IChurch · listed 1961The Parish Church of St PeterPhoto: Nici Chapman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Brampford Speke · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Brampford Speke’s built-up area, 678 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 25 of Brampford Speke’s listed buildings. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
27
678 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
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Brampford Speke
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 Brampford Speke’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.
27 listed buildings by grade
1 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Brampford Speke
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 Brampford Speke
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1952Homeliving
What’s protected
The largest group of Brampford Speke’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Walls, gates & bridges9
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
12 entries (44%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
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
Bootham HouseBoundary Wall to South East of HomelivingBrampford House and Flanking Brick WallsBrampford Speke Church of England Primary SchoolBrampford Speke Post OfficeBrooke CottageChamberlain's CottageChurch ViewGarden Boundary Wall East If VerrallsGarden Boundary Wall Immediately to North-East of Taylor's FarmhouseGarden Boundary Wall to South CobendGarden Boundary West Wall of the LimesHillcottK6 Telephone KioskLake Bridge CottagePynes CottageSection of Wall Forming South Boundary of Parish ChurchyardStooks Including Garden Boundary Wall Adjoining North-WestTaylor's FarmhouseThe Agricultural InnThe AvenueThe CottageThe Lodge1, 2 and 3, Chapel Road4, 5 and 6, Chapel Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 46% of Brampford Speke
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brampford Speke 197613 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 27 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
12 of Brampford Speke’s 27 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 121976 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 12 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Brampford Speke’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
2.3%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
5.1%
1930s
5.1%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
21%
1965–72
6.2%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
4%
1993–99
5.1%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
1.1%
2016–25
Brampford SpekeEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 21% 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 Brampford Speke
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampford Speke | 398 | 27 | 1 | — |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 762 | 22 | A− |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 43 | 1 | A |
In brief
Brampford Speke in brief
Old houses are part of Brampford Speke’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976.
Questions about Brampford Speke’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brampford Speke?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Brampford Speke’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brampford Speke?
One: The Parish Church of St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Brampford Speke?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Brampford Speke.
When were Brampford Speke’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Brampford Speke?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brampford Speke 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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