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History of Bishop's Tawton · Historic England

17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bishop's Tawton’s built-up area, 225 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Bishop's Tawton, 16 are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919.

1Grade I

Listed buildings

225 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

33%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Bishop's Tawton

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of St John the BaptistGrade I listed

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 Bishop's Tawton’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.

17 listed buildings by grade

1 Grade I0 Grade II*16 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 Bishop's Tawton

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 1965Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: William Cooke · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II

16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Bishops Tawton War Memorial Chichester Arms Court Farmhouse Cross Base in Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Chancel to Parish Church of St John Baptist Farm Store Approximately 2 Metres North West of Court Farmhouse Little Pill Numbers 1-4 Rose Cottages Tawton House, with associated outbuilding, possibly a former detached kitchen The Elms The Law Memorial Almshouses The Old Post Office The Old Vicarage and Numbers 1 and 2 The Retreat The Three Pigeons Town Tenement and Yew Cottage Village Hall, At Churchyard Boundary Approximately 30 Metres South East of Parish Church

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 28% of Bishop's Tawton

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

Bishop's Tawton 198912 ha

12 hain conservation areas, of 41 ha inside the built-up area.

16 of the 17 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 Bishop's Tawton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986

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

1986 · 11

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 3 entries were listed in 1965, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

33% of Bishop's Tawton’s homes were built before 1919

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

27%

Before 1900

3.8%

1900–18

0.7%

1919–29

3.8%

1930s

3.8%

1945–54

1.7%

1955–64

4.8%

1965–72

5.5%

1973–82

3.1%

1983–92

2.4%

1993–99

2.4%

2000–08

6.2%

2009–15

35%

2016–25

Bishop's TawtonEngland & Wales

27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 35% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Bishop's Tawton

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Bishop's Tawton	756	17	1	—
Barnstaple	31,271	378	6	A
Landkey	2,001	14	1	B⁺
Bickington	2,105	6	0	C⁻
Fremington	5,229	29	0	C⁺
Chivenor and Wrafton	1,953	6	0	C⁻
Braunton	6,610	40	1	B⁺
Appledore	1,711	116	0	A⁺

In brief

Bishop's Tawton in brief

More of Bishop's Tawton’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1989. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 11 of 17. Beyond that, Clara Codd (1876) was born here before 1900.

Questions about Bishop's Tawton’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Bishop's Tawton?

Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Bishop's Tawton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bishop's Tawton?

One: Church of St John the Baptist.

How many conservation areas are there in Bishop's Tawton?

1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Bishop's Tawton.

When were Bishop's Tawton’s buildings listed?

The first in 1965; the most, 11, in 1986.

How old are the homes in Bishop's Tawton?

33% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Bishop's Tawton 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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