II*House · listed 1952Brown's FarmhousePhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
Brown's Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0–Not graded
History of Woodbury Salterton · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Woodbury Salterton’s built-up area, 357 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 22 of Woodbury Salterton’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
357 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Woodbury Salterton
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 Woodbury Salterton’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.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 Grade II* listed building in Woodbury Salterton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Woodbury Salterton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Churches, chapels & priories1
Walls, gates & bridges1
18 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Building 3 Metres West of Brown's FarmhouseCadhayesCook's FarmhouseCrosshillsDagworthy's Cottage, Rose Cottage and Woodbury CottageDigger's Rest Public HouseDownham's CottageForge Cottage and Thyme CottageGreendale BartonHeathfield CottageHigher Greendale FarmhouseLinhay 50 Metres East of Little PaddocksNutt's Farmhouse with Former Barn (Now a Dwelling) to RearPidgeon's FarmhouseRidgesSchool CottagesSt Anthony's and St Anthony's CottageThe Old VicarageThe Parish Church of Holy TrinityTrevanin FarmhouseWell House and Water Conduit 110 Metres South of Primary SchoolWoodbury Salterton Primary School
How the list grew
More than half of Woodbury Salterton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 19
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 19 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
31% of Woodbury Salterton’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
3.1%
1900–18
3.1%
1919–29
6.8%
1930s
7.9%
1945–54
4.1%
1955–64
4.1%
1965–72
7.9%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
7.9%
1993–99
6.8%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
3.1%
2016–25
Woodbury SaltertonEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 13% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Woodbury Salterton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Salterton | 644 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 45 | 1 | A |
| Exton | 1,287 | 9 | 0 | B+ |
| Clyst St Mary | 1,193 | 13 | 0 | B+ |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 67 | 0 | A+ |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 216 | 0 | A+ |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 11 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Woodbury Salterton in brief
More of Woodbury Salterton’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 23 listed buildings. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1986, when 19 of the 23 went on the list.
Questions about Woodbury Salterton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Woodbury Salterton?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Woodbury Salterton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
When were Woodbury Salterton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 19, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Woodbury Salterton?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Woodbury Salterton 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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