Statutory Listed Buildings

Almost 500 buildings in the borough are featured on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s ‘List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest’. Not all the structures that appear on the list are buildings; examples in our borough include some cast iron bollards and pillar boxes.

Listed buildings are classified in grades to show their relative national importance:

Grade I     Buildings of exceptional interest (only about 2% of listed buildings). 
Grade II*  Particularly important buildings of more than special interest (4% of listed buildings). 
Grade II    Buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them (94% of all listed buildings).

Click here to view a document of listed buildings in the Borough (pdf).

It is a criminal offence to extend, demolish or carry out internal or external alterations to a listed building without having Listed Building Consent from the council, even if you did not know the building was listed. For further information about a listed building or advice about getting Listed Building Consent please contact the council’s Urban Design and Conservation Team on email: environment@lbhf.gov.uk or telephone: 020 8753 1081. 

Buildings are listed in their entirety including the exterior and interior so, for example, façades are not listed on their own. It is important to note that a listed building includes 'any object or structure fixed to the building' and 'any object or structure within the curtilage [attached land] of the building which, although not fixed to the building, forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948'.  Therefore a wall attached to a listed building or a building built before July 1948 within the curtilage of a listed building will also be listed.