Photo: Peter Jeffery · CC BY-SA 2.0

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History of Hatherleigh · Historic England

62 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Hatherleigh’s built-up area, 852 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 38% of its homes were built before 1919.

1Grade I 1Grade II*1scheduled monument 10on Market Street

Listed buildings

852 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

38%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Hatherleigh

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of St John the BaptistGrade I listed

18, Market StreetGrade II* listed

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 Hatherleigh’s history is

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

Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument

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

62 listed buildings by grade

1 Grade I1 Grade II*60 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 Hatherleigh

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.

Church · listed 1967Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Grant Sherman · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II*

The Grade II* listed building in Hatherleigh

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.

House · listed 196718, Market StreetPhoto: Peter Jeffery · CC BY-SA 2.0

Historic streets

Market Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Market Street10 listed · 1 II*

High Street9 listed

South Street5 listed

Bridge Street4 listed

Park Road4 listed

Of the 62 entries, 35 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Hatherleigh’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas45

Public & civic buildings6

Churches, chapels & priories5

Memorials, crosses & tombs2

Walls, gates & bridges2

Street furniture1

Inns, shops & warehouses1

45 entries (73%) 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

60 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 60 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Aundell Headstone Approximately 6 Metres North of Church of St John the Baptist Baptist Chapel Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist Cross at East End of Park Road Gatepiers to Reed House (Adjoining No. 18)Hatherleigh County Primary School Hatherleigh War Memorial Hole Court Jasmine Cottage K6 Telephone Kiosk Letheren and Sons Office Hole Court Montague House West and Rowans National School No. 35 Including Area Railings and Gate Immediately to Front Old Church House Prudence Cottage and Modesty Cottage Redhill Cottage Reed Cottage Reed House Small Hall Immediately to North-East of Churchyard Gate Tally Ho Inn The Old Court Room The Old Police Station Tygwyn and Eddy's Cottage Vine Cottage Woodlands and No. 8 1 and 1A, High Street 10 and 14, South Street 12, High Street 12, Market Street 13 and 15, Bridge Street 16, High Street 16, Market Street 17, Park Road 19, High Street 19, Park Road 2 and 4, High Street 2 and 4, Higher Street 2, Park Road 20 and 22, South Street 21 and 23, Market Street 24 and 24A, High Street 26, High Street 29, Bridge Street 3, Victoria Road 30, 32 and 34, Bridge Street 30, South Street 31 and 33, Market Street 31-37, South Street 32, Market Street 39, Market Street 39, South Street 4, Park Road 43 and 45, Bridge Street 43, Market Street 45 and 47, Market Street 49, Market Street 5 and 7, Victoria Road 5A, High Street 6, 8 and 10, High Street

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 50% of Hatherleigh

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Hatherleigh 197321 ha

21 hain conservation areas, of 42 ha inside the built-up area.

61 of the 62 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 Hatherleigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1988 · 521967 · 8

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The first 8 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 52 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

1 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh

Homes by age

38% of Hatherleigh’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

37%

Before 1900

0.9%

1900–18

1.7%

1919–29

1930s

1.7%

1945–54

2.6%

1955–64

2.6%

1965–72

2.6%

1973–82

14%

1983–92

3.4%

1993–99

13%

2000–08

9.5%

2009–15

11%

2016–25

HatherleighEngland & Wales

37% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Hatherleigh

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Hatherleigh	728	62	1	—
Winkleigh	1,342	49	1	A⁺
Okehampton	9,108	22	0	B
North Tawton	1,785	35	1	A
Great Torrington	5,958	90	0	A
Chulmleigh	1,232	79	1	A⁺
Bow	1,122	26	0	A

In brief

Hatherleigh in brief

Old houses are part of Hatherleigh’s character: 38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 62 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. On Market Street alone there are 10 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.

Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 52 of 62. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Anna Josepha King (1765) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Hatherleigh’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Hatherleigh?

Historic England lists 62 buildings inside Hatherleigh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 60 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hatherleigh?

One: Church of St John the Baptist.

Which street in Hatherleigh has the most listed buildings?

Market Street (10), High Street (9) and South Street (5) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Hatherleigh?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh.

How many conservation areas are there in Hatherleigh?

1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Hatherleigh.

When were Hatherleigh’s buildings listed?

The first in 1967; the most, 52, in 1988.

How old are the homes in Hatherleigh?

38% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Hatherleigh 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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