[5] Rivington's buildings are varied, reflecting its rural and historic nature, and include former hand-loom weavers' cottages, the church, and the chapel.
[6] Rivington Hall, a former manor house with an imposing red brick Georgian frontage, is a short distance from the village centre.
Farmhouses and their barns scattered outside the village centre, also built in local gritstone, are also listed.
[7] They include an unfinished replica of Liverpool Castle, overlooking the Lower Rivington Reservoir.
Buildings in England are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommendations provided by English Heritage, which also determines the grading.