IChurch · listed 1952St Mary and All Saints' ChurchOn the list as The Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsPhoto: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St George · Photo: Aspdin · CC BY-SA 3.0B−History Grade
History of Kidderminster · Historic England
81 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Kidderminster’s built-up area, 14 for every 10,000 residents. 78 of Kidderminster’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Kidderminster grades B− for history: #11 of 22 in Worcestershire.
Listed buildings
81
14 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Kidderminster in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsGrade I listed
Caldwall HallGrade II* listed
Morton's Works (former Carpet Manufacturing Company)Grade II listed
The Gainsborough House HotelGrade II listed
The Town HallGrade 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 Kidderminster’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 40neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 74% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
81 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*78 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 Kidderminster
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.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Kidderminster
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1952Caldwall HallPhoto: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1952St George's ChurchOn the list as Church of St GeorgePhoto: Aspdin · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Kidderminster’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas45
Public & civic buildings11
Memorials, crosses & tombs8
Churches, chapels & priories8
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Walls, gates & bridges4
45 entries (56%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
78 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 78 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barclays BankBase and Shaft of Cross in St Mary and All Saints ChurchyardBrintons Carpet Works Brintons Main Office BuildingChapel of Rest, About 150 Metres South West of Cemetery (Park Lane) EntranceChurch of St John the BaptistFormer Kidderminster General Hospital including revetment and front area railings to south westFormer Worcester Cross Factory and Offices, and weaving shedsFountain Monument to Richard EveGate Piers to New Meeting HouseGates, Gate Piers and Railings to South of Church of St Mary and All SaintsHampton House White LodgeHill Grove House at King Charles I High SchoolHoobrook War MemorialLloyds BankMarlborough HouseMeadow CottageMidland BankMortimer HallMorton's Works (former Carpet Manufacturing Company)New Meeting HouseNo. 200 Park LaneNumbers 16, 17 and Coach House Attached to Number 16 (Brookdale Nursing Home)OakhillPiano Building Warehouse and Canal Tow Path Bridge to South West Brintons Carpet WorksPublic Rooms including the Corn ExchangePuxton MillRed Cross HouseRetaining Wall with Sculptural Relief by William Mitchell, KidderminsterSandalwoodSculpture of the Angel of Peace at St Mary and All Saints ChurchSion Hill HouseSlingfield Mills, Chimney and Boiler HouseSlingfield Mills, Main BlockStatue of Sir Rowland HillStour Vale Mills (Woodward Grosvenor and Company Ltd) : Front RangeTablets Recording the Names of the Dead from Two World Wars Adjacent to St Mary and All Saints ChurchThe Baxter MonumentThe Baxter United Reformed ChurchThe Gainsborough House HotelThe GroveThe Medical HallThe School Hall at Woodfield Middle SchoolThe Shrubbery at the Drill HallThe Sunday School to Baxter United Reformed ChurchThe Town HallThe Weaver's CottageThe Worcester CrossVictoria Carpet Company [L-Shaped Front Block)]Woodfield House10, Church Street11, Church Street12, Church Street13, Church Street17 and 18, High Street17-20, Vicar Street18 and 19, Blakebrook2 and 3, Church Street2, 3 and 4, Marlborough Street22, Church Street23, Church Street24, Church Street25, Church Street27, Church Street28, Church Street29, Church Street30, Church Street4, 5 and 6, Bridgnorth Road4, Church Street40, Park Lane5 and 6, Church Street5 and 6, Horse Fair50 Worcester Street51 Worcester Street6 and 7, Blakebrook7, Church Street8, Church Street83 and 84 Worcester Street9, Church Street
Conservation areas
5 conservation areas cover 1.5% of Kidderminster
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Green Street 20128 ha
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 19787 ha
Blakebrook 19936 ha
Church Street 19932 ha
Vicar Street and Exchange Street 20031 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 1,599 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, was designated in 1978; the newest, Green Street, in 2012. 40 of the 81 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
36 of Kidderminster’s 81 listed buildings were added in 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 361952 · 181978 · 7
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The first 18 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 36 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Kidderminster 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 (85 points, 15 per 10,000 residents)More than 55% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 44% 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
21 notable people born in Kidderminster before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Christopher Blount
Charles Heath
Lant Carpenter
Rowland Hill
Josiah Mason
Thomas Helmore
Edward Bradley
Walter W. Law
James Richard Thursfield
Frederick Earp
Thomas Hooman
Herbert Melville Guest
Ted Tyler
Frederick W. Hinitt
William Gethin
Walter Nash
Eustace Jotham
John Francis Young
A. W. Watkins
Gilbert Brookes
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Rowland Hill1795–1879 · English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)
Walter Nash1882–1968 · New Zealand politician (1882-1968)
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Ted Tyler1864–1917 · English cricketer (1864-1917)
Thomas Helmore1811–1890 · Anglican priest who was a choirmaster
Edward Bradley1827–1889 · English novelist and clergyman (1827-1889)
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Christopher Blount1555–1601 · English military officer and rebel
Charles Heath1761–1831 · Mayor of Monmouth and writer (1761–1831)
Lant Carpenter1780–1840 · British minister (1780-1840)
Everyone born in Kidderminster → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kidderminster
In brief
Kidderminster in brief
The official list counts 81 listed buildings in Kidderminster, 1 of them Grade I, including St Mary and All Saints' Church. On Church Street alone there are 18 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 5 conservation areas, the first designated in 1978.
Of the whole list, 56% are houses, terraces and villas. Rowland Hill (1795), Walter Nash (1882) and Ted Tyler (1864) are among the 21 people born here before 1900. 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 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Kidderminster’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kidderminster?
Historic England lists 81 buildings inside Kidderminster’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 78 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kidderminster?
One: The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Kidderminster?
5, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest are Green Street and Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
When were Kidderminster’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 36, in 1980.
Who was born in Kidderminster?
Among people born before 1900: Rowland Hill (1795), Walter Nash (1882), Ted Tyler (1864), Thomas Helmore (1811) and Edward Bradley (1827).
How old are the homes in Kidderminster?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% 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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