IChurch · listed 1966Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Thorverton · Historic England
Old homes in Thorverton: 46% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Thorverton has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Thorverton’s built-up area, 649 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
45
649 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
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Thorverton
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 Thorverton’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*44 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 Thorverton
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 Thorverton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges7
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture2
27 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AbbotsfordAcorn House and Acorn CottageApple Garth and West BartonBaptist ChurchBerry CottageBerry HouseBisley HouseBridge House, roadside wall and gate piersBrienstownBrook Lodge Including Gates to NorthBrookside Including Garden Wall to RearChest tomb about 6 metres south of the east end of the south aisle of the Church of St Thomas of CanterburyChurchyard gate and iron railings south of the Church of St Thomas of CanterburyColeman headstone about 7 metres south west of porch of the Church of St Thomas of CanterburyCosycotCourt BartonCrosswaysDurneford CourtFootbridge over the Brook South of Brook LodgeGolly Cottage and Pine CottageHarefield and CrimmondHarris headstone about 5 metres south of porch of Church of St Thomas of CanterburyHigher DunsallerHillbrookHillside, Orchard Cottage and Adjoining OutbuildingHome Cottage, Wee Cottage and Old CottageHorse TroughJessamine Cottage, Tudor Cottage and FoxesK6 Telephone kiosk, Dinneford StreetOldway and Number 3Pair of chest tombs immediately south east of the Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPost Office Cottage and the Post Office and Adjoining Wall in School LanePump and Curved Wall South of Golly Cottage and Pine CottagePynes HousePynes Including Stone Garden Walls and Gate Piers in Front HouseRose CottageThe DolphinThe MeadsThe Old VicarageThorvertonTwo bridges carrying road over the Brook including iron railingsVinicombe headstone about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of CanterburyYe Olde Pounde1, 2 and 3 Lawn Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Thorverton
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 HE27 ha
27 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
45 of the 45 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 Thorverton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 341966 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 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
46% of Thorverton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
2.5%
1930s
4%
1945–54
5.2%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
5.2%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
6.4%
1993–99
4%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
6.4%
2016–25
ThorvertonEngland & Wales
45% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Thorverton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorverton | 693 | 45 | 1 | — |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 43 | 1 | A |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 186 | 1 | A |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 762 | 22 | A− |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Thorverton in brief
Old houses are part of Thorverton’s character: 46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 34 of 45.
Questions about Thorverton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Thorverton?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Thorverton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Thorverton?
One: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
How many conservation areas are there in Thorverton?
1, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Thorverton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 34, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Thorverton?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Thorverton 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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