IChurch · listed 1960Church of St MaryPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Sturminster Newton · Historic England
98 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Sturminster Newton’s built-up area, 275 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Sturminster Newton grades A for history: #13 of 30 in Dorset.
Listed buildings
98
275 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Sturminster Newton in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Sturminster Newton MillGrade II* listed
Market CrossGrade II listed
The White Hart HotelGrade II listed
Red Lion HouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Newton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
98 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*96 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 Grade I listed building in Sturminster Newton
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Sturminster Newton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1960Sturminster Newton MillPhoto: Marilyn Peddle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets
Newton has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Newton4 listed
Bridge Street3 listed
Church Street3 listed
Of the 98 entries, 14 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Sturminster Newton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas67
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Public & civic buildings8
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges5
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
67 entries (68%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
96 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 96 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arrow FoodmarketBarton FarmhouseBarton HouseBeech HouseBonslea HouseCalshottCarrannChurch FarmhouseCorner Cottage Premises of R S ClarkeCottage Adjoining 3 Penny Street to the EastGates and Gate Piers to St Mary's Church Churchyard, Leading to Church WalkGates and gate piers to The Old SchoolGroup of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of ChurchHam Gate FarmhouseHill HouseHouse Adjoining J and J Loader to the SouthHuckleberry Cottage and Little GarthK6 telephone kiosk in front of Barton HouseLittle ThatchMarket CrossMarket Place Dry Cleaners and PenmarMaynardsMeadowsideMemorial Drinking Fountain and TroughMill FarmhouseMinster HouseMoore's CottageNational Westminster BankNewton FarmhouseNewton HouseNo. 4 Market CrossNumber 2 (Snowdrop Cottage) and Number 3 Church StreetNumber 97 and Tenniels CottageOld Malt HouseOld Mill HouseOld OrchardOrnamental Spring Head Approximately 90 M South-West of St Mary's ChurchOutbuilding Approximately 10M North of Mill FarmhouseOverton CottagePair of Cottages Adjoining National Westminster Bank to the SouthPalmsPavestonesPremises of Candy'sPremises of Domestic E M ServicesPremises of England's BakeryPremises of Granny's AtticPremises of J D and S B BucklingPremises of J and J Loader Wheatsheaf (The Old Assembly Rooms)Premises of P D and C J MountPremises of Senior and GodwinPremises of SharpsPremises of Short and SonsPremises of Sturminster Stores LtdPremises of the PharmacyRear Building Range of No 5 Bridge StreetRed Lion HouseRolls Mill FarmhouseRuby CottageSchool House, Including Garden RailingsSt Mary's Church HallStour GrangeStour View HouseStourcastle LodgeSwan CellarsSwan HotelTallantsTanyardThe CottageThe InglenookThe Market House (Premises of a J Hicks)The NutshellThe Old SchoolThe Old School HouseThe Old StableThe RetreatThe TownhouseThe White Hart HotelTimeside (Premises of Tom Tribe and Son)Vine House, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate PiersWorkhouse ChapelWorton (Premises of a Hammond and Sons Ltd)109, Rolls Mill16, Church Lane23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, Church Street28, 29 and 30, Church Street3 (Chapter House) and 4 Lane Fox Terrace3, Market Cross33, Church Street48 and 49, Bridge Street51, Bridge Street7 Market Place71, Bridge Street82 Newton86, Newton89, Newton93 Newton
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 23% of Sturminster Newton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sturminster Newton 197635 ha
35 hain conservation areas, of 151 ha inside the built-up area.
93 of the 98 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
49 of Sturminster Newton’s 98 listed buildings were added in 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 491960 · 45
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 45 entries were listed in 1960, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 49 came in 1983, 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.
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 Newton 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 (105 points, 295 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 52% 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.
Towns its size
Sturminster Newton has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,126 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Sturminster Newton1
#78 of 1,126for listed buildings per resident (275 per 10,000). Sandwich, Wells-next-the-Sea and Tenby lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sturminster Newton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 98 | 1 | A |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 36 | 1 | A |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 16 | 0 | B+ |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 271 | 2 | A |
In brief
Sturminster Newton in brief
Measured per resident, Sturminster Newton has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. In all there are 98 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 95 of the 1,126 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 68% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Sturminster Newton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sturminster Newton?
Historic England lists 98 buildings inside Sturminster Newton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 96 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sturminster Newton?
One: Church of St Mary.
Which street in Sturminster Newton has the most listed buildings?
Newton (4), Bridge Street (3) and Church Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Sturminster Newton?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Medieval cross 200m north west of St Mary's Church and Sturminster Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Sturminster Newton?
1, covering about 35 hectares of the town. The largest is Sturminster Newton.
When were Sturminster Newton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 49, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Sturminster Newton?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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