IChurch · listed 1967Church of All SaintsPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Malborough · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Malborough’s built-up area, 256 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 24% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
25
256 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Malborough
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 Malborough’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*24 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 Malborough
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.
What’s protected
Most of Malborough’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings1
18 entries (72%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Chadders ShuteChest Tomb Approximately 10M South of Church of All SaintsChest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South West of Churchyard Gate (East End)Church Gate CottageChurchyard Gate at East End of Church of All SaintsColumbine CottageDairy CottageDriftwoodFour WaysHay CottageHome ThatchHope ThatchK6 Telephone Kiosk to East of Parish ChurchMoonrakers and Dyers CottageMyrtle CottageParrots CornerPorch CottageRose Thatch and End CottageSeafarers Cottage and Shute HouseSunny ThatchThe CottageThe HobbitVale Court Cottage2, 3 and 4 (Merrifield), Silverhill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Malborough
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 HE34 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 25 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 Malborough’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 23
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
Homes by age
24% of Malborough’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
5.7%
1930s
4.3%
1945–54
9.3%
1955–64
21%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
6.5%
2000–08
5.7%
2009–15
8.5%
2016–25
MalboroughEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 21% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Malborough
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malborough | 976 | 25 | 1 | — |
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 57 | 0 | A |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 115 | 2 | A |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 11 | 0 | A− |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 101 | 1 | A+ |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 27 | 0 | A− |
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 18 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Malborough in brief
More of Malborough’s homes are old than in most places: 24% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 72% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1990: 23 of 25. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Malborough’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Malborough?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Malborough’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Malborough?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Malborough?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Malborough?
1, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Malborough’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 23, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Malborough?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Malborough 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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