IChurch · listed 1967Church of St MichaelPhoto: UKgeofan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Michael · Photo: UKgeofan · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Axmouth · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Axmouth’s built-up area, 943 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Axmouth, 21 are Grade II. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
943 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Axmouth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*21 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 Axmouth
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Axmouth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1967Stepps Country Club
What’s protected
Most of Axmouth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
19 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Axe FarmhouseAxmouth Village HallAxmouth War Memorial CrossBrook HouseCombe Farmhouse Including Outbuilding Immediately South WestCorner House Rustic CottageHarbour InnLattenbells Including Outbuildings to South EastReals CottageRiversideSouth Combe FarmhouseThe Old VicarageThe Orchard2, The Combe29 and 30, Chapel Street36 and 37, Church Street38, Church Street39 and 40, Church Street41 and 42, Church Street43, Church Street47 and 48, Church Street
How the list grew
More than half of Axmouth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 17
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
32% of Axmouth’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
3.1%
1900–18
5.5%
1919–29
8.7%
1930s
6.3%
1945–54
8.7%
1955–64
7.1%
1965–72
3.1%
1973–82
5.5%
1983–92
4.7%
1993–99
13%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
3.9%
2016–25
AxmouthEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 13% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Axmouth
In brief
Axmouth in brief
Old houses are part of Axmouth’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 17 of the 23 went on the list.
Questions about Axmouth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Axmouth?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Axmouth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Axmouth?
One: Church of St Michael.
When were Axmouth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 17, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Axmouth?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Axmouth 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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