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History of Stoke Gabriel · Historic England

16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Stoke Gabriel’s built-up area, 119 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Stoke Gabriel, 15 are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. Stoke Gabriel grades A− for history.

Listed buildings
16
119 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
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Stoke Gabriel

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 Stoke Gabriel’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Church of St Gabriel and St Mary, Grade I
Grade I

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

16 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*15 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 Stoke Gabriel

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

15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 100% of Stoke Gabriel

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 HE61 ha
61 hain conservation areas, of 61 ha inside the built-up area.

16 of the 16 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 Stoke Gabriel’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1985 · 12
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Stoke Gabriel 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 (18 points, 134 per 10,000 residents)More than 63% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (33%)More than 87% 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

33% of Stoke Gabriel’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

33%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
2.8%
1919–29
7.5%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
9.5%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
4.7%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
1.8%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
6.6%
2009–15
9.5%
2016–25
Stoke GabrielEngland & Wales

33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Towns its size

Stoke Gabriel has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,848 towns its size

Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Stoke Gabriel1
#693 of 1,848for listed buildings per resident (119 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.

87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Stoke Gabriel

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Stoke Gabriel1,340161A−
Totnes9,2173146A+
Paignton67,5092071B+
Marldon2,073131C+
Dartmouth5,2602507A+
Brixham17,8391980A
Ipplepen2,150301A−
Torquay52,0343695A
In brief

Stoke Gabriel in brief

Old houses are part of Stoke Gabriel’s character: 33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 87 of the 1,848 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 16. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.

Questions about Stoke Gabriel’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Stoke Gabriel?

Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Stoke Gabriel’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Stoke Gabriel?

One: Church of St Gabriel and St Mary.

How many conservation areas are there in Stoke Gabriel?

1, covering about 61 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.

When were Stoke Gabriel’s buildings listed?

The first in 1961; the most, 12, in 1985.

How old are the homes in Stoke Gabriel?

33% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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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