II*Church · listed 1966Parish Church of St MaryOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Yorks_LF, from the English · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Yorks_LF, from the English · CC BY-SA 3.0BHistory Grade
History of Mirfield · Historic England
42 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Mirfield’s built-up area, 21 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Mirfield grades B for history: #44 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
42
21 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Mirfield in 8 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Hopton Congregational ChurchGrade II* listed
The Old RectoryGrade II* listed
Calder and Hebble Navigation Flood Lock at Newgate BridgeGrade II listed
Mirfield war memorialGrade II listed
Church of St JohnGrade II listed+3See 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.
Through time
Mirfield in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1905Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Mirfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 12neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 36% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
42 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*39 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Mirfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1982Hopton Congregational ChurchPhoto: John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1966The Old RectoryPhoto: John P Coates · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Mirfield’s listed buildings is public buildings
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Public & civic buildings12
Houses, terraces & villas11
Walls, gates & bridges9
Churches, chapels & priories8
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
11 entries (26%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
39 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 39 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Balderstone HallBarn 50 Yards to East of Mock HallBarn Adjoining Number 13 (Yew Tree)Barn Immediately South West of Balderstone HallBoundary Stone Opposite Three Nuns Public HouseBoundary Wall, Railings, Gates and Gate Piers to South and West Sides of Church of St MaryCalder and Hebble Navigation Cottage at Shepley Bridge LocksCalder and Hebble Navigation Double Lock at Shepley BridgeCalder and Hebble Navigation Flood Lock at Newgate BridgeChurch of St JohnChurch of St PaulChurch of the College of the ResurrectionDetached House Approximately 50 Yards South East of Number 115Former Barn to Northorpe HallFormer Lock-Keepers CottageFront Wall, Railings and Gatepiers to Trinity Methodist ChurchGarden Wall, Gates and Gatepiers to Front of Balderstone HallGatepiers and Gates to Water HallHolmedeneHopton HallIvy LodgeMain Barn to Hall FarmMirfield war memorialMock HallNorthorpe CroftNorthorpe HallNumbers 126, 124 and Adjoining BarnOver HallRaised Grave Slab to Wraith Family, 15 Yards to South West of Towerof Old Church of St MaryRange of Barns to Rear of Balderstone HallSheep Ings Farmhouse and Attached BarnStocks 20 Yards to South of Main Gate to Church of St MaryTablet Fixed to Tower of Old Church of St MaryThorpe CottageTower of Old Church of St MaryTrinity Methodist ChurchWater HallWellhouse FarmhouseYew Tree
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.5% of Mirfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Upper Hopton 19783 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 553 ha inside the built-up area.
3 of the 42 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
20 of Mirfield’s 42 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 201966 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1966. 20 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Mirfield 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 (47 points, 24 per 10,000 residents)More than 55% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 58% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Mirfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirfield | 19,614 | 42 | 0 | B |
| Kirkheaton | 3,492 | 9 | 0 | C+ |
| Liversedge | 17,519 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Heckmondwike | 13,368 | 18 | 0 | B− |
| Dewsbury | 63,730 | 128 | 2 | B+ |
| Grange Moor | 1,118 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Cleckheaton | 11,607 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Lepton | 4,950 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Mirfield in brief
The official list counts 42 listed buildings in Mirfield, including Parish Church of St Mary. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Hilda Annetta Walker (1877) and Eric Walker (1896) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Mirfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Mirfield?
Historic England lists 42 buildings inside Mirfield’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 39 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Mirfield?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Mirfield?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Upper Hopton.
When were Mirfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 20, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Mirfield?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1905 to 1905, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Mirfield?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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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