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History of North Tawton · Historic England
35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside North Tawton’s built-up area, 196 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 39% of its homes were built before 1919. North Tawton grades A for history.
Listed buildings
35
196 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
39%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of North Tawton
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 Tawton’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.
35 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*34 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 Tawton
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.
Historic streets
Fore 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.
Fore Street6 listed
The Square4 listed
High Street3 listed
Of the 35 entries, 14 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of North Tawton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
23 entries (66%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
34 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 34 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AddleholeBroad Park TerraceBroadhallBurton HallBurton Hall CottageChurchyard CrossClock TowerCob CottageCopper Key InnCourt GreenEssington Cottages with Attached Barn to EastEssington House and Coach House Immediately to South WestFormer Primary School Including Playground Retaining Wall Railings and Gatepiers to North and North EastGarden Wall and Gate Piers to South East of Essington HouseLarksworthy CottagesLych gate to the Church of St PeterNo 1 and Adjoining ShopSlade ParkTown Hall Including Area Railings at FrontWesternmost Warehouse at Wool Grading Centre1, Fore Street10 and 11, The Square12, The Square15, The Square17, The Square23,25 and 27, Fore Street26 and 28, High Street38, Fore Street40, Fore Street40, High Street42 and 44, High Street60 and 62, Fore Street66 and 68, Fore Street7-19, North Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of North Tawton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
North Tawton 197314 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 35 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 Tawton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 30
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 30 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
North Tawton 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 (41 points, 230 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (39%)More than 93% 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
39% of North Tawton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
0.9%
1930s
0.9%
1945–54
4.5%
1955–64
2.8%
1965–72
2.8%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
2.8%
1993–99
14%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
North TawtonEngland & Wales
39% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
North Tawton has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 1,599 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around North Tawton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 22 | 0 | B |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 50 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
North Tawton in brief
Old houses are part of North Tawton’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns. Only 86 of the 1,599 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 66%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 30 of the 35 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: William Budd (1811) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about North Tawton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in North Tawton?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside North Tawton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in North Tawton?
One: Church of St Peter.
Which street in North Tawton has the most listed buildings?
Fore Street (6), The Square (4) and High Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in North Tawton?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower and Motte 160m east of St Peter's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in North Tawton?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is North Tawton.
When were North Tawton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 30, in 1987.
How old are the homes in North Tawton?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% 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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