProspect MillProvidence United Reformed ChurchRailway Viaduct over Stainland RoadRose and Crown InnRose and Crown, House Opposite West End of St Marys ChurchSpring Gardens Public HouseStocks in Garden to Side of Municipal OfficesThe Old Town Hall and 1 to 11 Town Hall BuildingsThe Savile Arms HotelThe Wellington Public HouseWest Vale Public HallWharf Office at SE1068 2132 Calder and Hebble Navigation11, Haigh Street18 and 20, South Lane182, Rochdale Road2 and 3 (Lower Ellistones)24 and 26, Rochdale Road3 5 7, Southgate48 and 50, Martin Green Lane48 and 50, Rochdale Road55 and 57, Elland Lane65 and 67, Southgate7, Timber Street92, Saddleworth Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 2.2% of Elland
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Elland 199211 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 477 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 58 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 Elland’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 361968 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1968, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 36 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Elland grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (67 points, 42 per 10,000 residents)More than 65% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (33%)More than 87% 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
33% of Elland’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
3.4%
1900–18
4.4%
1919–29
10%
1930s
3.9%
1945–54
6.2%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
6%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
2.1%
2016–25
EllandEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 11% 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 (97 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Elland has the 51st most Grade I buildings of 526 towns its size
Places of 9,000–25,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Elland2
#197 of 526for listed buildings per resident (37 per 10,000). Ludlow, Bridport and Monmouth lead.
50 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Elland
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elland | 15,788 | 58 | 2 | A− |
| Holywell Green and Stainland | 2,799 | 32 | 0 | A |
| Outlane | 1,172 | 34 | 0 | A |
| Brighouse | 33,159 | 114 | 0 | A− |
| Huddersfield | 141,683 | 1,248 | 3 | A |
| Halifax | 88,111 | 337 | 3 | A |
| Sowerby Bridge | 4,483 | 60 | 1 | A− |
| Shelf and Northowram | 9,191 | 30 | 0 | B |
In brief
Elland in brief
More of Elland’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 58 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including St Mary The Virgin Church. Only 50 of the 526 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1992. The big year was 1983, when 36 of the 58 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Edith Pretty (1883) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Elland’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Elland?
Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Elland’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 51 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Elland?
2, including Church of St Mary and New Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Elland?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Elland.
When were Elland’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 36, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Elland?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% 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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