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St Michael's, Owermoigne, DorsetPhoto: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Owermoigne · Historic England

9 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Owermoigne’s built-up area, 251 for every 10,000 residents. 8 of Owermoigne’s listed buildings are Grade II. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
9
251 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
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Owermoigne

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 Owermoigne’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Parish Church of St Michael, Grade II*
Grade II*

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

9 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*8 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 Owermoigne

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Grade II

8 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 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 13% of Owermoigne

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Owermoigne3 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 26 ha inside the built-up area.

8 of the 9 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Owermoigne

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Owermoigne35990—
Crossways2,49400D
Wool5,044390B−
Puddletown1,193431A
Dorchester21,3582785A
Weymouth55,5405713A
Charminster1,732171B+
Bere Regis1,320421A
In brief

Owermoigne in brief

The official list counts 9 listed buildings in Owermoigne. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, the list grew between 1956 and 1986; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Owermoigne’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Owermoigne?

Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Owermoigne’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Owermoigne?

1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Owermoigne.

How old are the homes in Owermoigne?

21% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Owermoigne 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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