There are 274 listed buildings in the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (now part of Westmorland and Furness), with about 70% in Barrow-in-Furness itself. The 2015 Heritage Index formed by the Royal Society of Arts and the Heritage Lottery Fund placed the Borough as seventh highest of 325 English districts with an especially high score relating to industrial heritage assets. The Barrow Island conservation area contains dozens of historic shipyard buildings and tenements, while numerous listed buildings can be found lining Abbey Road and Duke Street, which were designed as the principal north to south and east to west thoroughfares of the Victorian planned town. Despite many buildings and structures dating from this era, an abundance of listed buildings exist throughout the Borough that pre-date Barrow, in villages that were consumed by the rapidly expanding town. One notable example being Newbarns village which retains its original 18th century street layout. Significant clusters of listed buildings can be found around the ruins of the 12th-century Furness Abbey and Market Street, the Medieval centre of Dalton-in-Furness. The oldest listed building in Barrow is Furness Abbey, dated 1127 and the newest is the John Whinnerah Institute, completed in 1934.
Within other heritage categories, assets recognised by Historic England in Barrow including Barrow Cemetery and Barrow Park which are both designated Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Furness Abbey in addition to comprising listed buildings is also a Scheduled Monument.
Grade I Listed buildings Barrow-in-Furness has 8 Grade I listed buildings, representing a higher proportion of all listed buildings than national average. They are listed below.
NameImageLocationYear CompletedYear ListedHistoric England Description Dalton Castle Dalton South c. 14th century 1950 DALTON CASTLE Furness Abbey Newbarns 1127 1949 FURNESS ABBEY, INCLUDING ALL MEDIEVAL REMAINS IN CARE OF ENGLISH HERITAGE Furness Abbey Chapel Newbarns c. 1300 1976 CAPELLA EXTRA PORTAS WITH ATTACHED WALLS Furness Abbey Main Gateway Newbarns c. 14th century 1976 GATEWAY ADJOINING CAPELLA EXTRA Furness Abbey Precinct Wall Newbarns 1127 1949 FURNESS ABBEY WALL Furness Abbey West Gateway Newbarns c. 14th century 1976 ST GATE TO FURNESS ABBEY, REMAINS OF Piel Castle Roose (Piel Island) 1327 1949 PIEL CASTLE Rampside Hall Roose (Rampside) c. 17th century 1949 RAMPSIDE HALL 101
Grade II* Listed buildings Barrow-in-Furness has 15 Grade II* listed buildings. They are listed below.
NameImageLocationYear completedYear listedHistoric England description 1-13 Sloop Street Barrow Island 1884 1993 SLOOP STREET TENEMENTS 1-13 Steamer Street Barrow Island 1884 1993 STEAMER STREET TENEMENTS Abbey House Hotel Newbarns 1914 1949 ABBEY HOUSE HOTEL Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall Central Barrow 1887 1976 TOWN HALL Devonshire Buildings Barrow Island 1875 1976 DEVONSHIRE BUILDINGS 10-14 Devonshire Pub Barrow Island 1874 1976 THE DEVONSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE Marsh Grange Farmhouse Dalton North (Askam and Ireleth) c. 17th century 1950 MARSH GRANGE MARSH GRANGE FARMHOUSE Marsh Grange Walls Dalton North (Askam and Ireleth) c. 17th century 1950 GATE PIERS AND WALL ENCLOSING FORECOURT AT MARSH GRANGE Ormsgill Farmhouse Ormsgill 1605 1949 ORMSGILL FARMHOUSE Park House Farmhouse Newbarns c. 16th century 1949 PARK HOUSE FARMHOUSE Sowerby Hall Farm, Barn Ormsgill c. 16th century 1993 BARN IMMEDIATELY TO REAR OF SOWERBY HALL FARMHOUSE St. Mary's Church Dalton South 1885 1950 CHURCH OF ST MARY St. James' Church Hindpool 1869 1976 CHURCH OF ST JAMES Tytup Hall Dalton North c. 1710 1950 TYTUP HALL Walney Lighthouse South Walney 1790 1976 WALNEY LIGHTHOUSE WITH TWO ATTACHED COTTAGES AND OUTBUILDINGS
Grade II Listed buildings Barrow-in-Furness has 250 Grade II listed buildings. They are listed below.