IChurch · listed 1968Church of St Peter and St LawrencePhoto: Bob Embleton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bob Embleton · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Powick · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Powick’s built-up area, 370 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Powick, 14 are Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
370 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 Powick
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 Powick’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Powick
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
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Coach HouseCross HouseDaybrook HouseLea Tomb, Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St PeterMilestonePowyke HousePump and PumphouseRectory House and The Old RectoryThe Coachmans Cottage and Stable CottageThe HermitageThe Old VicarageThe Red Lion Public HouseVirgina House42, 43 and 44, The Village
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Powick
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 HE35 ha
35 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 15 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 Powick’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 8
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 8 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Born here
3 notable people born in Powick before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
James Piers St Aubyn
Fergus Hume
Lord Alfred Douglas
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Lord Alfred Douglas1870–1945 · English poet and journalist (1870–1945)
Fergus Hume1859–1932 · British writer (1859–1932)
James Piers St Aubyn1815–1895 · British architect (1815–1895)
Everyone born in Powick → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Powick
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powick | 405 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Collett's Green | 1,542 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 19 | 1 | B |
| Norton (Norton Juxta Kempsey) | 1,592 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Worcester | 105,439 | 699 | 13 | A− |
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Great Malvern | 33,194 | 212 | 2 | A |
In brief
Powick in brief
The official list counts 15 listed buildings in Powick, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Fergus Hume (1859) and James Piers St Aubyn (1815) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1988, when 8 of the 15 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 Powick’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Powick?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Powick’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Powick?
One: Church of St Peter and St Lawrence.
How many conservation areas are there in Powick?
1, covering about 35 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Powick’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 8, in 1988.
Who was born in Powick?
Among people born before 1900: Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Fergus Hume (1859) and James Piers St Aubyn (1815).
How old are the homes in Powick?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Powick 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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