IChurch · listed 1965Church of St MaryPhoto: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Morchard Bishop · Historic England
Old homes in Morchard Bishop: 45% built before 1919
For Morchard Bishop, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 54 buildings inside Morchard Bishop’s built-up area, 519 for every 10,000 residents. Morchard Bishop grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
54
519 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
45%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Morchard Bishop
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 Morchard Bishop’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.
54 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*53 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 Morchard Bishop
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 Morchard Bishop’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas41
Churches, chapels & priories6
Street furniture2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
41 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April Cottage and Park ViewBay HouseBeggars RoostCast Iron Headstone About 12 Metres North-West of West Tower of Church of St MaryColes ParkDavey Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North-West Tower of Church of St MaryFair ViewFernsideFrost CottageFrost CottagesFrost House Frost House and Frost House Cottage Frost House CottageGlebe HouseGrasshopper LodgeHigh Haven High Haven and Horseshoe Cottage Horseshoe CottageHillsideK6 Telephone KioskMander Chest Tomb About 25 Metres North of West Tower of Church of St MaryMeadow BankMellow Thatch Mellow Thatch Cottage Mellow Thatch, Mellow Thatch Cottage (Alias Hoopers), And Pines PinesMethodist Chapel, Including Area Walls and Railings to FrontMilestone Approximately 7 Metres South-West of WaysideMorchard Bishop Church of England Primary School, Including Playground Boundary Wall to SouthMorchard Bishop War MemorialMr Rice's CottageNumber 1 Chapel Lane CottagesNumbers 2, 3 and 4 Chapel Lane CottagesOld MaltstersPark House and Park House CottagePark Villa and Park HousePilgrim CottageRidge CottageRookery CottageSaddlersSchool HouseSpring CottageSunnyside CottageThe NookThistle CottageThurlby CottageWaysideWhitehavenWhites FarmhouseWoodstock1 and 2 the Forge1, 2 and 3 Whites Cottages13, Fore Street2 Comyns Chest Tombs Abut 15 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary2, Fore Street3, Fore Street4, Fore Street5, Fore Street6, Fore Street7, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Morchard Bishop
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 HE33 ha
33 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
54 of the 54 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 Morchard Bishop’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 371965 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 15 entries were listed in 1965, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 37 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Morchard Bishop 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 (56 points, 538 per 10,000 residents)More than 87% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (45%)More than 96% 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
45% of Morchard Bishop’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
1.2%
1930s
5.8%
1945–54
3.5%
1955–64
8%
1965–72
8%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
9.3%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
4.5%
2016–25
Morchard BishopEngland & Wales
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 9.3% 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.
Towns its size
Morchard Bishop has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 2,084 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Morchard Bishop1
#141 of 2,084for listed buildings per resident (519 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 Morchard Bishop
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 186 | 1 | A |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Morchard Bishop in brief
More of Morchard Bishop’s homes are old than in most places: 45% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 54 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 87% of UK towns. Only 85 of the 2,084 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 76% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 37 of 54. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: James Way (1804) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Morchard Bishop’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Morchard Bishop?
Historic England lists 54 buildings inside Morchard Bishop’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Morchard Bishop?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Morchard Bishop?
1, covering about 33 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Morchard Bishop’s buildings listed?
The first in 1965; the most, 37, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Morchard Bishop?
45% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% 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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