South Ribble has 143 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, and 8 conservation areas. About 0.8% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
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 South RibbleAbout as likely as anywhere: about 0.8% of homes in South Ribble are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| South RibbleThis area | 0.8% |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 2.4% |
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.
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 South Ribble. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
South Ribble has 2 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
| Building | Listed |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF ST LEONARD THE LESS | 1966 |
| SAMLESBURY HALL | 1952 |
Each name links to its official list entry.
South Ribble has 8 conservation areas. Leyland Cross has the most homes, about 151, and was designated in 1978.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| Leyland Cross | 1978 | 151 |
| Sandy Lane | 2009 | 60 |
| Church Brow | 1985 | 55 |
| Church Road | 1985 | 44 |
| St Mary's | 2001 | 38 |
| Penwortham | 1995 | 35 |
| Greenbank Road, Penwortham | 2007 | 17 |
| Walton Green | 1976 | 0 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Yes, South Ribble has 3 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
Samlesbury has the most listed buildings of the 8 areas of South Ribble, with 22.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samlesbury | 22 | — | 0.0% |
| Penwortham | 11 | 1.1 | 0.9% |
| Much Hoole | 8 | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| Farington | 7 | 2.1 | 0.0% |
| Hutton | 5 | 4.9 | 0.0% |
| Cuerdale | 5 | — | 0.0% |
| Longton | 4 | 1.2 | 0.0% |
| Little Hoole | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0% |
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in South Ribble.
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 01:21 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The South Ribble dataset covers 4,226 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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