II*Church · listed 1964Church of St John the EvangelistPhoto: John Davidson · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Nookin · Photo: Samshots1 · CC BY-SA 3.0C+History Grade
History of Rothwell · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Rothwell’s built-up area, 13 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Rothwell, 24 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Rothwell grades C+ for history: #63 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Listed buildings
27
13 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Rothwell in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St John the EvangelistGrade II* listed
32, 34 and 36, Commercial StreetGrade II* listed
Clock Tower at St.George's HospitalGrade II listed
Rothwell Infants SchoolGrade II listed
Hazelwood CottagesGrade 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 Rothwell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Park or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 15neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 25% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*24 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 Rothwell
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 1960The NookinPhoto: Samshots1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 196432, 34 and 36, Commercial StreetPhoto: Mike Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Rothwell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
17 entries (63%) 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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to South of Number 7Church of All SaintsChurch of the Holy TrinityClock Tower at St.George's HospitalEshald MansionEshaldwell BreweryFormer Rothwell (Oulton) Church of England Primary SchoolGravestone of John Blenkinsop Approximately 2 Metres North of Tower of Church of the Holy TrinityHazelwood CottagesHighfield HouseLong AcreManor Farmhouse Including Number 19Number 5 (Holly Cottage) with Number 3Numbers 16 and 18 ( Ivy Cottage and Croft House)Numbers 4 and 5 Bentley SquareOld Briardene CottageOulton House and Dolphin CourtProspect PlaceRothwell Infants SchoolSpringwell Cottage with Attached GreenhouseWar Memorial10, Farrer Lane2, Marsh Street9, 9A, 11 and 13, Farrer Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Rothwell
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 HE459 ha
459 hain conservation areas, of 459 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 27 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
10 of Rothwell’s 27 listed buildings were added in 1964
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1964 · 101988 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1960. 10 came in 1964. 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
Oulton HallGrade II
History Grade
Rothwell grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (31 points, 15 per 10,000 residents)More than 45% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 38% 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
4 notable people born in Rothwell before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Taylor
Henry Bell
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson
May Sybil Leslie
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May Sybil Leslie1887–1937 · English chemist (1887–1937)
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson1843–1922 · American malacologist and journalist (1843–1922)
Thomas Taylor1738–1816 · English Methodist minister and writer
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Henry Bell1838–1919 · English cricketer and Anglican clergyman (1838-1919)
Everyone born in Rothwell → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rothwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothwell | 20,964 | 27 | 0 | C+ |
| Lofthouse and Robin Hood | 4,187 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Swillington | 3,077 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Thorpe on the Hill | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 7 | 1 | C+ |
| Methley | 1,196 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Allerton Bywater | 6,958 | 0 | 0 | D |
In brief
Rothwell in brief
Rothwell has 27 listed buildings, including Church of St John the Evangelist. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 63% are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include May Sybil Leslie (1887), Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson (1843) and Thomas Taylor (1738). The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Rothwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rothwell?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Rothwell’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Rothwell?
1, covering about 459 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Rothwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 10, in 1988.
Who was born in Rothwell?
Among people born before 1900: May Sybil Leslie (1887), Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson (1843), Thomas Taylor (1738) and Henry Bell (1838).
How old are the homes in Rothwell?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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