IChurch · listed 1961Church of St MartinPhoto: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Priest's House · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0B−History Grade
History of Exminster · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Exminster’s built-up area, 48 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Exminster, 19 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Exminster grades B− for history: #39 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
21
48 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
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Exminster in 7 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 MartinGrade I listed
Former Exe Vale HospitalGrade II* listed
The AlmshousesGrade II listed
Garden CottageGrade II listed
Spurway FarmhouseGrade II listed+2See 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
Exminster in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1828Public 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 Exminster’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.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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 Exminster
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 Exminster
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1985Former Exe Vale HospitalPhoto: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Exminster’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
9 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Angelstuad Moles CottagesBlackallsBurrington Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the Centre of the North Aisle of the Church of St. MartinChapel of Exe Vale HospitalChest Tomb About 1 Metre East of the Church of St. MartinChurch Stile HouseCross Shaft About 5 Metres North East of the North West Gateway of the ChurchyardGarden CottageGarden Wall to the North-West of the ManorLodges, Gate-Piers and Gates to the Exe Vale HospitalMilestone on Main Foad Opposite Milestone CottagePynes CottageSpurfieldSpurway FarmhouseTable Tomb in North East Corner of the Churchyard of the Church of St. MartinThe AlmshousesThe ManorThe Priest's HouseTowsington Barton
How the list grew
More than half of Exminster’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 15
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 15 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Exminster grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (24 points, 55 per 10,000 residents)More than 56% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 44% 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.
Towns its size
Exminster has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 996 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Exminster1
#425 of 996for listed buildings per resident (48 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Exminster
In brief
Exminster in brief
The official list counts 21 listed buildings in Exminster, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Martin. Only 88 of the 996 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. The big year was 1987, when 15 of the 21 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; William Courtenay (1342) and Frances Mary Peard (1835) were born here before 1900; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Exminster’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Exminster?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Exminster’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Exminster?
One: Church of St Martin.
When were Exminster’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 15, in 1987.
Are there old photos of Exminster?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1828 to 1828, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Exminster?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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