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History of Witheridge · Historic England
44 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Witheridge’s built-up area, 337 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Witheridge, 43 are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. Witheridge grades A for history.
Listed buildings
44
337 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 Witheridge
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 Witheridge’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.
44 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*43 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 Witheridge
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 Witheridge’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas32
Street furniture4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
32 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Black Dog CottageCannington Cottage and Forecourt RailingsCypress House 9 West Street, and 11 West Street and forecourt area railings with wallingDitchettsFern CottageFormer School and School-House Now Offices and Workshop to Valley FarmersGate Piers, Gates and Railings Bounding the South Side of Churchyard of Church of St John the BaptistHighcroftHighfieldsK6 Telephone Kiosk, The SquareLantern CottageLeigh HouseLynecroftMethodist ChurchMitre CottageMuxeries FarmhouseNo 7 (Country Flavour) and Attached House to Right No 9No 8 Including Forecourt Area RailingsNon-Confirmist Chapel Now the Village HallPenford CottagesPlovers BarrowsPound House and Walled Garden at RearPrimrose CottageRose DeneRose Mont VillaRosemont CottagesThe Angel InnThe Lawn Including Barn at Rear (North East)The Mitre HotelThe Village StoresTrafalgar HouseTween MoorsWarren Cottage and Vine CottageWheelwrights CottageWitheridge War Memorial1 and 2, Providence Place1, Fore Street11, The Square19, West Street21 and 23, West Street26 and 28, West Street3, The Square6, Fore Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 16% of Witheridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Witheridge 19735 ha
No data available for publication by HE2 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 45 ha inside the built-up area.
42 of the 44 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 Witheridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 251967 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 25 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Witheridge 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 (46 points, 352 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (33%)More than 88% 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 Witheridge’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
1.6%
1919–29
2.4%
1930s
4%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
5.7%
1965–72
16%
1973–82
8.1%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
9.7%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
WitheridgeEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 16% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Witheridge has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,886 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Witheridge1
#229 of 1,886for listed buildings per resident (337 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 Witheridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 79 | 1 | A+ |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 12 | 1 | A− |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 186 | 1 | A |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 83 | 3 | A− |
| Bow | 1,122 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 215 | 4 | A |
In brief
Witheridge in brief
More of Witheridge’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 44 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. Only 87 of the 1,886 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 25 of the 44 went on the list.
Questions about Witheridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Witheridge?
Historic England lists 44 buildings inside Witheridge’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Witheridge?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Witheridge?
2, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest are Witheridge and No data available for publication by HE.
When were Witheridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 25, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Witheridge?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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