IChurch · listed 1955Cranborne Priory ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mary and St BartholomewPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Cranborne · Historic England
Cranborne: 47% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Cranborne has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Cranborne’s built-up area, 415 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
24
415 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
47%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cranborne
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary and St BartholomewGrade I listed
Cranborne Manor HouseGrade I listed
Cranborne LodgeGrade II* listed
Gatehouse and South Courtyard Walls to Cranborne Manor HouseGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Cranborne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I3 Grade II*19 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 Cranborne
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.
IHouse · listed 1955Cranborne ManorOn the list as Cranborne Manor HousePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Cranborne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1955Cranborne LodgePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1955Gatehouse and South Courtyard Walls to Cranborne Manor HousePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1955Carriage House Approximately 80M North of Cranborne Lodge
What’s protected
Most of Cranborne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
18 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Approximately 360M of Garden Wall Enclosing Cranborne Manor Garden Centre Approx 8-M South-East If Cranborne ManorCranborne War MemorialFleur-de-Lys InnK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside No 31, Crane StreetManor ViewNo 10 and Stable Block Attached to SouthSinodunThe Old RectoryThe Web1, Church Street12, The Square12, Water Street14, The Square15, Castle Street2, Salisbury Street35, Salisbury Street4, Salisbury Street5, Crane Street9, Castle Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 41% of Cranborne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cranborne14 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 24 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
11 of Cranborne’s 24 listed buildings were added in 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 111986 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1955, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has 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 registered park or garden
Cranborne ManorGrade II*
Homes by age
47% of Cranborne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
11%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
4.8%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
3.5%
1955–64
7%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
5.7%
1983–92
8.3%
1993–99
2.2%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
2.2%
2016–25
CranborneEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 11% 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 (19 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cranborne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranborne | 579 | 24 | 2 | — |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Three Legged Cross | 1,129 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Fordingbridge | 4,947 | 48 | 1 | A− |
| Ashley Heath | 7,151 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| West Moors | 10,432 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Cranborne in brief
Old houses are part of Cranborne’s character: 47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 24 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 75%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Cranborne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cranborne?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Cranborne’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cranborne?
2, including Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew and Cranborne Manor House.
How many conservation areas are there in Cranborne?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Cranborne.
When were Cranborne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 11, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Cranborne?
47% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cranborne has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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