IChurch · listed 1961Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bradford Abbas · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bradford Abbas’s built-up area, 205 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 23% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
205 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bradford Abbas
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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 Bradford Abbas’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.
20 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*18 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Bradford Abbas
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Church · listed 1961Churchyard Cross 7 Metres North-West of Tower of Church of St Mary.
What’s protected
The largest group of Bradford Abbas’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Churches, chapels & priories7
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Inns, shops & warehouses1
9 entries (45%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abbott Monument One Metre South-East of South Aisle of Church of St MaryBaker and Unidentified Monuments West of West Tower of Church of St MaryBradford Abbas Mill and Attached OutbuildingBumblebee Cottage, Hollyhocks, The Old Chapel and Virginia CottageChantry CottageCross Cottage Glynn Cottage Wistaria CottageCustard and Unidentified Monuments, 4 Metres South of S Aisle of Church of St MaryKandala and Squirrel CottageLittle Thatch CottageOld DownsSt Mary's HouseTudor CottageWar MemorialWild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The CrossYew Tree Cottages1 and 2 Westbury and Water Pump3 and 4, Westbury4 Monuments Including John Pariot, 2 Metres to the South and East of Churchyard Cross
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 36% of Bradford Abbas
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bradford Abbas14 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 39 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 20 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
7 of Bradford Abbas’s 20 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 71961 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1951. 7 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Homes by age
23% of Bradford Abbas’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
10%
1945–54
18%
1955–64
18%
1965–72
3.4%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
2.1%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
Bradford AbbasEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 18% 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 Bradford Abbas
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Abbas | 975 | 20 | 2 | — |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 131 | 3 | B− |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 377 | 12 | A+ |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 69 | 1 | A |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 48 | 0 | B+ |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
In brief
Bradford Abbas in brief
Old houses are part of Bradford Abbas’s character: 23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Bradford Abbas’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bradford Abbas?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Bradford Abbas’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bradford Abbas?
2, including Churchyard Cross 7 Metres North-West of Tower of Church of St Mary. and Parish Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bradford Abbas?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Bradford Abbas?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Bradford Abbas.
When were Bradford Abbas’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 7, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Bradford Abbas?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bradford Abbas 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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