IChurch · listed 1960Church of All SaintsPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Winkleigh · Historic England
49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Winkleigh’s built-up area, 365 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. Winkleigh grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
49
365 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Winkleigh
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 Winkleigh’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
49 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*48 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 Winkleigh
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 Winkleigh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Public & civic buildings8
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
31 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank HouseBrick CottageCastle HouseCastle SchoolChest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of ChurchChubb CottagesChurch House and AlmshousesClover Cottage Honey Cottage VinecroftCottage Antiques Scotland HouseCounty Primary SchoolDartmoor ViewEast SedgettsFircroftGarden Square CottageGate Piers Approximately 20 Metres to North West of Methodist ChapelHeath CottageHilliersHillmansHomeleighHouse Immediately to Left (South West) of HillmansJ.C. Parker Butcher's ShopK6 Telephone KioskKeswick HouseKing's Arms InnLinden HouseLinhay and Stable Immediately to South East of Parsonage CourtLittle SouthcottMethodist Chapel Including Railings at FrontNine BeechesOutbuilding Immediately to South South East of Parsonage CourtParsonage CourtPyramid Water TroughRose Cottage Including Garden Railings at FrontSusan's Salon Thatched CottageThe Annexe the CottageThe CavaliersThe FolliesThe InglenooksThe Old Malt House and Adjoining Cottage to LeftTwinkletoe CottageVineyard CottageWestacott'sWinkleigh CourtWinkleigh War Memorial1, 2 and 3, Cooper's Hill4 and 5, Barnstaple Street4, Coopers Hill6, Barnstaple Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.9% of Winkleigh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Winkleigh5 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 89 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 49 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 Winkleigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 351977 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 35 came in 1988, 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Winkleigh 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 (55 points, 410 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (35%)More than 90% 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
35% of Winkleigh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
0.9%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
0.9%
1930s
4.4%
1945–54
3.6%
1955–64
3.6%
1965–72
4.4%
1973–82
3.6%
1983–92
14%
1993–99
17%
2000–08
5.3%
2009–15
7%
2016–25
WinkleighEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 17% 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
Winkleigh has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,847 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Winkleigh1
#185 of 1,847for listed buildings per resident (365 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 Winkleigh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 49 | 1 | A+ |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 22 | 0 | B |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 90 | 0 | A |
In brief
Winkleigh in brief
Old houses are part of Winkleigh’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. Only 87 of the 1,847 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 35 of the 49 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Winkleigh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Winkleigh?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Winkleigh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Winkleigh?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Winkleigh?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Court Castle and Croft Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Winkleigh?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Winkleigh.
When were Winkleigh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 35, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Winkleigh?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.