II*Church · listed 1955Church of St MichaelPhoto: tormentor4555 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Chantry and Elmfield · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0B−History Grade
History of Kingsteignton · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kingsteignton’s built-up area, 38 for every 10,000 residents. 43 of Kingsteignton’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 11% of its homes were built before 1919. Kingsteignton grades B− for history: #40 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
45
38 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Kingsteignton in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MichaelGrade II* listed
Berry FarmGrade II listed
The Sandygate InnGrade II listed
Gildons CottageGrade II listed
Higher Mill and MillhouseGrade 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 Kingsteignton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 8neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 25% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
45 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*43 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. 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).
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Kingsteignton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1987The Chantry and ElmfieldPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
What’s protected
The largest group of Kingsteignton’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Churches, chapels & priories9
Walls, gates & bridges9
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture2
19 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April CottageBerry FarmBrooksideChest Tomb About 10 Metres North of the North Door of the Church of St MichaelClay Cellars StudioCobwebsGarden Walls at GreenhillGildons CottageGreenhillHeadstone Adjacent to the South Wall of the Church of St Michael Below the First Window from the EastHigher Mill and MillhouseKindle CottageKingsteignton War MemorialLangley Ledger Stone About 4 Metres North of the North Doorway of the Church of St MichaelLangmead Cottage and Cob CottageLower House Including Wall and Railings in FrontLychgate to St Michael's ChurchMilestone at Sx 868 746Milestone at Sx 870 730Mill Building at Lower MillNew Cross CottageOld Rydon InnSmale Chest Tomb About 11 Metres North of the East Wall of the North Aisle of the Church of St MichaelSt Michaels Church HouseThe Sandygate InnTubs Cottage Tubs Cottage, 14 Fore Street and 1A Church StreetUnited Reformed Church Including Iron Railings in FrontWalls to the FairwaterWalls to the FairwaterWalls to the Fairwater in the Churchyard to the West of the Church of St MichaelWayne Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St MichaelWhiteway Chest Tomb About 11 Metres North of the West Wall of the Tower of the Church of St MichaelWhiteway Chest Tomb About 19 Metres North of the East Wall of the North Aisle of the Church of St Michael19 and 21, Sandpath Road2 and 4 Vicarage Hill2 and 4, Sandygate23, Sandpath Road25, Sandpath Road37, Fore Street39 and 41, Gestridge Road4, Glovers Hill Road49 and 51, Fore Street9, Crossley Moor Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 3.7% of Kingsteignton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kingsteignton 197711 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 310 ha inside the built-up area.
34 of the 45 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 Kingsteignton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 321955 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1955. 32 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Kingsteignton 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 (47 points, 39 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (11%)More than 30% 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 Kingsteignton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 45 | 0 | B− |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 144 | 3 | A− |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 53 | 1 | A |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Kingsteignton in brief
The official list counts 45 listed buildings in Kingsteignton, including Church of St Michael. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 32 of 45. 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 Henry Beeke (1751) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Kingsteignton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kingsteignton?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Kingsteignton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Kingsteignton?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Kingsteignton.
When were Kingsteignton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 32, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Kingsteignton?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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