Church of St James · Photo: Julian guffogg · CC BY-SA 3.0

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History of Kilkhampton · Historic England

15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Kilkhampton’s built-up area, 154 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Kilkhampton’s listed buildings. 30% of its homes were built before 1919.

1Grade I

Listed buildings

154 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

30%

typical UK town 15%

The map

Where Kilkhampton’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Grade I

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

15 listed buildings by grade

1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 Grade II

Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

Grade I

The Grade I listed building in Kilkhampton

Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1961Church of St JamesPhoto: Julian guffogg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Grade II

14 Grade II listed buildings

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Churchyard Gate About 18 Metres East of the Church of St James Cob Cottages and Hydeaway House Adjoining the Old Cartaret Arms at the West Kilkhampton War Memorial Lych Gate About 8 Metres South of Parish Church of St James Memorial to Michael Chuke About 8 Metres North of Church of St James Memorial to William Trick About 1 Metre South West of the Granville Chapel Door of the Church of St James Pristacott Rectory and Adjoining Garden Walls The Old Cartaret Arms West Cottage 30, The Square 31-34, The Square 4, The Square

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 16% of Kilkhampton

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Kilkhampton 199710 ha

10 hain conservation areas, of 64 ha inside the built-up area.

13 of the 15 listed buildings stand in one.

Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

How the list grew

More than half of Kilkhampton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1985 · 11

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The first 3 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

30% of Kilkhampton’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

28%

Before 1900

1.5%

1900–18

1.5%

1919–29

1.5%

1930s

6.8%

1945–54

2.9%

1955–64

9.9%

1965–72

1973–82

8.2%

1983–92

1993–99

5.3%

2000–08

2009–15

11%

2016–25

KilkhamptonEngland & Wales

28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 11% of today’s homes.

Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

5 notable people born in Kilkhampton before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

Richard Grenville

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

Thomas Greenway

S. Walkey

Minnie Pallister

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John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath1628–1701 · English Royalist soldier and statesman

Thomas Greenway1838–1908 · Canadian politician (1838-1908)

Richard Grenville1524–1578 · English politician; (1524-1578)

Minnie Pallister1885–1960 · British writer, teacher and labour organiser

S. Walkey1871–1953 · British author of boy's adventure fiction (1871-1953)

Everyone born in Kilkhampton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Kilkhampton

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Kilkhampton	977	15	1	—
Stratton	1,928	36	1	A⁻
Bude	7,347	19	0	B
Holsworthy	3,472	17	0	B⁻

In brief

Kilkhampton in brief

Old houses are part of Kilkhampton’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1997. John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628), Thomas Greenway (1838) and Richard Grenville (1524) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 11 of 15.

Questions about Kilkhampton’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Kilkhampton?

Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Kilkhampton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kilkhampton?

One: Church of St James.

How many conservation areas are there in Kilkhampton?

1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Kilkhampton.

When were Kilkhampton’s buildings listed?

The first in 1961; the most, 11, in 1985.

Who was born in Kilkhampton?

Among people born before 1900: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628), Thomas Greenway (1838), Richard Grenville (1524), Minnie Pallister (1885) and S. Walkey (1871).

How old are the homes in Kilkhampton?

30% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Kilkhampton has no History Grade.

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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