II*Church · listed 1955Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bellminsterboy · CC BY-SA 3.0A−History Grade
History of Sturminster Marshall · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Sturminster Marshall’s built-up area, 93 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. Sturminster Marshall grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
14
93 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Sturminster Marshall
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 Sturminster Marshall’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.
14 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*13 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 Sturminster Marshall
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 14% of Sturminster Marshall
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sturminster Marshall 19879 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 63 ha inside the built-up area.
12 of the 14 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
6 of Sturminster Marshall’s 14 listed buildings were added in 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 61987 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1955. 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Sturminster Marshall 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 (19 points, 126 per 10,000 residents)More than 63% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (28%)More than 80% 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.
Homes by age
28% of Sturminster Marshall’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
3.3%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
5.1%
1930s
10%
1945–54
6%
1955–64
3.9%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
9.2%
1983–92
15%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
3.8%
2009–15
3.3%
2016–25
Sturminster MarshallEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, 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 (40 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sturminster Marshall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturminster Marshall | 1,504 | 14 | 0 | A− |
| Lytchett Matravers | 3,455 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Corfe Mullen | 10,036 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
| Wimborne Minster | 16,629 | 183 | 2 | A− |
| Upton | 8,401 | 4 | 0 | D− |
| Merley | 5,489 | 24 | 4 | C+ |
| Pimperne | 2,770 | 10 | 0 | B |
In brief
Sturminster Marshall in brief
More of Sturminster Marshall’s homes are old than in most places: 28% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 14 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Sturminster Marshall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sturminster Marshall?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Sturminster Marshall’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Sturminster Marshall?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field and Medieval standing cross 15m south west of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Sturminster Marshall?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Sturminster Marshall.
When were Sturminster Marshall’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 6, in 1955.
How old are the homes in Sturminster Marshall?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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