Memorials · listed 1984Briantspuddle War Memorial
Photo: TR001 · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Briantspuddle · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Briantspuddle’s built-up area, 2,064 for every 10,000 residents. 44 of Briantspuddle’s listed buildings are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
45
2,064 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
43%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Briantspuddle’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*44 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 Briantspuddle
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Briantspuddle’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Walls, gates & bridges4
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1
37 entries (82%) 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Boundary Wall to East and West of No 20Boundary Wall to East of No 26Boundary Wall to West of No 14Briantspuddle Cruck CottageBriantspuddle Village HallBriantspuddle Village ShopCavalier CottageChapel CottageCob CottageDairy BungalowsDairy Farm Buildings at Rear (South) of Former DairyGate Piers to No 24Grebe CottagePheasant CottageSeptember CottageSilage Towers South East Corner of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former DairyStable CottageStables and Mares' Foaling Boxes to East of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former Dairy1, Bladen Valley12 and 13, Bladen Valley14, 15 and 16, Bladen Valley14, Briantspuddle15 and 16, Briantspuddle17 and 18, Bladen Valley18, Briantspuddle19, 20 and 21, Bladen Valley2, Bladen Valley2, Briantspuddle20, Briantspuddle22, 23 and 24, Bladen Valley22, Briantspuddle23, Briantspuddle24, Briantspuddle25, Briantspuddle26, Briantspuddle3 and 4, Bladen Valley3, Briantspuddle33 and 34, Briantspuddle4, Briantspuddle5 and 6, Bladen Valley5, Briantspuddle5, The Hollow7 and 8, Bladen Valley9 and 10, Bladen Valley
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 99% of Briantspuddle
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Piddle Valley 198722 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 23 ha inside the built-up area.
45 of the 45 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 Briantspuddle’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 261959 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1959. 26 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
43% of Briantspuddle’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
3.9%
1900–18
3.9%
1919–29
2.9%
1930s
6.9%
1945–54
8.8%
1955–64
3.9%
1965–72
8.8%
1973–82
7.8%
1983–92
2.9%
1993–99
7.8%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
1%
2016–25
BriantspuddleEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 8.8% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Briantspuddle
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briantspuddle | 218 | 45 | 0 | — |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 42 | 1 | A |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Wool | 5,044 | 39 | 0 | B− |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Wareham | 5,876 | 189 | 4 | A |
| Sandford | 2,004 | 3 | 0 | D |
In brief
Briantspuddle in brief
More of Briantspuddle’s homes are old than in most places: 43% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 45 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Of the whole list, 82% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 26 of 45.
Questions about Briantspuddle’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Briantspuddle?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Briantspuddle’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Briantspuddle?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Piddle Valley.
When were Briantspuddle’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 26, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Briantspuddle?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Briantspuddle 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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