IPublic · listed 1949Bayard's Cove FortOn the list as Bearscove CastlePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
Bearscove Castle · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A+History Grade
History of Dartmouth · Historic England
250 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Dartmouth’s built-up area, 475 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 39% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 15 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town. Dartmouth grades A+ for history: #1 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
250
475 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
7
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
39%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Dartmouth in 18 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St SaviourGrade I listed
The ButterwalkGrade I listed
Warehouse at Sx 8780 5155, Western Warehouse of Hawke and SonsGrade II listed
Quay WallsGrade II listed
Ship in Dock InnGrade II listed+13See all photosPhotos 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
Dartmouth from 1890 to 1890
3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890
c. 1890Public 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 Dartmouth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument400 m from Church of St Saviour
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
6 of 7Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Church of St Saviour, a five-minute walk. So do 214 of the 250 listed buildings.
1 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 72% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
250 listed buildings by grade
7 Grade I7 Grade II*236 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 7 Grade I listed buildings in Dartmouth
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 6 of these stand within 400 m of Church of St Saviour. 6 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1949Church of St SaviourPhoto: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0
IHouse · listed 1949The ButterwalkPhoto: Herbythyme · CC BY-SA 4.0
IChurch · listed 1949Church of St ClementPhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1949The ButterwalkPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1949The ButterwalkPhoto: Snapshots Of The Past · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1949The Butterwalk
Grade II*
The 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Dartmouth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 6 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1949Royal Castle HotelPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 1949The CherubPhoto: Partonez · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 194912, The QuayPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 194913, The QuayPhoto: FelixLeung · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 19494, The QuayPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 19695, Higher StreetPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
House · listed 1949The Mansion House
Historic streets
Foss Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Foss Street14 listed
Victoria Road13 listed
The Quay9 listed · 3 II*
Fairfax Place8 listed
Smith Street6 listed
Newcomen Road5 listed
Southtown5 listed
Bayards Cove4 listed
Charles Street4 listed
Higher Street4 listed · 1 II*
Lower Street4 listed
Market Street4 listed
Of the 250 entries, 112 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Dartmouth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas178
Walls, gates & bridges23
Street furniture19
Public & civic buildings15
Churches, chapels & priories8
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
178 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 7 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
236 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.
The first 150 of 236 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Agincourt HouseAlma CottageAlma and Attached Boundary Wall and Gateway Adjoining to SouthBalmoral HouseBandstandBay Tree CottageBells CourtBlackberry CottageBridge over Warfleet Creek RoadBroadstone Conduit, At West End of No 47 Clarence Street (No 47 Not Included)Broadstone HouseCairn HouseCaptain Jagos HouseCharity HouseCherub CottageChurch of St BarnabasChurch of St John the BaptistColbourne HouseCollaford HouseConduit Adjoining North East Corner of No 12 (No 12 Not Included)Conduit Adjoining North Side of No 148 (No 148 Not Included)Conduit Approximately 2.5 Metres to East of No 1Conduit Approximately 2.5 Metres to North of No 4Conduit Approximately 4.5 Metres to North of No 7 Conduit on Corner with Ridge HillConduit in North Wall of No 19, St Petrox (No 19 Not Included) Conduit in North Wall of St Petrox, No 19 SouthtownConduit under Front Wall of No 71 (No 71 Not Included)Conservative ClubCoombe VillaCranfords RestaurantCross Shaft Approximately 300MM East of Vestry of the Church of St SaviourCustom HouseDartbankDartmouth Arms Public HouseDartmouth PotteryDartmouth War Memorial CrossFairfax HouseFairholme, Including Water ConduitFlavel Memorial ChapelFord House and Attached Garden RailingsFormer Dartmouth StationFox Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St ClementFront Boundary Walls to the Church of St BarnabasGateway to Speedwell House, Adjoining Number 6 (No 6 Not Included)Grants CottageHarbour ViewHolset House Including Barometer Fixed to North WallHorse Trough Approximately 2 Metres to West of Pannier Market, Market SquareHospital at Britannia Royal Naval CollegeK6 Telephone KioskK6 Telephone KioskLamp Post Approximately 0.4 Metres to East of the Newcomen Road EmbankmentLamp Post Approximately 0.6 Metres to North of No 9Lamp Post Approximately 1 Metre to South of the Boat FloatLamp Post Approximately 1 Metre to West of the Boat Float StepsLamp Post Approximately 1.25 Metres to South of No 4Lamp Post Approximately 2.5 Metres to East of No 11Lamp Post Approximately 2.5 Metres to East of No 7Lamp Post Approximately 6 Metres to East of No 1Lime Kiln and Associated Quay at Sx 8813 5034Manor HouseMariner's HomesMilestone at Sx 859 509Morocco HouseMount Flagon HouseMount GalpineNUMBERS 25, 25A and 26 (THE FLOATING BRIDGE PUBLIC HOUSE)Newcomen CottageNewlandsNo 1 Including Part of the Henley Collection MuseumNo 22 Including ConduitNo 22 and Attached Front Wall and Gateway Adjoining to NorthNo 27 and Attached Rear Boundary RailingsNo 29 and Attached Rear Boundary RailingsNo 30 and Attached Rear Boundary RailingsNo 31 and Attached Rear Boundary RailingsNo 33 and Attached Rear Boundary RailingsNo 4 Sunderland Terrace Tippers QuayNos 1 and 2 Sunderland TerraceNos 31 and 33 and Attached RailingsNos 35 and 36 Including Gateway Adjoining to NorthNos 9, 11, 13 and 13A and Attached Front Boundary RailingsOld Country House InnOriel House Paradise Point Paradise Point and Oriel House Including Front Boundary WallPort View HousePrimrose HouseQuay WallsRaleigh Court Raleigh Court and the Raleigh Public House the Raleigh Public HouseRear Boundary Wall Including Gateway to No 1 (No 1 Not Included)Rock CottageRose CottageSabine HouseSeven Stars Public HouseShip in Dock InnSouthernhaySouthfleet HouseSummerhouse Approximately 75 Metres to South West of StokecliffSummerlandThe Boat FloatThe Captains HouseThe CobblesThe Guildhall and Attached Boundary Wall to WestThe Henley Collection MuseumThe Keep and Attached Walls to Service YardThe Little Clock HouseThe Market CourtThe Market House InnThe Old BakeryThe Old ChapelThe Old Custom HouseThe Old ManseThe Old Post OfficeThe Pannier Market BuildingsThe Running TideThe Sail LoftThe ShamblesThe Windjammer Public HouseTown CottageTownstal FarmhouseTwo Adjacent Telephone Kiosks Approximately 2 Metres to North of the Boat FloatWalls Around Churchyard of the Church of St SaviourWarehouse at Sx 8780 5155, Western Warehouse of Hawke and SonsWarfleet HouseWarfleet LodgeWater Conduit Adjoining Rear Wall of No 16 Smith StreetWhiteknightsWoodlandsYork House1 and 2, Charles Street1 and 2, Ford1 and 3, Victoria Road1, Bayards Cove1, Duke Street1, Fairfax Place1, Foss Street1, Lower Street1, Mansion House Street1, The Quay1-6 the Sail Loft10, Above Town10, Foss Street10, The Quay11 and 12, Fairfax Place11 and 12, Newport Street11, Bayards Cove11, Foss Street11, Smith Street12 and 14, Above Town12, Bayards Cove12, Higher Street12, Victoria Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 99% of Dartmouth
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 HE177 ha
177 hain conservation areas, of 179 ha inside the built-up area.
250 of the 250 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
105 of Dartmouth’s 250 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 1051994 · 791949 · 41
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 41 entries were listed in 1949, 7 of the 7 Grade I buildings among them. 105 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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
Dartmouth 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 (273 points, 519 per 10,000 residents)More than 97% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (39%)More than 93% 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
39% of Dartmouth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
6.4%
1900–18
0.3%
1919–29
8.7%
1930s
7.6%
1945–54
5.2%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
6.1%
1973–82
4.7%
1983–92
7.9%
1993–99
4.4%
2000–08
1.7%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
DartmouthEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 14% 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 (40 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
13 notable people born in Dartmouth before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Newcomen
William Pascoe Crook
Henry Steers
Thomas Lipson
William Thomas
John Russell
Edward Seale
Stephen Bartlett Lakeman
C. J. Way
William Cumming Henley
James John Hamlyn Moses
Margaret Yarde
Theodore Veale
1650170017501800185019001950
TN
Thomas Newcomen1664–1729 · English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (1664-1729)
John Russell1795–1883 · British parson (1795–1883)
MY
Margaret Yarde1878–1944 · British actress (1878-1944)
William Pascoe Crook1775–1846 · Australian missionary
Thomas Lipson1784–1863 · British Royal Navy officer (1784-1863)
WT
William Thomas1785–1863 · Newfoundland politician, born 1785
ES
Edward Seale1811–1893 · Cricketer (1811-1893)
Stephen Bartlett Lakeman1823–1897 · British and Ottoman adventurer (1823–1897)
Everyone born in Dartmouth → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Dartmouth has the 2nd most Grade I buildings of 919 towns its size
Places of 3,000–8,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Dartmouth7
#11 of 919for listed buildings per resident (475 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
Only Melbourne has more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dartmouth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 250 | 7 | A+ |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| Brixham | 17,839 | 198 | 0 | A |
| Paignton | 67,509 | 207 | 1 | B+ |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 314 | 6 | A+ |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 369 | 5 | A |
In brief
Dartmouth in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Dartmouth: per resident it has more than 97% of UK towns. In all there are 250 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I, including Bayard's Cove Fort. Its housing is old: 39% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 6 of them stand within 400 m of Church of St Saviour.
Only one of the 919 towns nearest its size has more Grade I buildings. On Foss Street alone there are 14 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Dartmouth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dartmouth?
Historic England lists 250 buildings inside Dartmouth’s built-up area: 7 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 236 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Dartmouth?
7, including Bearscove Castle, Church of St Clement, Church of St Saviour, The Butterwalk, The Butterwalk and The Butterwalk.
Which street in Dartmouth has the most listed buildings?
Foss Street (14), Victoria Road (13) and The Quay (9) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Dartmouth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bayard's Cove Castle: a blockhouse in Dartmouth.
How many conservation areas are there in Dartmouth?
1, covering about 177 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Dartmouth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 105, in 1972.
Are there old photos of Dartmouth?
Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.
Who was born in Dartmouth?
Among people born before 1900: Thomas Newcomen (1664), John Russell (1795), Margaret Yarde (1878), William Pascoe Crook (1775) and Thomas Lipson (1784).
How old are the homes in Dartmouth?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% 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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