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B+History Grade
History of Exton · Historic England

9 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Exton’s built-up area, 70 for every 10,000 residents. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. Exton grades B+ for history.

Listed buildings
9
70 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Exton

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 Exton’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Exton Farmhouse, Grade II*Exton House, Grade II*
Grade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

9 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*7 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Exton

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Grade II

7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade

Exton 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 (11 points, 85 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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

30% of Exton’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
2.2%
1900–18
7%
1919–29
7%
1930s
2.2%
1945–54
9.2%
1955–64
4.8%
1965–72
4.8%
1973–82
7%
1983–92
14%
1993–99
4.8%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
2.2%
2016–25
ExtonEngland & Wales

30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Exton

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Exton1,28790B+
Lympstone1,838670A+
Woodbury1,749451A
Topsham4,1932160A+
Starcross1,687221B+
Exminster4,388211B−
Exmouth35,5021171B+
Clyst St Mary1,193130B+
In brief

Exton in brief

Old houses are part of Exton’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 9 listed buildings. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1952 and 1986.

Questions about Exton’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Exton?

Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Exton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.

How old are the homes in Exton?

30% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% 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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