IChurch · listed 1966Church of St PeterPhoto: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Woolley · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Woolley’s built-up area, 663 for every 10,000 residents. 22 of Woolley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
663 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
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Woolley
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Woolley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*22 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Woolley
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 Woolley’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges3
11 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 20 Metres North East of Mount FarmhouseBarn at Beech Farm Opposite Number 14Coach House Approximately 10 Metres North of Number 10 (The Old Vicarage)Cross Base Approximately 2 Metres South of First Bay of South Aisle of Church of St PeterFormer Sunday School and Stable Approximately 30 Metres North of Number 10 (The Old Vicarage)Gate Piers at Junction with New RoadGatepiers and 6 Metres of Flanking Wall, To Front of Mount FarmhouseGatepiers at Entrance to the Old Court HouseMount FarmhouseOak VillaOrchard CottagePair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to George Wildsmith and George Stringer, Approximately 10 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St PeterPair of Raised Grave Slabs, Memorials to the 2 Wives of Robert Fretwell Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch of Church of St PeterPair of Tomb Chests Either Side of Footpath Approximately 10 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St PeterSheep Dip in Bend of Road to South of Entrance of the CroftThe Old Court HouseThe Old VicarageWalled Garden Walls and Gate Piers to Woolley HallWater Cistern Cover near to Entrance of Waswell HouseWoolley Church of England School1, The Green5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, The Courtyard
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Woolley
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 HE21 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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 Woolley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 16
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 16 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Woolley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley | 347 | 23 | 1 | — |
| Hall Green | 2,307 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Darton | 15,016 | 28 | 1 | B− |
| Crigglestone and Durkar | 6,672 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Royston | 10,755 | 2 | 1 | C− |
| Carlton | 2,125 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Barugh Green and Redbrook | 7,545 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Netherton (Wakefield) | 2,331 | 4 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Woolley in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Woolley, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1986, when 16 of the 23 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Woolley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Woolley?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Woolley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Woolley?
One: Church of St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Woolley?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Woolley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 16, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Woolley?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Woolley 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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