IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Rog Frost · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Shroton · Historic England
Old homes in Shroton: 46% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Shroton has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Shroton’s built-up area, 1,023 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
22
1,023 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Shroton
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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 Shroton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*20 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 Shroton
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1955Ranston
What’s protected
Most of Shroton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories7
Public & civic buildings1
14 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Agnis Mew Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3M North East of North Aisle of St Mary's ChurchChurch CottagesChurch FarmhouseCottage Immediately West of Willis's Shroton FarmhouseDovecote and Attached Open Shelter Building 60M South-West of Church FarmhouseFormer Barn 20m south of Church FarmhouseFourwaysHellum FarmhouseHobnail CottageLittle GrangeLittleportRanston FarmhouseShroton CottageShroton HouseStables and Coach House 40 M South of RanstonThatched CottageThe Post OfficeWillis Monument, In the Churchyard Adjacent to South Aisle of St Mary's ChurchWillis's Shroton Farmhouse23 and 25 the Cross
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 74% of Shroton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Iwerne Courtney 197020 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 22 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 Shroton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 121955 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1955, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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
RanstonGrade II
Homes by age
46% of Shroton’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
1.2%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
1.2%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
4.8%
1955–64
4.8%
1965–72
15%
1973–82
1.2%
1983–92
3.6%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
ShrotonEngland & Wales
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 15% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Shroton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shroton | 215 | 22 | 2 | — |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 212 | 8 | A |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 98 | 1 | A |
| Pimperne | 2,770 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 36 | 1 | A |
In brief
Shroton in brief
Old houses are part of Shroton’s character: 46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 22.
Questions about Shroton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Shroton?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Shroton’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Shroton?
2, including Church of St Mary and Ranston.
How many conservation areas are there in Shroton?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Iwerne Courtney.
When were Shroton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Shroton?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Shroton 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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