II*Church · listed 1960Church of St EdmundPhoto: Grant Sherman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Dolton · Historic England
34 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Dolton’s built-up area, 856 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Dolton, 33 are Grade II. 39% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
34
856 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
39%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Dolton
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 Dolton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
34 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*33 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Dolton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Dolton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
27 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Amy's Cottage, Including Outbuilding Adjoining North [Belonging to Hideaway Cottage]Arscotts and Arscotts CottageAtkins HouseBlandford HouseChristmas CottageCobb CottageCorner Cottage and Hodge's CottageCottage Immediately to South of Arscotts and Arscotts CottageDolton War Memorial, including memorial cross and garden walls, railings, gate piers, and gateFountain Cottage and SunnysideHaircut Cottage and AtkinsHilliersHomeleaHoneysuckle CottageHoward's, Halycon Cottage and Sunnyside HouseMadge's Cottage, Vine Cottage and the Old School CottageMerrymeetNo 1 and 2 HackwillsNorth HamNorthbrookNorthfield CottagePear Tree Cottage Including East End of the Old Forge to the WestRam's Head InnRoseleaRoyal Oak InnSagesSandscott and Ivy CottageThe GardensThe Nook and Adjoining Cottage to NorthThe RetreatUnion InnWheelwright's Cottage1 and 2, Thornes Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Dolton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Dolton11 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 34 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
16 of Dolton’s 34 listed buildings were added in 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 161977 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1960. 16 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
39% of Dolton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
1%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
2.5%
1955–64
9.1%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
3.5%
2016–25
DoltonEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dolton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolton | 397 | 34 | 0 | — |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 90 | 0 | A |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 22 | 0 | B |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Bideford | 19,493 | 253 | 1 | A |
In brief
Dolton in brief
Old houses are part of Dolton’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 34 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 79%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Dolton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dolton?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Dolton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Dolton?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Dolton.
When were Dolton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 16, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Dolton?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Dolton has no History Grade.
© 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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