II*Church · listed 1960Church of St MaryPhoto: Steinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Stalbridge · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Stalbridge’s built-up area, 215 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 21% of its homes were built before 1919. Stalbridge grades A for history.
Listed buildings
51
215 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Stalbridge
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 Stalbridge’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
51 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*49 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Stalbridge
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Public · listed 1960Market CrossPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Stalbridge’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas35
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture2
35 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AshmountBrunesella and the Thatched CottageCheriton and GreenwoodsChurch Hill House and April CottageCobblersDumbledoreGate and Gate Piers to Stalbridge Park 12 M North West of Old SchoolGlebe CourtGlydestore and The Tree HouseGrove HouseHome FarmhouseHouse Adjoining Post Office to the WestInsurance Services and Chenery TobacconistsKnapp HouseLittle TallandNectarNumber 1 (Case and Son ), Number 2 (Melrose ), Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 (Purbeck Cottage)Numbers 1 and 2 Ringtree HouseOld Cider House GroveOld Curiosity ShopOld Forge CottageOld SchoolPixies CottagePump on the North End of the GreenRose CottageSideways and the Old BakehouseSilk Hay, Fernwood and 23, High StreetSnowdon HouseStalbridge Arms Public HouseStalbridge FarmhouseStanton Cottage and Hobbs CottageSylcottThe Cottage and Well CottageThe Farmhouse and the CottageThe Old Cottage and Garden Boundary WallThe Old HindThe Old House and Creed HouseThe Old Rectory, Garden Wall and ArchwayThe Old Red LionThe Post OfficeThe Pump HouseThe School HouseThe Swan Public HouseThe ThatchTurnpikeWayside1 and 2, Station Road1-10 Anglesey Cottages8, Gold Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Stalbridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Stalbridge 197844 ha
44 hain conservation areas, of 93 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 51 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 Stalbridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 261960 · 24
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The first 24 entries were listed in 1960. 26 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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 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
Stalbridge grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (55 points, 232 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (21%)More than 63% 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 Stalbridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 16 | 0 | B+ |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 36 | 1 | A |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 98 | 1 | A |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 69 | 1 | A |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 377 | 12 | A+ |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 18 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Stalbridge in brief
Measured per resident, Stalbridge has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 51 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978.
Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1983, when 26 of the 51 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; it also has a scheduled monument; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Stalbridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stalbridge?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Stalbridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Stalbridge?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval standing cross near the junction of the High Street and Gold Street, 240m south east of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Stalbridge?
1, covering about 44 hectares of the town. The largest is Stalbridge.
When were Stalbridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 26, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Stalbridge?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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