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History of Silverton · Historic England
43 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Silverton’s built-up area, 286 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. Silverton grades A for history.
Listed buildings
43
286 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Silverton
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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 Silverton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
43 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*38 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 Silverton
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.
Grade II*
The 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Silverton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 19662, Fore StreetPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 196610 and 12, Fore Street
House · listed 19664, Fore Street
House · listed 19668, Fore Street
What’s protected
Most of Silverton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas33
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
33 entries (77%) 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
ApplegarthArden HouseBriar CottageBritish Legion HallBrowne Tomb Chest 5 Metres West of Parish ChurchChurchyard Wall, Gatepiers and Overthrow to the South of the Parish ChurchGatepiers in Front of No 6Gauntlet CottageIvy CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk New Court RoadNettleworth HousePreaching Cross 7 Metres South of Parish ChurchSilverton War MemorialSouth CottageThe New InnThe Old Church HouseThe RectoryThe Three Tuns Public HouseWillow Cottage1 and 3 High Street1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17 and 19, Newcourt Road10, Exeter Road12, Exeter Road14 and 14A, Fore Street16 and 16A, Fore Street21, 23 and 25, Fore Street27, Fore Street29, 31 and 33, Fore Street3 and 5, Church Road3, Fore Street34, 36 and 38, Fore Street35, Fore Street4 and 6 Parsonage Lane40, Fore Street46 and 48 Fore Street6 and 8, Church Road6, Fore Street7, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Silverton
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 HE49 ha
49 hain conservation areas, of 49 ha inside the built-up area.
43 of the 43 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 Silverton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 231966 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 18 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1986, 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 scheduled monument
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
Silverton 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 (51 points, 340 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (29%)More than 81% 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
29% of Silverton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
4.3%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
3.4%
1930s
4.3%
1945–54
8.8%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
15%
1973–82
5.4%
1983–92
7.7%
1993–99
5.4%
2000–08
3.4%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
SilvertonEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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
Silverton has the 97th most Grade I buildings of 1,752 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Silverton1
#237 of 1,752for listed buildings per resident (286 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
96 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Silverton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | 1,501 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 49 | 2 | B+ |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 215 | 4 | A |
In brief
Silverton in brief
Old houses are part of Silverton’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 43 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. Only 96 of the 1,752 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On Fore Street alone there are 16 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Silverton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Silverton?
Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Silverton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Silverton?
One: Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Are there scheduled monuments in Silverton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Standing cross 6m south of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Silverton?
1, covering about 49 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Silverton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 23, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Silverton?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% 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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