House · listed 1986Barakel And Riddaways StoresOn the list as Barakel and Riddaway's Stores
Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Bow · Historic England
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bow’s built-up area, 232 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. Bow grades A for history.
Listed buildings
26
232 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Bow’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
26 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*25 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 Bow
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Bow’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
16 entries (62%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Chanterhayes Including Brick Boundary Wall with Statuette to WestCongregational ChurchDymonds and Part DymondsGodfreys CottageGrantlands Cottage and Brook VillaHildons CottageHillsideKings Arms InnLangford CrossMilestone at Ss 726 017Numbers 2 and 3 Wallens CottagesPart Reeves and Reeves CottageRaised Pavement Approximately 140 Metres Long Between Station Road to East and Crispins Cottage to WestRaised Pavement Approximately 75 Metres Long Between No.1 Picketts to East and School House (Qv) to RightReeves HouseRichmond CottageTavy CottageThe Old School HouseThe Post OfficeTraceyWhite Hart CottageWhite Hart HotelWilhayWinsor House1-5 Dukes Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Bow
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 HE47 ha
47 hain conservation areas, of 47 ha inside the built-up area.
26 of the 26 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 Bow’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 26
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The first 26 entries were listed in 1986. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Bow 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 (29 points, 258 per 10,000 residents)More than 76% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 91% 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
37% of Bow’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
2.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
1.2%
1930s
1.2%
1945–54
7.6%
1955–64
2.5%
1965–72
2.5%
1973–82
25%
1983–92
6.4%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
2.5%
2016–25
BowEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 25% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bow
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 186 | 1 | A |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 50 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Bow in brief
More of Bow’s homes are old than in most places: 37% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 26 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 76% of UK towns. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 62%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1986, when 26 of the 26 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Feargus B. Squire (1850) and Charles James Blomfield (1855) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Bow’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bow?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Bow’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bow?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wayside cross 100m north west of East Langford.
How many conservation areas are there in Bow?
1, covering about 47 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Bow’s buildings listed?
The first in 1986; the most, 26, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Bow?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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