IChurch · listed 1967St George's ChurchOn the list as Church of St GeorgePhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Modbury · Historic England
101 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Modbury’s built-up area, 599 for every 10,000 residents. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. Modbury grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
101
599 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Modbury
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 Modbury’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
101 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*98 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 Modbury
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*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Modbury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1990Chain HousePhoto: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1967Old TraineOn the list as Old Traine and West Cottage
Historic streets
Brownston Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Brownston Street15 listed
Church Street12 listed
Broad Street5 listed
Of the 101 entries, 33 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Modbury’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas76
Walls, gates & bridges14
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
76 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
98 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 98 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baptist ChapelBennet HouseBillington HouseBlossom CottageBrick House with Garden Boundary WallBrooke HouseConduit HouseConduit with Containing Walls and RailingsConduit with Retaining Wall and Pavement StepsCranmereDeer HouseDenbury HouseDymond HouseFaith BoutiqueFox's ToysGate CottageGate HouseGateway and Steps at South Entry to Churchyard of the Church of St GeorgeGateway and steps c15m south of Old Traine and West CottageGateway at North Entry to Church Yard at the Church of St GeorgeGateway in Wall Adjacent to WoodturnersGateway to Old TraineGateway, wall and railings to North TraineHillcrestHillside CottageHome Croft ImdinaJ a FoxKingslandManor CottageManor HouseMidland BankModbury InnModbury MagpieMoonsmeadNetherfield House with Boundary Railings and GateNorth TraineOld BakeryPalm Cross Green HousePickle HousePiers, Railings and Gates to Imdina and Home CroftPost OfficePound House and Pound House BarnPoundwell HouseRailings, Gates and Piers to KingslandRailings, Piers and Gates to Baptist ChapelScotdens HouseSilverwell ReservoirSouth Traine and 25 Brownston StreetStable at Manor HouseSteps and archway immediately east of Old TraineSybilsTarrant HouseTemeraire AntiquesThe BarracksThe ClubThe Exeter InnThe GalleryThe Little Grey HouseThe Old Chapel and the Old Schoolroom with Gates and PiersTop O' the StepsTrayne HouseWall, Railings and Gate to No 23White Hart Hotel and the Assembly RoomsYork House11, Brownston Street11, Church Street12, Church Street13, Brownston Street14, Broad Street15, Brownston Street17, Church Street18, Church Street19, Church Street1A and 1B, Broad Street2, Broad Street20, Brownston Street21, Brownston Street23 and 24 (Restholme) Brownston Street23, Church Street24, Church Street28, Church Street3, Broad Street30, Church Street4, Brownston Street4, Church Street43, Brownston Street45, Galpin Street5, Brownston Street59, Brownston Street6, Brownston Street62, Brownston Street64, Brownston Street65, Brownston Street66, Brownston Street7, Brownston Street8, Church Street9, Broad Street9, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Modbury
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 HE56 ha
56 hain conservation areas, of 56 ha inside the built-up area.
101 of the 101 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 Modbury’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 641967 · 33
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1951. 64 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Modbury grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (105 points, 622 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (33%)More than 87% 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.
Homes by age
33% of Modbury’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
1%
1930s
6.4%
1945–54
1%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
2.2%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
5.4%
1993–99
8.6%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
ModburyEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 15% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Modbury has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 1,630 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Modbury1
#39 of 1,630for listed buildings per resident (599 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
85 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Modbury
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury | 1,687 | 101 | 1 | A+ |
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 18 | 0 | C− |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 11 | 0 | A− |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 27 | 0 | A− |
| South Brent | 2,643 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 115 | 2 | A |
| Sherford | 1,311 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Wembury | 1,828 | 4 | 1 | C− |
In brief
Modbury in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Modbury: per resident it has more than 92% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 101 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its housing is old: 33% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 85 of the 1,630 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On Brownston Street alone there are 15 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 75%, are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, Thomas Savery (1650) and William Battie (1703) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Modbury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Modbury?
Historic England lists 101 buildings inside Modbury’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 98 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Modbury?
One: Church of St George.
Which street in Modbury has the most listed buildings?
Brownston Street (15), Church Street (12) and Broad Street (5) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Modbury?
1, covering about 56 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Modbury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 64, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Modbury?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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