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History of Holcombe · Historic England

8 listed buildings

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Holcombe’s built-up area, 125 for every 10,000 residents. All of Holcombe’s listed buildings are Grade II. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
8
125 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
4.9%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Holcombe’s history is

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

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

8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*8 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

8 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 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 18% of Holcombe

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

Holcombe Drive 20134 ha
Holcombe 19722 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Holcombe, was designated in 1972; the newest, Holcombe Drive, in 2013. 8 of the 8 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.

Homes by age

4.9% of Holcombe’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
0.9%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
8%
1930s
2.9%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
22%
1973–82
19%
1983–92
0.9%
1993–99
6.9%
2000–08
0.9%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
HolcombeEngland & Wales

4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 22% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Holcombe

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Holcombe64280—
Teignmouth15,3141340A
Dawlish11,800870A−
Shaldon1,717871A+
Dawlish Warren1,19120D
Bishopsteignton2,271531A
Starcross1,687221B+
Kingsteignton11,945450B−
In brief

Holcombe in brief

The official list counts 8 listed buildings in Holcombe. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1972. Its homes are mostly newer: 4.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1951 and 1985.

Questions about Holcombe’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Holcombe?

Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Holcombe’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Holcombe?

2, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest are Holcombe Drive and Holcombe.

How old are the homes in Holcombe?

4.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Holcombe has no History Grade.

© 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.