IChurch · listed 1966Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Grant Sherman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Bampton · Historic England
50 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bampton’s built-up area, 386 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 48 of Bampton’s listed buildings. 44% of its homes were built before 1919. Bampton grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
50
386 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
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bampton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I listed
Leburn House and Lower Leburn, Including Stable Block and Rear Garden WallsGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Bampton’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.
50 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*48 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 Bampton
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 Bampton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1966Leburn House and Lower Leburn, Including Stable Block and Rear Garden WallsPhoto: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Bampton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Walls, gates & bridges7
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
29 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bampton AntiquesBampton War Memorial CrossBarnhay HouseBowdenhayesBridge over the River BarthemCastle GroveCastle House and No 19 (Carriage House)Court GroveCroft HouseElizabeth Sampson Headstone Immediately Outside the Porch of the Church of St Michael and All AngelsFive LanesForde HouseGarden Wall, Railings and Pair of Gates of BowdenhayesGates and Standards at North East Entrance to Chruchyard of St Michael's ChurchGates and Standards at North West Entrance to Churchyard of St Michael's ChurchGates and Standards to South East Entrance to Churchyard of St Michael's ChurchK6 Telephone KioskK6 Telephone Kiosk, Briton StreetLangdon and Heathfield Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North West of East End of Aisle of St Michael and All AngelsManor MillMilestone Immediately in Front of No 32 Brook StreetNos 14 and 16 Including Doors to Cart Entrance at RightPackhorse Way and Little OakPotter Headstone About 7 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Michael and All AngelsSection of Wall Containing Recess for Stand PipeShop and Library Above in the Centre of Newton SquareThe Bampton Studio, Nos 2 and 4 and No 7, Silver StreetThe Castle Including Garden Railings to Garden at LeftThe Courtyard and 2 Houses Adjoining at the RightThe Old Vicarage and Adjoining Out-BuildingsThe RetreatThe Toll-HouseThe White Horse Inn Including Nos. 3, 5 and 7 Fore Street1, Fore Street1, Silver Street10, Briton Street10, Brook Street11 and 13, Newton Square11, Brook Street16 and 16A, Briton Street25-35, Frog Street3, South Molton Road48, Brook Street5 and 6, Mill Head5, Castle Street6 and 8, Brook Street6, Briton Street7,9 and 11, Briton Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Bampton
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 HE58 ha
58 hain conservation areas, of 58 ha inside the built-up area.
50 of the 50 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 Bampton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 361966 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 36 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bampton grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (53 points, 410 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (44%)More than 96% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
44% of Bampton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
42%
Before 1900
0.9%
1900–18
2.6%
1919–29
1.7%
1930s
6%
1945–54
2.6%
1955–64
4.3%
1965–72
6.9%
1973–82
8.6%
1983–92
2.6%
1993–99
9.5%
2000–08
6%
2009–15
6%
2016–25
BamptonEngland & Wales
42% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 9.5% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Bampton has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,894 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bampton1
#173 of 1,894for listed buildings per resident (386 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bampton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bampton | 1,294 | 50 | 1 | A+ |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 215 | 4 | A |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 17 | 1 | A− |
| Willand | 3,477 | 9 | 1 | C− |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 20 | 0 | A− |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 49 | 2 | B+ |
| Milverton | 1,112 | 72 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Bampton in brief
Old houses are part of Bampton’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 50 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. Only 87 of the 1,894 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 36 of 50. Beyond that, William Luxton (1844) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Bampton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bampton?
Historic England lists 50 buildings inside Bampton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bampton?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Bampton?
1, covering about 58 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Bampton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 36, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Bampton?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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