IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPhoto: Stephen Lea · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury · Photo: Stephen Lea · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Northlew · Historic England
Northlew: 50% of homes built before 1919
For Northlew, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Northlew’s built-up area, 281 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
22
281 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
50%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Northlew’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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 Northlew
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 Northlew’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Churches, chapels & priories4
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
13 entries (59%) 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bollard CottageBrook CottageChurch Gate Farmhouse and Outbuildings Immediately to NorthChurch HouseClome CottageElmfield HouseHillsideHoneychurchPair of Dennis Headstones Approximately 8 Metres West of Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPath HouseRectory CottageRockey CottageSouth ViewThatched Cottage Immediately to East of the Green Dragon InnThe Old Rectory and Gates Immediately to South WestVillage CrossWood Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury11 and 2, Queen Street1 and 2, The Arcade3, Crowden Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Northlew
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Northlew 19934 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 21 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 22 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 Northlew’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 20
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 20 came in 1988, 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.
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.
Homes by age
50% of Northlew’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
49%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
3%
1930s
4.5%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
4.5%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
4.5%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
7.5%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4.5%
2016–25
NorthlewEngland & Wales
49% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 10% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Northlew
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northlew | 782 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 22 | 0 | B |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 17 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Northlew in brief
More of Northlew’s homes are old than in most places: 50% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993.
Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 20 of the 22 went on the list. The rest is about typical: Ann Freeman (1797) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Northlew’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Northlew?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Northlew’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Northlew?
One: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Are there scheduled monuments in Northlew?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Village cross in Northlew, 40m south west of the church and Wayside cross at Eastcombe on the road between Durdon Cross and Eastcombe.
How many conservation areas are there in Northlew?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Northlew.
When were Northlew’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Northlew?
50% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Northlew 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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