II*House · listed 1961BasclosePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
Photo: Ning-ning · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Otterton · Historic England
56 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Otterton’s built-up area, 832 for every 10,000 residents. 53 of Otterton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
56
832 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Otterton
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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 Otterton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
56 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 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 II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Otterton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1961Church of St MichaelPhoto: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inns & shops · listed 1952Otterton MillOn the list as Otterton Mill Including Mill Leat and Sluices to North
What’s protected
Most of Otterton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas38
Churches, chapels & priories9
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
38 entries (68%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
Anchoring CottageAnchoring Farmhouse Including Cider House and Stables Adjoining to SouthApril Cottage the GardensBarn Approximately 1 Metre South East of Housetern FarmhouseBarn and Byre Approximately 9 Metres North West of Stantaway FarmhouseBarn and Linhay Approximately 20 Metres North East of Stantaway FarmhouseBarn and Shelter Approximately 18 Metres North of Stantaway FarmhouseBarton FarmhouseBox CottageBraddock Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of Porch of Church of St MichaelBramley and Thimble CottageBrook HouseBrooklyn CottageCart Shed North Eastern Side of FlintstonesConwayFrancis Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St MichaelHousetern FarmhouseK6 Telephone KioskLeacroft Cottage and Spinning Wheel CottageMill HouseMillside CottageMilson CottageNorth Star CottageOtterton Brook Leat Walls and Bridges over Alongside North Side of RoadPaver Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South South West of Porch of Church of St MichaelPeedesen Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St MichaelPigsties Approximately 8 Metres North East of Stantaway FarmhousePost Office and Adjoining HouseRamson Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South of Porch of Church of St MichaelRosemary CottageRydon Farmhouse and Rydon FarmhouseSantasu CottageSt Michaels CloseStables Approximately 1.5 Metres West of Otterton MillStantaway Farmhouse Including Stable Block Adjoining to North EastTedbury Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St MichaelThatched CottageThatched CottageThe BankThe BarnThe Lawn Including Garden Wall Adjoining to SouthThe Old BakeryThe Old VicarageThe WomblesWar MemorialWatering FarmhouseWay Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St MichaelWood Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Michael1, The Green15, The Green3 and 5, The Green7, The Green9 and 11, The Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Otterton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Otterton 197311 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
52 of the 56 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 Otterton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 341952 · 71961 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1952. 34 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
31% of Otterton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
3%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
7%
1930s
7.9%
1945–54
4%
1955–64
4%
1965–72
7.9%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
7.9%
1993–99
7%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
3%
2016–25
OttertonEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 13% 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 Otterton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterton | 673 | 56 | 0 | — |
| Budleigh Salterton | 5,237 | 37 | 0 | B+ |
| Newton Poppleford | 1,918 | 24 | 0 | B+ |
| Sidmouth | 13,258 | 233 | 2 | A |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 45 | 1 | A |
| Exmouth | 35,502 | 117 | 1 | B+ |
| West Hill | 2,109 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 67 | 0 | A+ |
In brief
Otterton in brief
More of Otterton’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 56 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 68%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 34 of the 56 went on the list.
Questions about Otterton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Otterton?
Historic England lists 56 buildings inside Otterton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Otterton?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Otterton.
When were Otterton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 34, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Otterton?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Otterton 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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