IChurch · listed 1965St Brannock's ChurchOn the list as Church of St BrannockPhoto: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Brannock · Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History Grade
History of Braunton · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Braunton’s built-up area, 61 for every 10,000 residents. 36 of Braunton’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Braunton grades B+ for history: #31 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
40
61 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Braunton in 5 photos and old views
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.
Through time
Braunton from 1905 to 1916
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1905
1916Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Braunton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
40 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*36 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Braunton
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Braunton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1953Broadgate
Church · listed 1965Church House
Walls & gates · listed 1985Town Farm, Including Wall Adjoining South-East and Railings Adjoining East
What’s protected
Most of Braunton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Walls, gates & bridges4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
28 entries (70%) 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bakers ThatchBeacon CottageBlack Horse InnBowens and Railings. Gatepiers and OutbuildingCaen Primary SchoolCapern HouseCobblestones including attached former motor house, garden buildings and walling to the rearDeans Bridge over River CaenFolly FarmhouseForsythia CottageGordons Farmhouse and Attached BarnsHoneysuckle CottageHouse Adjoining Church HouseLength of Cob Wall and Bee-Boles 5 Metres West of No. 29Myrtle Farm CottageNo.17 Including Barn Adjoining to SouthPikkeston CourtProspect LodgeRange of Farmbuildings, Comprising Stables, Barn, Linhay and Pump House, Forming Courtyard to Town FarmSharlands House including front wall and former stableStables with Loft over Approximately 5 Metres South of Gordons FarmhouseThe LocksThe Old Cottage1 and 1A, Church Street14 and 14A, Silver Street21, Heanton Street26, Saunton Road27, Church Street3 and 4, Silver Street30 and 32, South Street33,35 and 37, Church Street36 and 36A, Church Street45, High Path47, High Path5 and 7, Church Street6, Silver Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.4% of Braunton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Braunton 197320 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 237 ha inside the built-up area.
30 of the 40 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 Braunton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 281965 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1953. 28 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Braunton grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (45 points, 68 per 10,000 residents)More than 67% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 62% 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
Braunton has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 829 towns its size
Places of 4,000–11,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Braunton1
#240 of 829for listed buildings per resident (61 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Braunton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braunton | 6,610 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 29 | 0 | C+ |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 116 | 0 | A+ |
| Northam | 5,191 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 378 | 6 | A |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 1 | 0 | D |
In brief
Braunton in brief
Braunton has 40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Brannock's Church. Only 87 of the 829 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 28 of the 40 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; William Bruce Knight (1785) was born here before 1900; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Braunton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Braunton?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Braunton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Braunton?
One: Church of St Brannock.
How many conservation areas are there in Braunton?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Braunton.
When were Braunton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 28, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Braunton?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1905 to 1916, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Braunton?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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