II*Church · listed 1960Church of St NicholasPhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Clive Perrin · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Child Okeford · Historic England
18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Child Okeford’s built-up area, 155 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 17 of Child Okeford’s listed buildings. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. Child Okeford grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
18
155 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
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Child Okeford
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 Child Okeford’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.
18 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*17 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 Child Okeford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baker ArmsChild Okeford HouseFive ChimneysGate-Piers Approximately 70M South-East of Millbrook HouseGothic CottageHambledon HouseIbbespen House, 3, 4, 5 and 6, The HollowManor FarmhouseMayric CottageMillbrook HouseMonk's Yard and the CrossMonks Cottage and Little ThatchNos. 1 and 2, UPPER STREETPilgrims FarmRossiters and the CottageThe Old HouseWar Memorial 10M East of the Baker's Arms
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 23% of Child Okeford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Child Okeford 197116 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 70 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 18 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 Child Okeford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 101960 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1960. 10 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Child Okeford 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 (19 points, 164 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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
30% of Child Okeford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
4.3%
1930s
15%
1945–54
4.3%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
5.9%
1983–92
7.3%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
Child OkefordEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 15% 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 Child Okeford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 98 | 1 | A |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 212 | 8 | A |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 36 | 1 | A |
| Pimperne | 2,770 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 271 | 2 | A |
In brief
Child Okeford in brief
More of Child Okeford’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 18 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 10 of 18. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Child Okeford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Child Okeford?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Child Okeford’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Child Okeford?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Child Okeford.
When were Child Okeford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 10, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Child Okeford?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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