IChurch · listed 1961Church of All SaintsPhoto: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Smalljim · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of East Budleigh · Historic England
52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside East Budleigh’s built-up area, 737 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 49 of East Budleigh’s listed buildings. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
52
737 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of East Budleigh
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
Salem Church Including Boundary Walls and Assembly RoomGrade II* listed
Vicarsmead Including Boundary Walls Adjoining to East and WestGrade II* listedPhotos 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 East Budleigh’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.
52 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*49 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 East Budleigh
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in East Budleigh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1961Salem ChapelOn the list as Salem Church Including Boundary Walls and Assembly RoomPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1952Vicarsmead Including Boundary Walls Adjoining to East and WestPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
What’s protected
Most of East Budleigh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas30
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges5
Street furniture3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
30 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Angle CottageAnonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Aisle of Church of All SaintsBarlow Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres West of Tower of Church of All SaintsBridge Cottage Halfpenny Cottage Little Thatch the Very CottageBridge MewsBridge at Sy 069 843Brook CottageBudleigh HouseChristophersChurch CottageChurch Stile CottageDaveys Cottage Including Barn Adjoining to WestDaw Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres West of Tower of Church of All SaintsDiamond CottageDrakes Church Infant and Junior SchoolGrasshoppers the StoresHelleman Considine Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North West of Church of All SaintsHill FarmhouseHollytree CottageJeffrey Chest Tomb Approximately 13 Metres North of Aisle of Church of All SaintsJubilee PumpLinhay Approximately 7 Metres West of ChristophersMaytree CottageOld Budley CourtPear Tree CottagePhilomel CottagePriddle Cottage Woodbine CottagePulhayes Farmhouse Including Cider House Adjoining to North WestRailings Alongside Road Approximately 2.5 Metres West of Nos 2-10 (Even) High StreetRailings Alongside Road Between Wynards Road and War MemorialRailings Around Road Between Brookfield Road and East Budleigh RoadShepard chest tomb approximately 4 metres west of tower of Church of All SaintsSir Walter Raleigh Public HouseStable Block Approximately 3 Metres West of Wynards HouseTaylor Coldridge Chest Tomb Approximately 2.5 Metres North West of Church of All SaintsTemple HillThe Old BakeryToll Cottage and Porch CottageWynards House11, High Street15, High Street17, High Street18 and 20, High Street34, High Street38, High Street42, High Street44, High Street46, High Street9, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 11% of East Budleigh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
East Budleigh 19734 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 39 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 52 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 East Budleigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 46
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 46 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
25% of East Budleigh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
20%
Before 1900
5.3%
1900–18
7.9%
1919–29
9.4%
1930s
2.6%
1945–54
7.9%
1955–64
25%
1965–72
2.6%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
5.3%
1993–99
2.6%
2000–08
6.7%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
East BudleighEngland & Wales
20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 25% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around East Budleigh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Budleigh | 706 | 52 | 1 | — |
| Budleigh Salterton | 5,237 | 37 | 0 | B+ |
| Newton Poppleford | 1,918 | 24 | 0 | B+ |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 45 | 1 | A |
| Exmouth | 35,502 | 117 | 1 | B+ |
| Sidmouth | 13,258 | 233 | 2 | A |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 67 | 0 | A+ |
| Exton | 1,287 | 9 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
East Budleigh in brief
Old houses are part of East Budleigh’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. High Street alone has 10 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 46 of 52. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: William F.S. Edwards (1872) was born here before 1900.
Questions about East Budleigh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in East Budleigh?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside East Budleigh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in East Budleigh?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in East Budleigh?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is East Budleigh.
When were East Budleigh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 46, in 1987.
How old are the homes in East Budleigh?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
East Budleigh has no History Grade.
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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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