II*Church · listed 1965Church of St PeterPhoto: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Peter · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Fremington · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Fremington’s built-up area, 55 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 26 of Fremington’s listed buildings. 4% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Fremington grades C+ for history: #42 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
29
55 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Fremington in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Fremington Manor House Including Entrance Gateway Attached to West SideGrade II* listed
The New InnGrade II listed
Knill CottageGrade II listed
War MemorialGrade II listed
Lychgate to Church of St PeterGrade II listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Fremington’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.
29 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*26 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Fremington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1976Fremington Manor House Including Entrance Gateway Attached to West SidePhoto: Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1986Gazebo on North Side of Fremington Manor Gardens
What’s protected
The largest group of Fremington’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories9
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
12 entries (41%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anonymous Gravestone Approximately 4 Metres South of East End of Church of St PeterBank Barn with Granary Attached Approximately 10 Metres South of Home FarmhouseChapple FarmhouseCidermill Building Approximately 10 Metres North of West Yelland FarmhouseCooper Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Peter, On East Side of WalkwayEntrance Gates and Gatepiers Approximately 75 Metres South East of Fremington Manor HouseFleming Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of East End of Church of St PeterFremington Mill BuildingGarden Walls Enclosing Pleasure and Vegetable Gardens Formerly Belonging to Fremington Manor HouseGlebelandsHouse to the Rear of Fremington MillKnill CottageLychgate to Church of St PeterNumbers 1 and 2 Hilltop CottagesPair of Stones to Head and Foot of Copp Grave Circa 18 Metres South West of West End Church of St PeterPalmer Tomb Chest Approximately 7 Metres South of South Chancel Wall of Church of St PeterParkin Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Porch to Church of St PeterSampson Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South West of West End of Church of St PeterScore Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South West of West End of Church of St PeterThe CottageThe New InnThe Old CottageWar MemorialWestaway Cottage1 and 2, Home Farm Cottage1-5, Church Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 12% of Fremington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Fremington21 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 170 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 29 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 Fremington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 24
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1965. 24 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Fremington grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (32 points, 61 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (4%)More than 7% 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
4% of Fremington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
6.1%
1945–54
15%
1955–64
7.3%
1965–72
19%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
3.2%
1993–99
4%
2000–08
6.5%
2009–15
20%
2016–25
FremingtonEngland & Wales
4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 20% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Fremington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremington | 5,229 | 29 | 0 | C+ |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 116 | 0 | A+ |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 378 | 6 | A |
| Northam | 5,191 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 1 | 0 | D |
In brief
Fremington in brief
The official list counts 29 listed buildings in Fremington, including Church of St Peter. A conservation area protects part of it. Its homes are mostly newer: 4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 24 of 29. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Fremington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Fremington?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Fremington’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Fremington?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Fremington.
When were Fremington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1965; the most, 24, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Fremington?
4% of homes were built before 1919 and 9.2% 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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