Historic England has listed 199 new or updated heritage sites across England in 2025, spanning buildings, monuments, parks, and gardens.

The 2025 listings include neolithic cairns in the Yorkshire Dales, World War II dragon’s teeth defences in Surrey, a rare shipwreck off Dorset, and dockside equipment connected to the first successful transatlantic phone cable in Greenwich.

Pin Wreck, an underwater admiralty mooring lighter off St Albans Head, was listed as a scheduled monument as the only surviving example of its vessel type.

Heritage Minister Baroness Twycross underscored the importance of safeguarding Britain’s diverse heritage for future generations.

The Summerhouse at Upper Cobb House in Lyme Regis was upgraded to Grade II* for its Arts and Crafts features.

St Peter’s Church in Littlebury Green, Essex, was designated as a rarer tin tabernacle prefab church dating to 1885, built with wood and corrugated iron for remote communities.

The Bude Storm Tower, or Pepperpot, in Cornwall has had its listing updated after relocation due to coastal erosion, and Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral was upgraded from Grade II* to Grade I.

Compass Point Tower in Bude, also known as the Pepperpot, was updated in listing after its second relocation in its history.

Notable architectural updates include Liverpool Cathedral’s upgrade to Grade I and Draper’s Windmill in Kent moving up to Grade II*, with the Bude Storm Tower relocated for coastal reasons.

The Renold Building at Manchester’s University of Manchester, designed by WA Gibbon as the first purpose-built lecture theatre block in an English university, gained Grade II listing after earlier rejection.

The dragon’s teeth defences in Thorneycroft Wood, Surrey, dating to 1941-42, are preserved as a scheduled monument illustrating Britain’s WWII inland defensive strategy.

Unusual listings include Victorian guide posts for early motorists in Cheshire, coal duty boundary posts in Essex linked to funding after the 1666 Great Fire, and rare dockside equipment in Greenwich tied to the first successful transatlantic phone cable.