II*House · listed 1959Manor HousePhoto: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Poliphilo · CC0–Not graded
History of Winfrith Newburgh · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Winfrith Newburgh’s built-up area, 1,323 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Winfrith Newburgh, 38 are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
41
1,323 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Winfrith Newburgh
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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 Winfrith Newburgh’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*38 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Winfrith Newburgh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1959Parish Church of St ChristopherPhoto: Natalia A McKenzie · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1959Winfrith House
What’s protected
Most of Winfrith Newburgh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Walls, gates & bridges7
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture1
25 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April CottageBadger's ThatchBarn Adjoining the Above Cottages on South WestBoundary Wall to Churchyard of Parish ChurchBoundary Wall to East Fossil Farm HouseBoundary Wall to Manor House Along Oat HillBoundary Walls to Marley HouseClovelly CottageCoach House at Winfrith CourtDrayton's DairyEast Fossil Farm HouseFormer Barn Attached to the Above Barn on South-WestFront Boundary Wall to Nos 31 and 32Headstone in Churchyard of Parish Church 22 Metres South of the ChancelHeadstone in Churchyard of Parish Church 6 M West of the North AisleHeadstone in Churchyard of Parish Church Immediately South of Item 18/378AK6 telephone kioskLangmor WestonLych Gate to Parish ChurchMarley CottageMarley HouseOutbuilding at Rear of Manor HouseOutbuildings Immediately South West of Marley HouseOutbuildings at Winfrith House, Including Boundary Wall to RoadRose LawnRylecombe Farm HouseStable Block to Marley HouseStable Building at Winfrith CourtTable Tomb in Churchyard of Parish Church 14 M East-South-East of the ChancelThe Malt HouseThe Village PoundWinfrith Court103, Dorchester Road2 and 3, High Street20, 21 and 22, High Street24, High Street25 and 26 High Street and No. 27 (Cobweb Cottage)31 and 32, Thonicks
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 67% of Winfrith Newburgh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Winfrith Newburgh 197719 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
40 of the 41 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 Winfrith Newburgh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 271959 · 13
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The first 13 entries were listed in 1959. 27 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
43% of Winfrith Newburgh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
4.1%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
2.7%
1930s
6.2%
1945–54
8.9%
1955–64
4.1%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
7.5%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
7.5%
2000–08
1.4%
2009–15
1.4%
2016–25
Winfrith NewburghEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 8.9% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Winfrith Newburgh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfrith Newburgh | 310 | 41 | 0 | — |
| Wool | 5,044 | 39 | 0 | B− |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 43 | 1 | A |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 42 | 1 | A |
| Wareham | 5,876 | 189 | 4 | A |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 278 | 5 | A |
In brief
Winfrith Newburgh in brief
More of Winfrith Newburgh’s homes are old than in most places: 43% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 27 of the 41 went on the list.
Questions about Winfrith Newburgh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Winfrith Newburgh?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Winfrith Newburgh’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Winfrith Newburgh?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Winfrith Newburgh.
When were Winfrith Newburgh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 27, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Winfrith Newburgh?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Winfrith Newburgh 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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