II*House · listed 1952Post Green HousePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Post Green · Historic England
9 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Post Green’s built-up area, 431 for every 10,000 residents. 8 of Post Green’s listed buildings are Grade II. 9.1% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
9
431 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
9.1%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Post Green
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 Post Green’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.
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 Post Green
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
Balustrade and Steps to Terrace at South Lytchett Manor 40M South of the HouseEntrance gates and gate piers to South Lytchett Manor, 400 metres south south east of South Lytchett ManorMilepost Opposite Willow Lodge SchoolParish ChurchSouth Lytchett Manor (Lytchett Middle School)47 and 48, Dorchester Road57, Dorchester Road60, Dorchester Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 78% of Post Green
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lytchett Minster 199824 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
9 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.
Homes by age
9.1% of Post Green’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.2%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
2.1%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
16%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
24%
1973–82
8.2%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
5.2%
2000–08
7.2%
2009–15
9.3%
2016–25
Post GreenEngland & Wales
7.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 24% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Post Green
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Green | 209 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Upton | 8,401 | 4 | 0 | D− |
| Lytchett Matravers | 3,455 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Sandford | 2,004 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Corfe Mullen | 10,036 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Wareham | 5,876 | 189 | 4 | A |
| Poole | 141,009 | 214 | 3 | B− |
| Sturminster Marshall | 1,504 | 14 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Post Green in brief
The official list counts 9 listed buildings in Post Green. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1998. Its homes are mostly newer: 9.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, the list grew between 1952 and 2008.
Questions about Post Green’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Post Green?
Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Post Green’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Post Green?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Lytchett Minster.
How old are the homes in Post Green?
9.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 13% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Post Green 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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