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History of Kennford · Historic England

16 listed buildings

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kennford’s built-up area, 298 for every 10,000 residents. All of Kennford’s listed buildings are Grade II. 25% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
16
298 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
25%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Kennford’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.

16 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*16 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

16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew

More than half of Kennford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988

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

1988 · 13
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1975. 13 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

25% of Kennford’s homes were built before 1919

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

24%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
2.5%
1930s
2.5%
1945–54
4.6%
1955–64
3.3%
1965–72
2.5%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
11%
1993–99
7.1%
2000–08
3.3%
2009–15
34%
2016–25
KennfordEngland & Wales

24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 34% 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 Kennford

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Kennford537160—
Exminster4,388211B−
Topsham4,1932160A+
Exeter126,18176222A−
Exton1,28790B+
Starcross1,687221B+
Clyst St Mary1,193130B+
Chudleigh4,372491A−
In brief

Kennford in brief

More of Kennford’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 16 listed buildings. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 13 of 16.

Questions about Kennford’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Kennford?

Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Kennford’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.

When were Kennford’s buildings listed?

The first in 1975; the most, 13, in 1988.

How old are the homes in Kennford?

25% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Kennford 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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