IChurch · listed 1988Church of St. Mary MagdalenePhoto: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St. Mary Magdalene · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Chulmleigh · Historic England
79 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Chulmleigh’s built-up area, 641 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 77 of Chulmleigh’s listed buildings. 41% of its homes were built before 1919. Chulmleigh grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
79
641 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
41%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Chulmleigh
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 Chulmleigh’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.
79 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*77 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 Chulmleigh
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 Chulmleigh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1967Congregational Chapel, Including Front Walls and Iron RailingsPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Chulmleigh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas59
Walls, gates & bridges6
Public & civic buildings4
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture2
59 entries (75%) 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
77 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 77 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashleigh CottageB. England HairdressersBalustrade, Steps, Retaining Wall and Grotto Approximately 3 Metres South of Chulmleigh RectoryBeecroftBeggars RoostBelle Vue and AbigailsBolberry Cottage, Chelmscott and SunnyholmeBonds FarmhouseBrayleys and Glen HavenChulmleigh Primary SchoolChulmleigh War MemorialChurchyard Railings, Gates and Gatepiers North of St Mary MagdaleneCoriander CottageCross-Base Circa 5 Metres South East of Rocklands HouseCulverhill HouseDevon HouseDunnsEastcott, Including Garden Boundary WallsEgypt CottageFernsideFishermans CotGate, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls to Chulmleigh Primary SchoolGatepiers Approximately 20 Metres West of Chulmleigh RectoryGlebe CottageGreen DownGreenslade, The Little Cottage and SharlandsHill House (East)Hill House (West)Hill ViewHomeleigh House (Gilsons)Ivyside and Higher IvysideK6 Telephone KioskLadymede and Greenacre Including Outbuilding Attached to Rear of GreenacreLills Cottage and Windy CrossLondon House and Colnet HouseMid Devon HouseMyrtle CottageNo.1 New Street and Former Chapel Now Used As Store Shed Attached at South-West EndNorth Walk HouseNos 1-3 Kings Arms and Kings Arm CottagePeel HouseR.J. DartRainbow HouseRock Hill HouseRogers ChemistRose Cottage, West Ramilies and the Old SmithyShaplandsSilver HouseSmythms ParkSpindleberry Kellys and Kethane CottagesStucley House and Tossells House (Ae Kingdom Ltd and West of England Building Society)Sun CottageSunny CottageSwallows, Merlins Cottage, Bakers and Muffets and Wrens CottageThe Bank House (The National Westminster Bank and the Wool Shop)The Cedars and WillowsThe Cot Including Front Courtyard WallThe CottageThe DairyThe GlobeThe GreenThe HillThe HoopoeThe MalthouseThe Old BakehouseThe Old Bank House, Alliance Building Society and Lloyds BankThe Old Court HouseThe Old ManseThe Old School HouseThe Red LionThe Toll-HouseThe Town HallThe Town PumpThe White HartVicars Stalls2 Adjoining Cottages Approximately 5 Metres North of Greenwood Cottage6, South Molton Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 18% of Chulmleigh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chulmleigh 197110 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 53 ha inside the built-up area.
75 of the 79 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 Chulmleigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 591967 · 15
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The first 15 entries were listed in 1967. 59 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Chulmleigh 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 (82 points, 666 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (41%)More than 94% 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
41% of Chulmleigh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
2.6%
1919–29
3.4%
1930s
2.6%
1945–54
3.4%
1955–64
4.2%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
7.7%
1993–99
5.9%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
ChulmleighEngland & Wales
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 12% 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.
Towns its size
Chulmleigh has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,930 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Chulmleigh1
#54 of 1,930for listed buildings per resident (641 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chulmleigh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 83 | 3 | A− |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Chulmleigh in brief
For its size, Chulmleigh has more listed heritage than 91% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 79 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 41% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 88 of the 1,930 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. Most entries on the list, 75%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 59 of the 79 went on the list.
Questions about Chulmleigh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chulmleigh?
Historic England lists 79 buildings inside Chulmleigh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 77 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chulmleigh?
One: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
How many conservation areas are there in Chulmleigh?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Chulmleigh.
When were Chulmleigh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 59, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Chulmleigh?
41% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% 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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