List of historic buildings of the United Kingdom

The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are Neolithic buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the architecture of the United Kingdom. Below is a list of important buildings and structures from the beginning until Georgian times (18th and early 19th centuries).

Prehistoric buildings and structures

Roman buildings and structures

Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Viking buildings and structures

Approximately 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

A - L Abernethy Round Tower, Perth and Kinross All Saints' Church, Brixworth All Saints' Church, Earls Barton All Saints' Church Wing, Buckinghamshire Anglian Tower, York Athelney, Somerset Barnack, St John the Baptist's Church, Peterborough Bewcastle Cross, Cumbria Breamore Church, Hampshire Brechin Round Tower, Angus Breedon Priory Church, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire Brigstock Church, Northamptonshire Cadbury Castle hill fort, Somerset Cheddar Palace, Saxon great hall, Somerset Daw's Castle hill fort, Somerset Deganwy Castle, North Wales Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire, earthwork Dùn Èistean, Lewis, Scotland Escomb Church, County Durham Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset Gosforth cross, Cumbria Great Paxton Church, Cambridgeshire Greensted Church, Essex Hexham Abbey crypt, Northumberland Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, West Sussex Iona Abbey, Iona, Scotland Jórvík (Viking York) King Doniert's Stone, Cornwall Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, Northumberland M - Z

Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, County Durham Muchelney Abbey, Somerset Nevern Church, Pembrokeshire Odda's Chapel, Gloucestershire Offa's Dyke, earthwork separating the former kingdoms of Mercia and Powys Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire Presteigne Church, Powys Puffin Island, Anglesey Richard's Castle, Herefordshire Ripon Cathedral crypt, North Yorkshire Roman Ridge, earthwork in South Yorkshire Ruthwell Cross, Dumfriesshire St Augustine's Abbey, Kent St Botolph's Church Hadstock, Essex St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent St Mary de Castro, Dover, Kent St Mary's Church, Reculver, Kent St Mary's Church Sompting, West Sussex St Mary's Church Stow, Lincolnshire St Mary Coslany Church Norwich, Norfolk St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford St Pancras Church Canterbury, Kent St Peter-on-the-Wall, Essex St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire St Peter's Church Heysham, Lancashire St Wystan's Church the crypt, Repton, Derbyshire Sutton Hoo burial complex, Suffolk Taunton Castle, Somerset Tintagel, Cornwall Wansdyke (earthwork), south-west England West Stow, Suffolk Wittering Church, Cambridgeshire St. Nicholas' Church, Worth, West Sussex Yeavering, Northumberland

Norman architecture

11th and 12th centuries. A - L All Saints' Church East Meon Appleby Castle Arundel Castle Bamburgh Castle Barfrestone church Berkeley Castle Berkhamsted Castle Boxgrove Priory Brough Castle Bury St. Edmunds Abbey Cardigan Castle Carlisle Castle Carrickfergus Castle Castle Acre Castle Castle Acre Priory Castle Rising (castle) Chepstow Castle Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Christchurch Priory Colchester Castle (Keep designed by Gundulf of Rochester) Corfe Castle Dalmeny Church Dover Castle Dunfermline Abbey Durham Castle Durham Cathedral Ely Cathedral Ewenny Priory Framlingham Castle Hedingham Castle Helmsley Castle The Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge Hospital of St Cross Jedburgh Abbey Jew's House Kelso Abbey Kenilworth Castle Kilpeck Church Laugharne Castle Launceston Castle Lewes Castle Lincoln Castle Lindisfarne Abbey Llansteffan Castle Ludlow Castle M - Z

Malmesbury Abbey Manorbier Castle Margam Abbey Melbourne Parish Church Newcastle Castle Norwich Castle Norwich Cathedral Oakham Castle Orford Castle Peel Castle Pembroke Castle Peterborough Cathedral Pickering Castle Pontefract Castle Restormel Castle Richmond Castle Rochester Castle Rochester Cathedral Romsey Abbey Rougemont Castle St Albans Cathedral St Athernase Church St Bartholomew-the-Great St. Botolph's Priory St David's Cathedral St German's Priory St John's Church Devizes St Kyneburgha's Church Castor, Cambridgeshire St. Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall St Margaret's Chapel Edinburgh Castle St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Mary's Priory Chepstow St Peter's Church, Northampton Scarborough Castle Shrewsbury Abbey Southwell Minster Temple Church Tewkesbury Abbey Tower of London (Keep designed by Gundulf of Rochester) Waltham Abbey (abbey) Wimborne Minster

Early Gothic architecture

Late 12th century until the mid to late 13th century.

A - L Aberystwyth Castle Abingdon Abbey Alnwick Castle Arbroath Abbey Basingwerk Abbey Battle Abbey Bayham Old Abbey Beaulieu Abbey Beaumaris Castle Beeston Castle Binham Priory Bishop's Palace, Wells Bolton Abbey Bothwell Castle Brechin Cathedral Brecon Cathedral Bridlington Priory Brougham Castle Buckland Abbey Buildwas Abbey Byland Abbey Caerlaverock Castle Caernarfon Castle Caerphilly Castle Canterbury Cathedral, the chancel Carisbrooke Castle Castell y Bere Chichester Cathedral Chirk Castle Cleeve Abbey Conisbrough Castle Conwy Castle Criccieth Castle Crossraguel Abbey Croxden Abbey Cymer Abbey Dirleton Castle Dolbadarn Castle Dore Abbey Dornoch Cathedral Dundrennan Abbey Dunstaffnage Castle Easby Abbey Elgin Cathedral Edinburgh Castle Egglestone Abbey Finchale Priory Flint Castle Forde Abbey Fountains Abbey Furness Abbey Glastonbury Abbey Glenluce Abbey Harlech Castle Haughmond Abbey Hereford Cathedral Hexham Abbey Holyrood Abbey Inchcolm Abbey Jervaulx Abbey Kidwelly Castle Kildrummy Castle Kirkham Priory Kirkstall Abbey Lanercost Priory Lincoln Cathedral Llanthony Priory M - Z

Middleham Castle Monk Bretton Priory Muchelney Abbey Neath Abbey Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire Newport Castle Paisley Abbey Pershore Abbey Portsmouth Cathedral the chancel Powis Castle Rockingham Castle Rhuddlan Castle Rievaulx Abbey Ripon Cathedral Roche Abbey Rothesay Castle St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews St. Dogmaels Abbey St. Machar's Cathedral St Mary's Abbey, York St Mary's Church, Tenby Church of St Michael the Archangel, Compton Martin St. Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow Salisbury Cathedral Saltwood Castle Sandal Castle Selby Abbey Shap Abbey Southwark Cathedral Stokesay Castle Strata Florida Abbey Sweetheart Abbey Talley Abbey Thetford Priory Tintern Abbey Treasurer's House Tynemouth Castle and Priory Valle Crucis Abbey Wells Cathedral Westminster Abbey Whitby Abbey White Castle (Wales) Winchester Castle Winchester Palace Woodspring Priory Worcester Cathedral Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem

Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic architecture

Late 13th century until the mid 16th century.

A - L Amberley Castle Angel and Royal Inn Grantham Ashton Court Athelhampton Auckland Castle Baddesley Clinton Bangor Cathedral Barrington Court Bath Abbey Beverley Minster Bodiam Castle Bolton Castle Bradford on Avon tithe barn Bristol Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral nave Carlisle Cathedral Castle Rushen Cawdor Castle Chester Cathedral Chetham's College Chichester Cross Cleeve Abbey Clevedon Court Craigmillar Castle Croyland Abbey Culbone Church Denbigh Castle Divinity School, Oxford Donnington Castle Doune Castle Dryburgh Abbey Dunluce Castle Dunstanburgh Castle Dunvegan Castle Edington Priory Eltham Palace Ely Cathedral (the lady chapel and octagon) Eton College Ewelme Almshouses Exeter Cathedral Farleigh Hungerford Castle Fotheringhay Church Gainsborough Old Hall George Inn Norton St Philip George and Pilgrims Inn Glastonbury Gisborough Priory Gloucester Cathedral Goodrich Castle Great Chalfield Manor Great Coxwell Tithe Barn Great Dixter Great Malvern Priory Haddon Hall Hailes Abbey Haughmond Abbey Hermitage Castle Herstmonceux Castle Hever Castle Holy Rude Church, Stirling Holy Trinity Church, Kingston upon Hull Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon Howden Minster Huntly Castle Jesus College, Cambridge King's College, Aberdeen King's College Chapel Kirby Muxloe Castle Ightham Mote Lacock Abbey Lancaster Castle Leeds Castle Leicester Guildhall Leiston Abbey Lichfield Cathedral Linlithgow Palace Llandaff Cathedral Lytes Cary Manor M - Z

Magdalen College, Oxford Malvern Priory Manchester Cathedral Marston Bigot House Melrose Abbey Merton College, Oxford Mount Grace Priory Much Wenlock Priory Naworth Castle Netley Abbey New College, Oxford Newark Castle, Port Glasgow Newcastle Cathedral Newport Cathedral Newstead Abbey Norwich Guildhall Old Dee Bridge Ottery St Mary Church Penrith Castle Penshurst Place Raby Castle Raglan Castle Rosslyn Chapel Rufford Old Hall St Andrews Castle St Andrew's Church, Burnham-on-Sea St. Augustine's Church, Hedon St Catherine's Court St Donat's Castle St Etheldreda's Church, London St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle St. Giles' Cathedral St John the Baptist's Church Perth St Mary's Church Fairford St Mary's Church Haddington St Mary's Church Melton Mowbray St. Mary's Church, Nottingham St Mary Redcliffe St Mary the Great with St Michael, Cambridge St. Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow St Patrick's Church Patrington St Peter's and St Paul's Church Northleach St Peter's Mancroft Norwich St Salvator's College, St Andrews St Winefride's Well Salisbury Cathedral Samlesbury Hall Scotney Old Castle Sherborne Abbey Skipton Castle Somerset Rural Life Museum Spynie Palace Stoke sub Hamdon Priory The Stump Sudeley Castle Swansea Castle Tantallon Castle Tattershall Castle (Lincolnshire) Thaxted Guildhall Thornton Abbey Threave Castle Trinity Bridge (Crowland) University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford Urquhart Castle Walsingham Priory Wardour Castle Warkworth Castle Warwick Castle Weobley Castle, Herefordshire Weobley Castle, Gower Peninsula Westminster Abbey nave Westminster Hall Whalley Abbey Winchester Cathedral nave Winchester College Wymondham Abbey York Castle York city walls York Guildhall York Minster

Renaissance, Tudor and Jacobean architecture

Late 15th century until the mid 17th century.

A - L The Abbey, Charlton Adam Abersley House, East Sussex Abbot's Hospital, Guildford, Surrey Acton Court, Gloucestershire Astley Hall, Lancashire Aston Hall, Birmingham Audley End House, Essex Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire Barrington Court, Somerset Bell Tower, Evesham Abbey, Worcestershire Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle Blair Castle, Perth and Kinross Blickling Hall, Norfolk Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire Braemar Castle, Aberdeenshire Bramshill House, Hampshire Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran Brodie Castle, Moray Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire Burghley House, Lincolnshire Burton Agnes Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire Burton Constable Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire Camber Castle, East Sussex Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire Castle Fraser, Aberdeenshire Charlton House, London Chavenage House, Gloucestershire Chequers, Buckinghamshire Charlecote Park, Warwickshire Chastleton, Oxfordshire Chilham Castle, Kent Christ Church, Oxford Christ's College, Cambridge Claypotts Castle, Dundee Cotehele, Cornwall Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire Old Cowdray Park, West Sussex (ruined) Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire Culross Palace, Fife Dartmouth Castle, Devon Deal Castle, Kent Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire Dunster Castle, Somerset East Barsham Manor, Norfolk Eastbury Manor House, London Edzell Castle, Angus Exeter Guildhall, Devon Falkland Palace, Fife Fountains Hall, North Yorkshire Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire George Heriot's School, Edinburgh Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire Glamis Castle, Angus Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Great Bidlake, Devon Gwydir Castle, North Wales Halswell House, Somerset Hampton Court Palace, London Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire Old Schools, Harrow School Hatfield House, Hertfordshire Hengrave Hall, Suffolk Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London Hestercombe House, Somerset Hoghton Tower, Lancashire Holland House, London