IChurch · listed 1967Church of All SaintsPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of All Saints · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of North Molton · Historic England
Old homes in North Molton: 49% built before 1919
For North Molton, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 45 buildings inside North Molton’s built-up area, 584 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
45
584 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
49%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of North Molton
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 North Molton’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 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.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in North Molton
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 Grade II* listed building in North Molton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1952Court HouseOn the list as Court House and Garden Wall Adjoining to North EastPhoto: own photo · Public domain
What’s protected
Most of North Molton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Churches, chapels & priories11
Walls, gates & bridges8
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
23 entries (51%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 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
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
Bakery CottageCastle HillChest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of All SaintsChest Tomb Approximately 40 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of All SaintsChest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsClare CottageDavreen Red Lion CottageDee Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to North of North Aisle Church of All SaintsFrayne HouseGarden Walls and Railings Adjoining Frayne House to NorthGarden Walls, Gates and Gatepiers Adjoining Court House to SouthGreen Close and Railings Adjoining to FrontGroup of 3 Memorials Approximately 32 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsGroup of 5 Chest Tombs and Headstones Approximately 21 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsHigher Poole FarmhouseHill Crest Slader'sHillside ViewHodges CottageJarman's CottageKeys Cottage the CottageLane End CottageLock's Cottage Winston CottageLower Locks CottageLower Locks CottagesLychgate and Flanking Churchyard Railings Including Gate Approximately 50 Metres to South of Church of All SaintsMiddle PooleMole Bridge at Ss 74358 29842Mole Cottages Scott's CottageNorth Molton County Primary SchoolNorth Molton Methodist Church and Adjoining Church HalSmyth Memorial Approximately 9 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of All SaintsSquires CottageSwan HouseThe HuxtablesThe Old Estate HouseThe Old Vicarage Cottage and Garden Walls Adjoining to SouthThe Old Vicarage and Garden Walls Adjoining to SouthThorne HouseThorne Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of All SaintsTwo Avery Memorials Approximately 23 Metres to North East of Chancel of Church of All SaintsView CottageWorkshop Ranges Including Smithy Adjoining Thorne House to SouthZeales
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of North Molton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
North Molton 19737 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 36 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 North Molton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 391967 · 5
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 39 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
49% of North Molton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
46%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
2.8%
1930s
6.5%
1945–54
3.7%
1955–64
4.8%
1965–72
9.4%
1973–82
4.8%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
3.7%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
5.7%
2016–25
North MoltonEngland & Wales
46% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 9.4% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around North Molton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Molton | 770 | 45 | 1 | — |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 83 | 3 | A− |
| Landkey | 2,001 | 14 | 1 | B+ |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 378 | 6 | A |
In brief
North Molton in brief
More of North Molton’s homes are old than in most places: 49% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 51% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 39 of 45.
Questions about North Molton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in North Molton?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside North Molton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in North Molton?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in North Molton?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is North Molton.
When were North Molton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 39, in 1988.
How old are the homes in North Molton?
49% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
North Molton 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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