IChurch · listed 1984Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Paul Hutchinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Denbury · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Denbury’s built-up area, 101 for every 10,000 residents. 13 of Denbury’s listed buildings are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Denbury grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
15
101 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
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Denbury
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 Denbury’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*13 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 Denbury
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 Denbury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 19845 and 7, East Street
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Denbury ManorGaia HouseGatehouse, Gatehouse Cottage, Inner Gate and Connecting Walls 40 Metres West of Denbury ManorK6 telephone kioskOld School HouseRose CottageSocket-Stone of Cross 7M North Church Tower of St Mary the VirginStable at Denbury Manor 25 Metres North East of HouseTomb Chest of Drue Family in Churchyard 10M South East of Denbury Church PorchWater Conduit Head 29 Metres West of Church Tower19, 21 and 23, East Street4 and 6, West Street6, North Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.4% of Denbury
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Denbury 19904 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 52 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 15 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 Denbury’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1984, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Denbury 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 (18 points, 121 per 10,000 residents)More than 62% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 85% 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
31% of Denbury’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
0.7%
1919–29
2.9%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
4.8%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
2.4%
2000–08
15%
2009–15
4%
2016–25
DenburyEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2009–15, which added 15% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Denbury has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,770 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Denbury1
#723 of 1,770for listed buildings per resident (101 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Denbury
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denbury | 1,482 | 15 | 1 | A− |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 144 | 3 | A− |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 199 | 1 | A+ |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Denbury in brief
More of Denbury’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 95 of the 1,770 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. The big year was 1984, when 14 of the 15 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Denbury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Denbury?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Denbury’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Denbury?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
How many conservation areas are there in Denbury?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Denbury.
When were Denbury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1984; the most, 14, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Denbury?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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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