How many listed buildings are in Cheshire West and Chester? 2,524 listed buildings
Cheshire West and Chester has 2,524 listed buildings, 86 of them Grade I. More listed buildings per home than 51% of areas in England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 86
- Grade II*
- 177
- Grade II
- 2,261
- Per 1,000 homes
- 16.3
- More listed buildings per home than
- 51% of areas
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we calculate this
All house prices in Cheshire West and ChesterIs a home in Cheshire West and Chester likely to be in a conservation area?
Cheshire West and Chester has not published conservation area boundaries, so we can't give a figure for this area.
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
What does it mean if a home is listed?
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Cheshire West and Chester. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester?
Cheshire West and Chester has 86 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade. These are 50 of them, in alphabetical order.
Each name links to its official list entry.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cheshire West and Chester?
Yes, Cheshire West and Chester has 115 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change. These are 50 of them.
- 14th century kiln
- Abbey Green Roman site
- Aldford motte and bailey and shell keep castle
- Anderton Boat Lift, aqueduct, basins, meter building, toll houses and buried remains of salt chutes, inclined planes, the east basin and dockside features
- Beeston Castle; medieval enclosure castle and site of late prehistoric hillfort
- Beeston cast iron lock
- Belgrave moated site and medieval garden
- Belmont moated site and fishpond
- Bostock Hall moated site.
- Bowl barrow 120m east of Village Lane
- Bowl barrow 120m north-east of Rose Farm
- Bowl barrow 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm
- Bowl barrow 140m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm
- Bowl barrow 160m north-east of Moultonbank Farm
- Bowl barrow 250m SSE of Meadows Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m WSW of Fishpool Lane Farm
- Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m east of Fishpool Lane Farm
- Bowl barrow in Carden Park
- Bradley promontory fort above Beechbrook 50m south of Beechmill House
- Bruera moated site and adjacent field system
- Castle Cob motte
- Castle Hill motte and ditch system, Oldcastle
- Castle Hill motte, Malpas
- Chapel at Chapel House Farm 200m west of Wervin Old Hall
- Chester Castle (part)
- Cross base and shaft in St Helen's churchyard
- Cross base at Salterswall on the road junction 150m WNW of Westholme Farm
- Cross base on south side of Longstone Lane 100m WNW of the entrance to Cobden Farm
- Daresbury
- Darley Hall moated site
- Dee Bridge
- Dodleston Hall moated site
- Dodleston motte and bailey castle
- Dovecote at the site of Aston Old Hall, 40m east of Gamekeepers Cottage
- Drakelow Hall moated site, fishponds and moated enclosure
- Eddisbury hillfort east of Old Pale Farm
- Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage
- Foulk Stapleford moated site
- Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow
- Garden gateway at Tilstone Hall 130m south of Tilstone Hall Farm
- Glassworking remains in Glazier's Hollow, 330m south of Kingswood Cottage
- Grafton deserted medieval village and ornamental moat
- Hatton Hall moated site
- Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery at Norley 365m south east of Finger Post Farm
- Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 250m north east of New Farm Cottages
- Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 400m west of Sutton Fields Farm
- Heronbridge Roman site
- High Billinge bowl barrow
- Hillfort on Woodhouse Hill 500m west of Mickledale.
Which part of Cheshire West and Chester has the most listed buildings?
City of Chester has the most listed buildings of the 115 areas of Cheshire West and Chester, with 692.
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
What else do people ask about Cheshire West and Chester?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester.
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:24 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Cheshire West and Chester dataset covers 17,258 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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