IChurch · listed 1955Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Mark L MacDonald · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Bishopsteignton · Historic England
53 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bishopsteignton’s built-up area, 233 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Bishopsteignton, 50 are Grade II. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. Bishopsteignton grades A for history.
Listed buildings
53
233 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bishopsteignton
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 Bishopsteignton’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.
53 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*50 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 Bishopsteignton
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Bishopsteignton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Memorials · listed 1955Cross HousePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 1988GreenPhoto: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Bishopsteignton’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Walls, gates & bridges17
Churches, chapels & priories8
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Street furniture2
Public & civic buildings2
21 entries (40%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
50 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 50 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
(Spinnaker Cottage and Mary's Cottage Nos 14 and 16)Ashill CottageAshill FarmhouseBishopsteignton HouseBishopsteignton War MemorialChest Tomb and Ledger Stone About 8 Metres South of West Wall of Nave of Church of St John the BaptistChest Tomb, Headstone and Railings Against the South Wall of the Churchyard About 21 Metres South East of Church of St John the BaptistChurchyard Walls, Gate-Piers, Railings and Carriage and Pedestrian GatesClanageCockhaven HouseCross Gate Including Garden Walls, Railings and GateDelamoreElizabeth Williams Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the BaptistGarden Wall and Doorway to the CottageGarden Wall to North West of GreenGarden Wall to the South and South West of ClangeGarden Walls and Archway to Garden of Vincent LodgeGarden Walls and Gate Piers to the South East of DelamoreGarden Walls to the East of St John's HouseGordon Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St John the BaptistGroup of 3 Chest Tombs with Iron Railings Immediately East and North East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the BaptistHigher GreenK6 Telephone Kiosk, Fore StreetLendrickLower Radway House and Little RadwayMaria Palmer Headstone About 6 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St John the BaptistNo 2 (The Ring of Bells) Including Iron Railings in FrontNo 24 (Causeway Cottage) Including Garden Railings, Gate-Piers and GateNo 26 (Teign View Valley) and No 28 (Hillside) Including Garden Walls and Doorway in Front of No 26No 42 (Rose Cottage) Including Garden Walls with Railings and GateNos 1 and 2 West Town CottagesPair of Chest Tombs in South West Corner of ChurchyardPair of Chest Tombs with Iron Railings, One Immediately North of the Vestry, The Other About 2 Metres North East of Vestry of the Church of St John the BaptistRow of 10 Chest Tombs and One Table Tomb Against the South East of Churchyard Wall of the Church of St John the BaptistRuins of Chapel North East of the Parish ChurchSocket Stone of Medieval Cross in Garden South West of Cross HouseStone Rubble Retaining Wall and Railings in Front of the Community Centre and MuseumThe AlmshousesThe Bishop John de GrandissonThe Community Centre and MuseumThe CottageThe Old GatehouseUnderhill Chest Tomb, Headstone and Low Railings About 11 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St John the BaptistVincenrt LodgeWall to Raised Pavement on North East Side of Fore Street14, Fore Street16 and 18, Fore Street20A and 20B, Fore Street38, Fore Street40, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 13% of Bishopsteignton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bishopsteignton 197514 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 109 ha inside the built-up area.
48 of the 53 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 Bishopsteignton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 441955 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 44 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bishopsteignton 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 (57 points, 251 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 65% 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.
Towns its size
Bishopsteignton has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,408 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bishopsteignton1
#172 of 1,408for listed buildings per resident (233 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bishopsteignton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 53 | 1 | A |
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 87 | 1 | A+ |
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | 134 | 0 | A |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 45 | 0 | B− |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 144 | 3 | A− |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Dawlish | 11,800 | 87 | 0 | A− |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 49 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Bishopsteignton in brief
Per resident, Bishopsteignton has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 53 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 88 of the 1,408 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. The big year was 1988, when 44 of the 53 went on the list. The rest is about typical: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Bishopsteignton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bishopsteignton?
Historic England lists 53 buildings inside Bishopsteignton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 50 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bishopsteignton?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Bishopsteignton?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Bishopsteignton.
When were Bishopsteignton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 44, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Bishopsteignton?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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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