Chesterfield is home to 244 listed sites and structures, including 226 listed as grade II, 17 listed as grade II*, and just one grade I building – the Crooked Spire.
Below are some of the most famous buildings in the town which have been granted either the highest or second highest listed status.
Below are some of the most famous buildings in the town which have been granted either the highest or second highest listed status.
![How many visitors to Chesterfield will know that the plot to depose King James II was hatched in an Old Whittington pub - which now functions as a museum? Revolution House was granted grade II* listed status in 1968, and what remains of the 17th century building is now carefully preserved. A bronze tablet has been affixed to Revolution House, on which is the following inscription: "A.D. 1688. In a room which formerly existed at the end of this cottage (what is left of the old Cock and Pynot) the Earl of Danby, the Earl of Devonshire and Mr. John D'Arcy (eldest son of the Earl of Holderness) met some time in 1688 to concert measures which resulted in the Revolution of that year".](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ5YTc0YjY0LTc2NGEtNDQzMi04OWQ1LWQxODk4ZmIxN2IwNzo1YTJlMmZkMC0zNDY3LTQ5MDUtODkyMy0wZWNjMDk3ZWNlZGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
13. Revolution House, Old Whittington
How many visitors to Chesterfield will know that the plot to depose King James II was hatched in an Old Whittington pub - which now functions as a museum? Revolution House was granted grade II* listed status in 1968, and what remains of the 17th century building is now carefully preserved. A bronze tablet has been affixed to Revolution House, on which is the following inscription: "A.D. 1688. In a room which formerly existed at the end of this cottage (what is left of the old Cock and Pynot) the Earl of Danby, the Earl of Devonshire and Mr. John D'Arcy (eldest son of the Earl of Holderness) met some time in 1688 to concert measures which resulted in the Revolution of that year".Photo: Photo © Paul Harrop (cc-by-sa/2.0)