II*Church · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kingskerswell Manor House · Photo: Shazz · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Kingskerswell · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kingskerswell’s built-up area, 72 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Kingskerswell grades B for history: #36 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
27
72 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Kingskerswell in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade II* listed
Forge CottageGrade II listed
Barn Owl InnGrade II listed
Viaduct over Railway LineGrade II listed
Foredown FarmhouseGrade 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 Kingskerswell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 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 Grade II* listed building in Kingskerswell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Kingskerswell’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges5
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings1
13 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
Barn Owl InnChaff Headstone Circa 4 Metres Outh-West of Church of St MaryCongregational Chapel Including Wall and Gate Piers to NorthDacca BridgeDobbin ArchDrew Headstone Circa 8 Metres South of Church of St MaryForedown FarmhouseForge CottageHow Headstone Circa 9 Metres North-West of North Porch of Church of St MaryKingskerswell War Memorial and associated paved area and screen wallNo. 4, YON STREETNorthernhayPitt House RestaurantRock HouseRose Hill HouseSouthernhayTor Hill CottageTudor Cottage and Gospel HallViaduct over Railway LineWarehouseWhitpot MillWills Headstone Circa 5M South of Church of St Mary1, Cole's Lane19 and 21, Yon Street2, Hall's Lane26, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.9% of Kingskerswell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kingskerswell 19773 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 138 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 27 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 Kingskerswell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 151955 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1955. 15 came in 1987, 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.
History Grade
Kingskerswell grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (30 points, 80 per 10,000 residents)More than 63% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 40% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kingskerswell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 144 | 3 | A− |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 369 | 5 | A |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 45 | 0 | B− |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 15 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Kingskerswell in brief
The official list counts 27 listed buildings in Kingskerswell, including Church of St Mary. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. The big year was 1987, when 15 of the 27 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Kingskerswell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kingskerswell?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Kingskerswell’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Kingskerswell?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Kingskerswell Manor House.
How many conservation areas are there in Kingskerswell?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Kingskerswell.
When were Kingskerswell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 15, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Kingskerswell?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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.
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