II*Church · listed 1949Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Salcombe · Historic England
57 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Salcombe’s built-up area, 360 for every 10,000 residents. 53 of Salcombe’s listed buildings are Grade II. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Salcombe grades A for history.
Listed buildings
57
360 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Salcombe
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of the Holy TrinityGrade II* listed
Old Porch HouseGrade II* listed
The GrangeGrade II* listed
WoodcotGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Salcombe’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
57 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Salcombe
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1974Old Porch HousePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 1949The GrangePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 1949WoodcotPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
What’s protected
Most of Salcombe’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas46
Inns, shops & warehouses8
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
46 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
Boatyard BuildingCustom HouseEnd HouseFalconersFerry Cottage Orestone StepsFerry ViewFerry View, Ferry Steps and Nos. 50-51Former Lodge to the MoultFormer Look Out Tower Incorporated with Tower House at Corner of Newton RoadFriday Cottage Poll CottageHanger Mill and MillhouseInnKing's Arms HotelKnowle HotelLife Boat HouseLittle EndMoult Summerhouse to South West of MoultNo. 48 Bakerswell and Cliff CottageOff-Shore Sea ChestOld Watch HouseOutbuilding in Grounds of Marine Hotel to SouthOutbuilding to North East of MoultPremises Occupied by Messrs H Cook and SonRetreat CottageRingmore HouseRocksideSalcombe War Memorial and ShelterThe Dower HouseThe Ferry InnThe Fortescue (Inn)Tower House in Grounds of StonehangerUnity BuildingsVictoria Inn1 and 2, Island Terrace1, Fore Street12 and 15, Robinson's Row16-18, Robinson's Row2 to 5 Clifton Place20 and 21, Robinson's Row24-28, Fore Street29-31, Fore Street3-9, Victoria Place4-8 Buckley Court and Cobbled Surface of the Court46 Bakerswell47 Bakerswell54 and 55, Fore Street56, Fore Street57-59, Fore Street6 Clifton Place7-11 Clifton Place and 11 and 12 Fore Street72, Fore Street8-11, Robinson's Row80 and 81, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Salcombe
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 HE141 ha
141 hain conservation areas, of 142 ha inside the built-up area.
57 of the 57 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 Salcombe’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 451949 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1949. 45 came in 1974, 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.
1 registered park or garden
Overbecks (Sharpitor)Grade II
History Grade
Salcombe 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 (62 points, 392 per 10,000 residents)More than 87% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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
30% of Salcombe’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
27%
Before 1900
2.9%
1900–18
4.2%
1919–29
8.2%
1930s
8%
1945–54
7.1%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
6.9%
1983–92
1.7%
1993–99
5%
2000–08
4.9%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
SalcombeEngland & Wales
27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Salcombe
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 57 | 0 | A |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 115 | 2 | A |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 11 | 0 | A− |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 101 | 1 | A+ |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 250 | 7 | A+ |
In brief
Salcombe in brief
More of Salcombe’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 57 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 87% of UK towns. On Fore Street alone there are 8 listed buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 81% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1974: 45 of 57. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building.
Questions about Salcombe’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Salcombe?
Historic England lists 57 buildings inside Salcombe’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Salcombe?
1, covering about 141 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Salcombe’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 45, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Salcombe?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% 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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