IChurch · listed 1961Parish Church of St AndrewPhoto: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Yetminster · Historic England
61 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Yetminster’s built-up area, 688 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Yetminster, 58 are Grade II. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
61
688 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Yetminster
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Parish Church of St AndrewGrade I listed
Manor House, Including Front Boundary WallGrade II* listed
Upbury Farm 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 Yetminster’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.
61 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*58 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 Yetminster
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Yetminster
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1951Manor House, Including Front Boundary WallPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Upbury Farm HousePhoto: Stronach · Public domain
What’s protected
The largest group of Yetminster’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Walls, gates & bridges20
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
25 entries (41%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
58 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 58 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 15M North of Higher Farm HouseBarn 32M North of the Old Court HouseBarn Immediately North of Cross Farm HouseBarn Immediately North of Upbury Farm HouseBarn Immediately South-East of Upbury FarmhouseBarn and Stable at Manor Farm, Immediately East of Manor Farm HouseBoyle's Old SchoolBridge HouseClare CottageCross Farm HouseDevon HouseEdgemoreFairingsFord HouseFormer Dairy 3M North of Mill Farm HouseFormer Stables, 10M North of Mill Farm HouseFront Boundary Wall and Fence to Cross Farm HouseFront Boundary Wall to Milford HouseFront Boundary Walls,Gatepiers and Gates to Nos 1 to 6 Hill HouseGable Cottage Including Front Boundary WallGarden House at the AlcoveGreystonesGroup of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard, Approximately 16M North of North Porch of the Church of Saint AndrewGroup of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard, Approximately 23 Metres Slightly East of North of North Porch of the Church of St AndrewGroup of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard, Approximatey 16M North of North Chancel Wall of the Parish Church of Saint AndrewGroup of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard, Approximately 30M Slightly West of North of North Wall of Tower of the Parish Church of Saint AndrewGroup of 8 Monuments in the Churchyard, 2M North of North Chancel Wall of the Parish ChurchHigher Farm House Including Front Boundary WallHill HouseLower Farm House Including Attached BarnsManor Farm House Including Wall Enclosing FarmyardMill Farm HouseMillord HouseMinster CottageNorth Entrance Gatepiers and Gates, To Churchyard of Parish Church of Saint AndrewOak House StoresPetties Farm House, Including Front Boundary WallPriors CleveRock House, Including Boundary Wall and PumpSchool HouseSt Francis CottageStone House and Sanders, including front boundary wallSussex Farm HouseThatch CottageThe CedarsThe CottageThe Grey HouseThe Muntings Including First Boundary WallThe Old Court House Including Front Boundary WallsThe Old Library,The Cottage,And the SurgeryThe Old SchoolThe Old Vicarage, Including Front Boundary Wall and GateThe Thatched CottageThe White Hart InnTwo Monuments in the Churchyard 1M South of the South Aisle of the Church of Saint AndrewTwo Monuments in the Churchyard, 32M North of North Wall of Tower of the Parish Church of Saint AndrewYew Tree Cottage, Including Front Boundary Wall and Gate1 the Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 28% of Yetminster
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Yetminster16 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 58 ha inside the built-up area.
61 of the 61 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 Yetminster’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 331951 · 171961 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 17 entries were listed in 1951. 33 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
28% of Yetminster’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
27%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
5.8%
1930s
5.8%
1945–54
3.5%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
6.9%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
5.8%
1993–99
1.1%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
YetminsterEngland & Wales
27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Yetminster
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yetminster | 887 | 61 | 1 | — |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 131 | 3 | B− |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 377 | 12 | A+ |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 69 | 1 | A |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 20 | 1 | A |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 14 | 0 | B |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Yetminster in brief
Old houses are part of Yetminster’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 61 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1986, when 33 of the 61 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Godfrey Lagden (1851) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Yetminster’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Yetminster?
Historic England lists 61 buildings inside Yetminster’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 58 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Yetminster?
One: Parish Church of St Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Yetminster?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Yetminster.
When were Yetminster’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 33, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Yetminster?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Yetminster 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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