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The Old Post Office, West HillPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
C−History Grade
History of West Hill · Historic England

2 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside West Hill’s built-up area, 9.5 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in West Hill is Grade II. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. West Hill grades C− for history.

Listed buildings
2
9.5 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where West Hill’s history is

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

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

2 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*2 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

2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade

West Hill grades C− for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (2 points, 9 per 10,000 residents)More than 15% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 56% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around West Hill

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
West Hill2,10920C−
Ottery St Mary6,043491A−
Newton Poppleford1,918240B+
Whimple1,120380A
Cranbrook4,936110C−
Feniton1,72500D−
Sidmouth13,2582332A
Woodbury1,749451A
In brief

West Hill in brief

The official list counts 2 listed buildings in West Hill. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 15% of UK towns. Beyond that, the list grew between 1952 and 2015; and 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about West Hill’s history

How many listed buildings are there in West Hill?

Historic England lists 2 buildings inside West Hill’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.

How old are the homes in West Hill?

18% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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