IChurch · listed 1949Church of St PeterPhoto: Paul Hutchinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Shaldon · Historic England
Old homes in Shaldon: 44% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Shaldon has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 87 buildings inside Shaldon’s built-up area, 507 for every 10,000 residents. Shaldon grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
87
507 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Shaldon
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 Shaldon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
87 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*86 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 Shaldon
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 Shaldon’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas60
Walls, gates & bridges14
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories4
Street furniture3
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
60 entries (69%) 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
86 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 86 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Almond Tree and River PeepBay Cottage HotelBell CottageBelle VueBoundary Stone at Junction with Dagra LaneBrecon Cottage Briar CottageBrook HouseCambriaCape CottageCherra Cottage and Hops CottageChurch of St NicholasCinderellaClochemerleDolphin CottageDolphin CourtDoone CottageEnfield and Attached Walls and Gate PiersFarthings and Attached Walls and Gate PiersFerndale and Attached Wall, Gate and RailingsFerryboat InnFonthillGarston and Littlewick CottageGull CottageHighover CottageHill Haye CottageHill View CottageHome Farmhouse and Rooster Hall and Attached Front Garden Walls and GateHunters LodgeIvy CottageIvygarth and Attached Walls and Gate PiersLaurel FarmhouseLittle GreenLittle ThatchLondon InnMagnoliaManor House and Attached Wall to the RearMilestone Opposite Church of St PeterNess FarmhouseNumber 10 and Attached Front WallsNumber 16 and Attached Wall and GateNumber 5 and Steps and RailingsNumbers 12 (Rose Cottage), 13, And 14 (Corner Cottage )Numbers 20 (Lloyds Bank) and 20ANumbers 9 and 10 (Kyrena Cottage)Old Stoke HousePear Tree CottagePeartree CottagePoplar Lawn and Attached Walls and Gate PiersRingmoreRingmore Farm Ringmore FarmhouseRingmore HouseRosings CottageRound House, Gate Piers and OverthrowShaldon War MemorialSouthwood Cottage and Attached Walls, Railings and Gate PiersSparrows NestSt Patricks CottageStrand House and Attached Walls and Gate PiersTeigncotThe HermitageThe Ness House Hotel and Attached Courtyard WallThe Old CottageTudor CottageVillage PumpVine CottageVirginia Cottage and Attached Wall and Gate Piers to the Rear RightWesleyan ChapelWest Wing and Centre HouseWhite CottageWyche Cottage10A, Dagmar Street15, The Green17, The Green17, The Strand19, Albion Street2-8, Ringmore Road21, Fore Street24 and 25, Fore Street25, Ringmore Road29, Fore Street3 and 5, Fore Street30, Fore Street43 and 44, Fore Street68, Ringmore Road7,8 and 9, Bridge Road70, Ringmore Road
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 21% of Shaldon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Shaldon 197413 ha
Ringmore 19746 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 92 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Shaldon and Ringmore, were designated in 1974; the newest, Ringmore, in 1974. 82 of the 87 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 Shaldon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 491977 · 161949 · 14
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 14 entries were listed in 1949, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 49 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Shaldon 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 (89 points, 518 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (44%)More than 96% 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
44% of Shaldon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
3.3%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
8.8%
1930s
4.1%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
4.1%
1965–72
3.9%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
2.9%
1993–99
6.6%
2000–08
2.3%
2009–15
2.7%
2016–25
ShaldonEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 11% 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 (18 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Shaldon has the 85th most Grade I buildings of 1,634 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Shaldon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 87 | 1 | A+ |
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | 134 | 0 | A |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 53 | 1 | A |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 45 | 0 | B− |
| Dawlish | 11,800 | 87 | 0 | A− |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 369 | 5 | A |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 144 | 3 | A− |
In brief
Shaldon in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Shaldon: per resident it has more than 91% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 87 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its housing is old: 44% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 84 of the 1,634 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1983, when 49 of the 87 went on the list. Beyond that, Charles Parsons (1855) and Charles Howard (1832) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Shaldon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Shaldon?
Historic England lists 87 buildings inside Shaldon’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 86 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Shaldon?
One: Church of St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Shaldon?
2, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest are Shaldon and Ringmore.
When were Shaldon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 49, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Shaldon?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% 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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