IChurch · listed 1956Church of Saint JohnPhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' Cottages · Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Tolpuddle · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Tolpuddle’s built-up area, 463 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 19 of Tolpuddle’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
24
463 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Tolpuddle in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of Saint JohnGrade I listed
Martyrs' CottageGrade I listedFormer Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' CottagesGrade II* listed
James Hammett Monument, East of the North West Corner of the Church Yard of the Church of Saint JohnGrade II* listed
Tolpuddle Manor HouseGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Tolpuddle’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I3 Grade II*19 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 Tolpuddle
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.
IHouse · listed 1956Martyrs' CottagePhoto: Bob Hopkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Tolpuddle
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1989Former Methodist Chapel to East of Martyrs' CottagesPhoto: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1987James Hammett Monument, East of the North West Corner of the Church Yard of the Church of Saint JohnPhoto: Gillian Moy · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1956Tolpuddle Manor HousePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Tolpuddle’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges3
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
12 entries (50%) 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Boundary Wall Between Tolpuddle Manor House and the Churchyard of the Church of Saint JohnCentral Farm BarnChurch HillEgdonEntrance Gates 30M East South East of Tolpuddle Manor HouseForge Cottage Spring Cottage Including Linked Barn to EastHammer HillK6 Telephone Kiosk Immediately East of Nos 1, 2 and 3Manor CottagesMethodist Chapel, Including Boundary Railings and Memorial GatewayPixie's CottageShitler monument in the churchyard 9.5 metres east of Church of St JohnSouth View HouseStable Block 30M North East of Tolpuddle Manor HouseStandfield monument, 11 metres north east of the north east corner of the Church of St JohnThe Old MillWall, or Wallis, monument in the churchyard 3.5 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St JohnWest Farm Barn1, 2 and 3, The Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 56% of Tolpuddle
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Tolpuddle13 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 24 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
12 of Tolpuddle’s 24 listed buildings were added in 1956
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1956 · 121987 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 12 entries were listed in 1956, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
31% of Tolpuddle’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
2.5%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
0.8%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
4.9%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
3.3%
1973–82
15%
1983–92
5.7%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
5.7%
2016–25
TolpuddleEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tolpuddle
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolpuddle | 518 | 24 | 2 | — |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 42 | 1 | A |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Wool | 5,044 | 39 | 0 | B− |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 278 | 5 | A |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 2 | 0 | C |
In brief
Tolpuddle in brief
More of Tolpuddle’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 24 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Tolpuddle’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tolpuddle?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Tolpuddle’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tolpuddle?
2, including Church of Saint John and Martyrs' Cottage.
How many conservation areas are there in Tolpuddle?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Tolpuddle.
When were Tolpuddle’s buildings listed?
The first in 1956; the most, 12, in 1956.
How old are the homes in Tolpuddle?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Tolpuddle has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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