II*Church · listed 1967Church of St AndrewPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Aveton Gifford · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Aveton Gifford’s built-up area, 154 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 7 of Aveton Gifford’s listed buildings. 37% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
154 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Aveton Gifford
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Aveton Gifford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*7 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Aveton Gifford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Aveton Gifford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE22 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
Homes by age
37% of Aveton Gifford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
4%
1919–29
5.7%
1930s
7.4%
1945–54
2.3%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
5%
1973–82
7.4%
1983–92
6.7%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
5.7%
2016–25
Aveton GiffordEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 10% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Aveton Gifford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveton Gifford | 519 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 11 | 0 | A− |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 115 | 2 | A |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 101 | 1 | A+ |
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 57 | 0 | A |
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 18 | 0 | C− |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 27 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Aveton Gifford in brief
Old houses are part of Aveton Gifford’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 8 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1967 and 1989.
Questions about Aveton Gifford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Aveton Gifford?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Aveton Gifford’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Aveton Gifford?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
How old are the homes in Aveton Gifford?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Aveton Gifford 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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