II*Walls & gates · listed 1966Main Gateway, Lodges and Linking Walls to Harewood HousePhoto: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domain–Not graded
History of Harewood · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 6 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Harewood’s built-up area, 1,536 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Harewood, 35 are Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
41
1,536 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Harewood in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
11, The AvenueGrade II* listed
12-15, The AvenueGrade II* listed
16, The AvenueGrade II* listed
2-5, The AvenueGrade II* listed
6-10, The AvenueGrade 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 Harewood’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I6 Grade II*35 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 II*
The 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Harewood
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 196611, The AvenuePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 196612-15, The AvenuePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 196616, The AvenuePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 19662-5, The AvenuePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 19666-10, The AvenuePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
Historic streets
The Avenue has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
The Avenue10 listed · 5 II*
Harrogate Road4 listed
The Square3 listed
Of the 41 entries, 20 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Harewood’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Walls, gates & bridges9
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
28 entries (68%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Cottage Opposite GatewaysCutler's CottageGatepiers and Flanking Wall at Entrance to Moor HouseHarewood Arms Public HouseHarewood Church of England Junior and Infant School and Number 34 (School House)Harewood Methodist Chapel Harewood Post OfficeKeystone CottageMilestone Opposite Spring Gardens GarageMoor HouseNumber 1 and Attached Screen WallNumber 55 (Bond Cottage) and Number 56 ( Redvers Cottage)Numbers 17-21 the Avenue and Numbers 22-27 Harrogate RoadQuadrant Walls and Piers to East Fronts of Number 1 and the VicarageSundial in the Old Vicarage GardenSwankThe Old Vicarage and Attached Screen WallWalls to Front of Number 34 and Harewood SchoolWalls to Front of Numbers 1 to 21Walls to Front of Numbers 22-33Walls to Front of Numbers 82 to 105 (Consecutive) and the Vicarage102-105, The Avenue28-33, Harogate Road35 and 35A, Harrogate Road40, Harrogate Road47-50, Bondgate51-54, Bondgate59-63, Harrogate Road64-66, Harrogate Road67, The Square68-72, The Square73-77, The Square82-88, The Avenue91-94, The Avenue95, 96/97 and 98, The Avenue99-101, The Avenue
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Harewood
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 HE22 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
41 of the 41 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 Harewood’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 331986 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 33 entries were listed in 1966. Only 0 have 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.
1 registered park or garden
Harewood HouseGrade I
Homes by age
35% of Harewood’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
3.9%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
1.6%
1945–54
7.1%
1955–64
8.7%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
0%
1983–92
28%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
1.6%
2016–25
HarewoodEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, which added 28% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Harewood
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harewood | 267 | 41 | 0 | — |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Bardsey | 1,819 | 14 | 1 | C+ |
| Scarcroft | 1,634 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Shadwell | 1,452 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
| Bramhope | 3,593 | 15 | 1 | C |
In brief
Harewood in brief
Old houses are part of Harewood’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 41 listed buildings. On The Avenue alone there are 10 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 68% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1966: 33 of 41. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Charles Wright (1863) and Alfred George Lascelles (1857) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Harewood’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Harewood?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Harewood’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
Which street in Harewood has the most listed buildings?
The Avenue (10), Harrogate Road (4) and The Square (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Harewood?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Harewood’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 33, in 1966.
How old are the homes in Harewood?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Harewood has no History Grade.
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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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