Photo: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.018 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ivybridge’s built-up area, 14 for every 10,000 residents. Ivybridge’s listed buildings are all Grade II. 8.3% of its homes were built before 1919. Ivybridge grades C− for history: #43 of 47 in Devon.
Landmarks of Ivybridge
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.
Ivybridge from 1890 to 1890
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Ivybridge’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 99% of Ivybridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
18 of the 18 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.
More than half of Ivybridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 12 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
Ivybridge grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
8.3% of Ivybridge’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.6% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 27% 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.
4 notable people born in Ivybridge before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Ivybridge → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Ivybridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 18 | 0 | C− |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 101 | 1 | A+ |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 27 | 0 | A− |
| South Brent | 2,643 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Sherford | 1,311 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 11 | 0 | A− |
| Wembury | 1,828 | 4 | 1 | C− |
| Buckfastleigh | 2,720 | 83 | 0 | A+ |
Ivybridge in brief
The official list counts 18 listed buildings in Ivybridge, including The Bridge. A conservation area protects part of it. Gordon McLeod (1890), Edmund Baron Hartley (1847) and John Huxham (1861) are among the 4 people born here before 1900.
Its homes are mostly newer: 8.3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 12 of 18. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Ivybridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ivybridge?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Ivybridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Ivybridge?
1, covering about 303 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Ivybridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1984.
Are there old photos of Ivybridge?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.
Who was born in Ivybridge?
Among people born before 1900: Gordon McLeod (1890), Edmund Baron Hartley (1847), John Huxham (1861) and Charles Harris (1864).
How old are the homes in Ivybridge?
8.3% of homes were built before 1919 and 10% 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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