IChurch · listed 1956Parish Church of St NicholasPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tithe Barn · Photo: Mike Hanham · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Sydling St Nicholas · Historic England
49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Sydling St Nicholas’s built-up area, 1,129 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
49
1,129 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Sydling St Nicholas
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 Sydling St Nicholas’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.
49 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*44 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 Sydling St Nicholas
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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Sydling St Nicholas
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1956Tithe BarnPhoto: Mike Hanham · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1956East House
Public · listed 1956Sydling Court
House · listed 1956The Old Vicarage
Historic streets
High Street 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.
High Street12 listed
East Street3 listed
Waterside Lane3 listed
Of the 49 entries, 19 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Sydling St Nicholas’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas33
Churches, chapels & priories7
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
33 entries (67%) 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Archway HouseBowdige, Hopkins and Sherren Monuments 34-37 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St NicholasBrewery HouseCity FarmhouseDeumann, Devenish and Illegible Monuments 37-39 Metres South of Tower of Church of St NicholasDovecot 20 Metres South West of Sydling CourtGate Piers 60 Metres West of Sydling CourtHam FarmhouseHirde and Hardey Monuments 15 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St NicholasHit or MissHoneysuckle CottageKeddle Monument 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St NicholasLampert's CottageLampert's FarmhouseLavender CottageNo 11 and Attached SmithyOnslow CottagePalmer's Cottage the Old SchoolRogers Monument 31 Metres South of Tower of Church of Church of St NicholasSandon and Watts Monuments 10-15 Metres West of Tower of Church of St NicholasStable Block Immediately South West of Sydling CourtThe Old School HouseUpper MillVillage CrossWhatcombe1, East Street12 and 13, Waterside Lane13, High Street16, High Street18 and 20, High Street2, East Street23, High Street29, High Street3, High Street31, High Street35 and 37, High Street4, Dorchester Road43, High Street5, Waterside Lane6, High Street6, Waterside Lane7 and 8, East Street7, High Street8, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 88% of Sydling St Nicholas
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sydling St Nicholas24 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
49 of the 49 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 Sydling St Nicholas’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1956
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1956 · 321985 · 17
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 32 entries were listed in 1956, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 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 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.
Homes by age
34% of Sydling St Nicholas’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
4.7%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
7.1%
1955–64
6.2%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
9%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
0.9%
2009–15
1.9%
2016–25
Sydling St NicholasEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 12% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sydling St Nicholas
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydling St Nicholas | 434 | 49 | 1 | — |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 20 | 1 | A |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 278 | 5 | A |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 151 | 1 | A+ |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 15 | 0 | B |
In brief
Sydling St Nicholas in brief
Old houses are part of Sydling St Nicholas’s character: 34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. High Street alone has 12 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 67% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1956: 32 of 49. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Sydling St Nicholas’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sydling St Nicholas?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Sydling St Nicholas’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sydling St Nicholas?
One: Parish Church of St Nicholas.
Which street in Sydling St Nicholas has the most listed buildings?
High Street (12), East Street (3) and Waterside Lane (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Sydling St Nicholas?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tithe barn at Court Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Sydling St Nicholas?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Sydling St Nicholas.
When were Sydling St Nicholas’s buildings listed?
The first in 1956; the most, 32, in 1956.
How old are the homes in Sydling St Nicholas?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Sydling St Nicholas 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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