IPublic · listed 1985Bryanston HouseOn the list as Bryanston SchoolPhoto: Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Lamper · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bryanston · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bryanston’s built-up area, 80 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 6 of Bryanston’s listed buildings. 9.5% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
80 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
9.5%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bryanston
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 Bryanston’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.
8 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*6 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 Bryanston
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.
IChurch · listed 1955The Portman ChapelPhoto: Marilyn Peddle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
6 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 6 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 78% of Bryanston
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Blandford St Mary and Bryanston 199079 ha
79 hain conservation areas, of 101 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
Homes by age
9.5% of Bryanston’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.9%
Before 1900
1.6%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
0%
1930s
2.4%
1945–54
6.3%
1955–64
4.7%
1965–72
0.8%
1973–82
15%
1983–92
9.3%
1993–99
14%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
37%
2016–25
BryanstonEngland & Wales
7.9% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 37% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bryanston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryanston | 999 | 8 | 2 | — |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 212 | 8 | A |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
| Pimperne | 2,770 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 98 | 1 | A |
| Sturminster Marshall | 1,504 | 14 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Bryanston in brief
Bryanston has 8 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. Its homes are mostly newer: 9.5% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1955 and 2018.
Questions about Bryanston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bryanston?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Bryanston’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bryanston?
2, including Bryanston School and The Portman Chapel.
How many conservation areas are there in Bryanston?
1, covering about 79 hectares of the town. The largest is Blandford St Mary and Bryanston.
How old are the homes in Bryanston?
9.5% of homes were built before 1919 and 10% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bryanston 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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