How many listed buildings are in Lancaster? 1,336 listed buildings

Is a home in Lancaster likely to be in a conservation area?

A bit more likely than in most places: about 11.1% of homes in Lancaster are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.

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 Lancaster. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lancaster?

Lancaster has 23 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.

Each name links to its official list entry.

Which conservation areas are in Lancaster?

Lancaster has 38 conservation areas. Lancaster has the most homes, about 2,333, and was designated in 2011.

Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.

Are there scheduled monuments in Lancaster?

Yes, Lancaster has 37 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.

• Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way
• Badger Hole, Warton Crag
• Camp House moated site, moated outwork and connecting channels
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Halton
• Castle Hill motte, Dolphinholme
• Castle Hill prehistoric defended enclosure
• Castle Mound motte and bailey, Melling
• Castle Stede motte and bailey, Hornby
• Chapel Hill Motte, Arkholme
• Clintsfield Colliery
• Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey
• Dog Holes Cave
• Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops
• Glasson Dock
• High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham
• High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton
• Hornby Bridge
• Loyn Bridge
• Moated site and fishponds E of Upp Hall Farm.
• Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill
• Prehistoric defended enclosure and six adjacent hut circles at Tatham Park
• Prehistoric, Romano-British, medieval and early post-medieval settlements, field systems and a deer park at High Park, east of Bindloss Farm
• Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow
• Roman kilns 25yds (20m) NE of Fairyhill Cottage
• Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm
• Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 375m ENE of Collingholme
• Round cairn 230m east of Manor Farm
• Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill
• Sellet Bank prehistoric defended enclosure
• Skerton Bridge
• St Patrick's early Christian chapel and associated cemetery, Lower Heysham
• Stone circle on Summerhouse Hill
• Torrisholme bowl barrow
• Univallate prehistoric defended enclosure, hollow way and secondary enclosure 250m north of Claughton Hall
• Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort
• Warton Old Rectory
• Whittington motte and bailey castle

Which part of Lancaster has the most listed buildings?

Caton-with-Littledale has the most listed buildings of the 38 areas of Lancaster, with 53.

A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.

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