IChurch · listed 1965Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lapford · Historic England
18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Lapford’s built-up area, 182 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 17 of Lapford’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
18
182 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lapford
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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.
The map
Where Lapford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
18 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*17 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Lapford
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bromstone CottageCongregational ChurchCourt Barton FarmhouseFuschia CottagesHigh Field HouseHigher Town PlaceLapford Mill HouseLapford Mill and associated leat systemLapford War MemorialLilac CottageLowerfield HouseNorthcott Cottage Pleasant Pleasant Cottage, Northcott Cottage and Rosebank Cottage Including Garden Railings to East and South Rosebank CottageThe Old Malt Scoop Public HouseTown Buildings Including Out Buildings to North-EastVirginiaWeavers and Snowdrop CottagesWestgate Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Lapford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE31 ha
31 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
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.
How the list grew
More than half of Lapford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1965, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
31% of Lapford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
2.3%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
5.9%
1930s
2.3%
1945–54
7.2%
1955–64
8.3%
1965–72
9.5%
1973–82
18%
1983–92
3.6%
1993–99
4.9%
2000–08
2.3%
2009–15
5.9%
2016–25
LapfordEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 18% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lapford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapford | 990 | 18 | 1 | — |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Lapford in brief
Old houses are part of Lapford’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1985, when 12 of the 18 went on the list.
Questions about Lapford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lapford?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Lapford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lapford?
One: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
How many conservation areas are there in Lapford?
1, covering about 31 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Lapford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1965; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Lapford?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lapford has no History Grade.
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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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