IPublic · listed 1980Morley Town HallOn the list as The Town HallPhoto: Clare Bell from Leeds, UK · CC BY 2.0
Railway viaduct MDL1/40, Churwell Viaduct · Photo: Ian Kirk (Zath Ras) · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Morley · Historic England
49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Morley’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. 48 of Morley’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Morley grades B for history: #46 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
49
15 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Morley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Town HallGrade I listed
St Mary's in the Wood Church HallGrade II listed
Commercial Street Mill and Attached ChimneyGrade II listed
Barclays Bank and Figure Fitness CentreGrade II listed
Church of St Mary in the Wood (Congregational)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 Morley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade I
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 20neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 37% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
49 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*48 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 Grade I listed building in Morley
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of Morley’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories13
Public & civic buildings10
Memorials, crosses & tombs5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
14 entries (29%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barclays Bank and Figure Fitness CentreChest Tomb to Anne Lister 1735 and Raised Grave Slab to William Havden 1699 Approximately 10 Metres North West of Corner Buttress of Church of St MaryChurch of St Mary in the Wood (Congregational)Church of St PeterCommercial Street Mill and Attached ChimneyCrank MillsCroft HouseCroft HouseCross Hall-West and Cross Hall-EastDawson House and WarhouseFormer Coach House to Rear of House Occupied As Offices by Rentokil LimitedFormer Ebenezer Methodist ChurchFormer HSBC, Bank ChambersFormer Lloyds BankFormer Primitive Methodist SchoolGroup of 3 Chest Tombs to Elizabeth Ellis 1723 William Robuck 1720 and Joseph Hall 1739 Approximately 20 Metres East of East Window of Church of St MaryGroup of 3 Raised Tomb Slabs Set Between Central Buttresses to North Aisle of Church of St MaryGroup of 3 Raised Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North of Scatcherd MausoleumGroup of 5 Tombs Approximately 8 Metres East of Canted Bay on East End of Church of St MaryGroup of 6 Raised Slabs Close to South Buttress of Nave of Church of St MaryGroup of 9 Raised Slabs Approximately 6 Metres South South East of Church of St MaryGroup of four raised slabs set round north-east corner of Scatcherd MausoleumManor House FarmhouseMilestone Approximately 30 Metres North East of Six Arches ViaductMilestone in Front of FairmeadMorley Central Methodist ChurchMorley HallMorley Temperance HallMount Zion ChapelNational Westminster BankOld Poor HousePair of Chest Tombs to the Asquith Family C1827 and 1854 Approximately 25 Metres North West of West Door of Church of St MaryPair of Slabs to Martha Balmforth 1795 and Benjamin Hopperton 1785 Approximately 20 Metres East of Corner of North Transept of Church of St MaryPark HousePublic LibraryRailway viaduct MDL1/40, Churwell ViaductRaised Slab to Elizabeth Reyner Approximately 8 Metres North of North West Corner of Scatcherd MausoleumScatcherd Mausoleum (St Marys Churchyard)Springfield HouseSt Mary's in the Wood Church HallSt Peters Sunday SchoolSwindon House Yew Tree CottageTable tomb to Sarah Jubb, approximately 1 metre east of north-east corner of churchWar Memorial10, Wesley Road2-6, Chapel Hill37, High Street55 57 and 59, Queen Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Morley
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 HE783 ha
783 hain conservation areas, of 783 ha inside the built-up area.
49 of the 49 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 Morley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 341985 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1973. 34 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Morley 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 (51 points, 16 per 10,000 residents)More than 52% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 61% 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.
Born here
7 notable people born in Morley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Titus Salt
H. H. Asquith
Bobby Peel
Ernest Smith
Henry Ainley
George Marsden
Arthur Charlesworth
1800182518501875190019251950
H. H. Asquith1852–1928 · British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to…
Bobby Peel1857–1941 · English cricket player (1857-1941)
Titus Salt1803–1876 · English industrialist and philanthropist (1803-1876)
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Henry Ainley1879–1945 · English stage actor (1879-1945)
Arthur Charlesworth1898–1966 · Footballer (1898-1966)
Ernest Smith1869–1945 · English county cricketer (1869-1945)
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George Marsden1880–1948 · English rugby union and rugby league footballer
Everyone born in Morley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Morley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley | 32,562 | 49 | 1 | B |
| Gildersome | 6,278 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| East Ardsley | 15,238 | 12 | 0 | C− |
| Drighlington | 5,280 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Batley | 44,494 | 78 | 1 | B+ |
| Thorpe on the Hill | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Heckmondwike | 13,368 | 18 | 0 | B− |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 13,948 | 36 | 0 | B |
In brief
Morley in brief
Morley has 49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Morley Town Hall. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the 7 people born here before 1900, the best known include H. H. Asquith (1852), Bobby Peel (1857) and Titus Salt (1803). The big year was 1986, when 34 of the 49 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has one Grade I building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Morley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Morley?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Morley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Morley?
One: The Town Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Morley?
1, covering about 783 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Morley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1973; the most, 34, in 1986.
Who was born in Morley?
Among people born before 1900: H. H. Asquith (1852), Bobby Peel (1857), Titus Salt (1803), Henry Ainley (1879) and Arthur Charlesworth (1898).
How old are the homes in Morley?
20% 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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