How many listed buildings are in York? 1,613 listed buildings
York has 1,613 listed buildings, 71 of them Grade I, and 35 conservation areas. About 12.0% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 71
- Grade II*
- 174
- Grade II
- 1,368
- Per 1,000 homes
- 18.9
- More listed buildings per home than
- 55% of areas
- Conservation areas
- 35
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 YorkIs a home in York likely to be in a conservation area?
A bit more likely than in most places: about 12.0% of homes in York are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| YorkThis area | 12.0% |
| 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.
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 York. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in York?
York has 71 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade. These are 50 of them, in alphabetical order.
Each name links to its official list entry.
Which conservation areas are in York?
York has 35 conservation areas. Central Historic Core Conservation Area has the most homes, about 4,743, and was designated in 1968.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| Central Historic Core Conservation Area | 1968 | 4,743 |
| New Earswick Conservation Area | 1991 | 752 |
| Heworth Green/East Parade Conservation Area | 1975 | 561 |
| Clifton Conservation Area | 1968 | 483 |
| Fulford Village Conservation Area | 1998 | 468 |
| Fulford Road Conservation Area | 1975 | 327 |
| Wheldrake Conservation Area | 1979 | 291 |
| Acomb Conservation Area | 1975 | 270 |
| Tadcaster Road Conservation Area | 1975 | 177 |
| Strensall Village Conservation Area | 1979 | 162 |
| St. Paul's Square/Holgate Road Conservation Area | 1975 | 157 |
| Haxby Conservation Area | 1977 | 144 |
| Askham Bryan Conservation Area | 1980 | 141 |
| Heslington Conservation Area | 1969 | 137 |
| Dunnington Conservation Area | 2004 | 134 |
| The Racecourse and Terry's Factory Conservation Area | 1975 | 134 |
| Stockton-on-the-Forest Conservation Area | 1988 | 130 |
| Huntington Conservation Area | 1991 | 122 |
| Upper Poppleton Conservation Area | 1993 | 118 |
| Bishopthorpe Conservation Area | 1989 | 111 |
| Nether Poppleton Conservation Area | 1993 | 90 |
| Elvington Conservation Area | 1990 | 70 |
| The Retreat | 1975 | 70 |
| New Walk/Terry Avenue | 1975 | 69 |
| Askham Richard Conservation Area | 1975 | 67 |
| Skelton Conservation Area | 1973 | 67 |
| Copmanthorpe Conservation Area | 1978 | 60 |
| Osbaldwick Conservation Area | 1978 | 55 |
| Clifton (Malton Way/Shipton Road) Conservation Area | 1975 | 49 |
| Murton Conservation Area | 2005 | 32 |
| Strensall Railway Buildings Conservation Area | 2001 | 27 |
| Middlethorpe Conservation Area | 1975 | 23 |
| Towthorpe Village Conservation Area | 2001 | 18 |
| Escrick Conservation Area | 1992 | 7 |
| Nestle/Rowntree Conservation Area | 2007 | 0 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Are there scheduled monuments in York?
Yes, York has 23 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
- City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
- Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
- Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
- Jewbury Medieval Jewish Cemetery
- Kexby Bridge Also in EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
- Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
- Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
- Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
- Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
- Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
- Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
- Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
- Roman minor town identified as Derventio
- Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
- South angle tower of Roman fortress
- St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
- St Mary's Abbey
- St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
- St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
- Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
- World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
- York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
- York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
Which part of York has the most listed buildings?
New Earswick has the most listed buildings of the 31 areas of York, with 67.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Earswick | 67 | 53.5 | 60.8% |
| Heslington | 32 | — | 30.3% |
| Wheldrake | 24 | 28.5 | 34.5% |
| Bishopthorpe | 23 | 16.1 | 9.4% |
| Fulford | 20 | 16.4 | 35.6% |
| Dunnington | 19 | 13.6 | 9.6% |
| Naburn | 18 | — | 0.0% |
| Stockton-on-the-Forest | 16 | 28.6 | 23.3% |
| Nether Poppleton | 15 | 17.5 | 10.5% |
| Elvington | 13 | 25.6 | 13.8% |
| Huntington | 13 | 3.0 | 2.6% |
| Strensall with Towthorpe | 10 | 4.1 | 8.5% |
| Holtby | 8 | — | 0.0% |
| Askham Richard | 8 | — | 80.7% |
| Upper Poppleton | 8 | 9.1 | 13.5% |
| Skelton | 8 | 11.6 | 9.7% |
| Copmanthorpe | 7 | 4.0 | 3.4% |
| Rufforth with Knapton | 6 | — | 0.0% |
| Acaster Malbis | 4 | — | 0.0% |
| Osbaldwick | 4 | 2.4 | 3.3% |
| Murton | 4 | — | 11.8% |
| Haxby | 4 | 1.1 | 4.0% |
| Hessay | 4 | — | 0.0% |
| Kexby | 3 | — | 0.0% |
| Askham Bryan | 3 | — | 77.9% |
| Deighton | 3 | — | 6.3% |
| Wigginton | 2 | 1.2 | 0.0% |
| Earswick | 1 | — | 0.0% |
| Rawcliffe | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0% |
| Heworth Without | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0% |
| Clifton Without | 1 | 0.4 | 1.9% |
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 York?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in York.
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- How do York house prices compare with another area?
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 01:00 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The York dataset covers 12,732 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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