IChurch · listed 1960Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: Dave Napier · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Litton Cheney · Historic England
Litton Cheney: 46% of homes built before 1919
For Litton Cheney, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Litton Cheney’s built-up area, 896 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
32
896 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Litton Cheney
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 Litton Cheney’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*30 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 Grade I listed building in Litton Cheney
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Litton Cheney
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Walls & gates · listed 1956Baglake Farmhouse and Attached Wall to East for 26 Metres
What’s protected
The largest group of Litton Cheney’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
14 entries (44%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barges Cottage and Gladwyn CottageBarges FarmhouseBarn 90 Metres West of Charity FarmhouseBeech House and Attached Front RailingsBrewery CottageCharity Farm CottagesCharity FarmhouseCourt CottagesCross Trees Farm CottageDrew Hodder Monument 2 Metres North East of Parish Church ChancelGarden Walls 30 Metres North and 60 Metres East of Baglake FarmhouseGlebe CottageLitton Cheney SchoolLitton Cheney War MemorialMalter's CottagesMonument (Illegible) 2 Metres South of Parish Church ChancelMonument (Illegible) 4 Metres East of Parish Church ChancelMyrtle CottagePeggottys Post Office Townsend CottagesRandell CottageRiverside CottagesStables and Cart-Shed Immediately West of Baglake FarmhouseSweet Monument 4 Metres South of Parish Church ChancelThe CottageThe Court HouseThe MillThe Old RectoryThe Water Mill at the Mill with Bridge AttachedVillage Shop and Forge Attached to Beech House1, 2 and 3, Malter's Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 60% of Litton Cheney
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Litton Cheney18 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 32 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 Litton Cheney’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 201960 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 20 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
46% of Litton Cheney’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
1.6%
1945–54
5.4%
1955–64
5.4%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
17%
1983–92
7.5%
1993–99
4.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
2.7%
2016–25
Litton CheneyEngland & Wales
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 17% 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 Litton Cheney
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litton Cheney | 357 | 32 | 1 | — |
| Bradpole | 1,257 | 9 | 0 | C+ |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 20 | 1 | A |
| Bridport | 12,294 | 474 | 3 | A+ |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 151 | 1 | A+ |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 278 | 5 | A |
In brief
Litton Cheney in brief
More of Litton Cheney’s homes are old than in most places: 46% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1984, when 20 of the 32 went on the list.
Questions about Litton Cheney’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Litton Cheney?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Litton Cheney’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Litton Cheney?
One: Parish Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Litton Cheney?
1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Litton Cheney.
When were Litton Cheney’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 20, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Litton Cheney?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Litton Cheney 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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