II*Church · listed 1961Church of St MaryPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
Fordton Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0AHistory Grade
History of Whimple · Historic England
38 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Whimple’s built-up area, 339 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 36 of Whimple’s listed buildings. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. Whimple grades A for history.
Listed buildings
38
339 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Whimple
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 Whimple’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
38 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*36 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*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Whimple
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1982Fordton FarmhousePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
What’s protected
Most of Whimple’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings1
28 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 20 Metres North of the White House and Little OrchardBoundary Wall Approximately 4 Metres South West of the White Hourse and Adjoining the North East End of Little OrchardBrook CottagesChurchyard Walls on South and East Sides Including South Gate of the Church of St MaryCoopers CottageCorner Stores Cottage SilhouettesCrosstown FarmhouseDince Hill and Former Service Wing (No 30 and 26)Hayes BankHazel CottagesHughes Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St MaryIvydeneJasmine CottageKnowle CottageKnowle Cross CottageKnowle FarmhouseMiddle Slewton Including Front Wall and Office Adjoining to WestNew Inn CottagePark CottagesPerriton FarmhousePrimrose CottageRectory CottagesRose CottageRose CottageSandfordsSaxonsSlewton CottageSlewton HouseStone CottageSummerhouse Approximately 70 Metres Southeast of Woodhayes FarmhouseThe Little Orchard the White HouseThe Old ManseThe Pea and Brooklyn CottageWhimple Post OfficeWhimple War Memorial1 and 2, Jessamine Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.4% of Whimple
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Whimple 19924 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 52 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 38 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 Whimple’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 31
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 31 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Whimple 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 (40 points, 357 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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
30% of Whimple’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
5.8%
1930s
3%
1945–54
4.8%
1955–64
5.8%
1965–72
7.8%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
19%
1993–99
7.8%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
2%
2016–25
WhimpleEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, which added 19% 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 Whimple
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whimple | 1,120 | 38 | 0 | A |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| West Hill | 2,109 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Ottery St Mary | 6,043 | 49 | 1 | A− |
| Feniton | 1,725 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Whimple in brief
More of Whimple’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 38 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1992.
Of the whole list, 74% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 31 of 38. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building.
Questions about Whimple’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whimple?
Historic England lists 38 buildings inside Whimple’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Whimple?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Whimple.
When were Whimple’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 31, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Whimple?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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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