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History of Crossways · Historic England

No listed buildings inside Crossways’s built-up area

The nearest place to Crossways with a Grade I building is West Knighton, 3.7 km away. Beside its listed buildings, Crossways has 1 scheduled monument. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Crossways grades D for history.

Listed buildings
0
0 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
The map

No listed buildings

Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation, scheduled monument
Scheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

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.

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.

History Grade

Crossways grades D for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (2 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 14% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 35% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Crossways

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Crossways2,49400D
Puddletown1,193431A
Wool5,044390B−
Dorchester21,3582785A
Milborne St Andrew1,090180B
Bere Regis1,320421A
Charminster1,732171B+
Charlton Down1,48720C
In brief

Crossways in brief

Little in Crossways’s record stands out: it also has a scheduled monument; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Crossways’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Crossways?

Historic England lists no buildings inside Crossways’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary). Listed buildings nearby may sit just outside it.

Are there scheduled monuments in Crossways?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation.

How old are the homes in Crossways?

13% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.