IHouse · listed 1952Badminton HousePhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Michael and All Angels · Photo: Ray Bird ActonT · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Badminton · Historic England
Old homes in Badminton: 49% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Badminton has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Badminton’s built-up area, 2,248 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
58
2,248 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
9
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
49%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Badminton in 7 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Badminton HouseGrade I listed
Badminton House Servants Wing, Adjoining and Immediately to the South West of Badminton HouseGrade II* listed
Essex House, And Front Boundary Walls and Gate PiersGrade II* listed
Laundry and Dairy House 30 Yards to West of Badminton HouseGrade II* listed
The Almshouse and Former School and Boundary Walls and Gate Piers to the RoadGrade II* listed+2See 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 Badminton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
58 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I9 Grade II*47 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 Badminton
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.
IChurch · listed 1961St Michael and All Angels ChurchOn the list as Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Ray Bird ActonT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The 9 Grade II* listed buildings in Badminton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 5 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1983Badminton House Servants Wing, Adjoining and Immediately to the South West of Badminton HousePhoto: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1952Essex House, And Front Boundary Walls and Gate PiersPhoto: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1983Laundry and Dairy House 30 Yards to West of Badminton HousePhoto: Ray Bird · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1961The Almshouse and Former School and Boundary Walls and Gate Piers to the RoadPhoto: Ray Bird ActonT · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1983The Thatched CottagePhoto: Ray Bird ActonT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walls & gates · listed 1961Pair of Cottages 20 Yards to the West of Almshouses, Boundary Walls to Road and Gate Piers
House · listed 1983Pond Cottage, 30 Yards to South West of Badminton House
Walls & gates · listed 1961Two Houses, Immediately to the West of the Almshouses and Boundary Walls to Road
What’s protected
Most of Badminton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas30
Walls, gates & bridges14
Public & civic buildings11
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
30 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
47 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 47 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Badminton FarmhouseBadminton Post Office and 4 Adjoining Cottages, Gate and Gatepiers to RoadBarn and Attached Stable, Cartshed, Workshop, Engine and Dog Kennel 5 Yards to North of Badminton FarmhouseBriar Cottage and Adjoining CottageCottage, 65 Yards South West of School HouseDownlands and Adjoining Cottage, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash HouseEstate Cottage 10 Yards to West of Estate OfficeEstate Cottage and Pinnals Stores, 35 Yards to East of Post OfficeEstate Cottage, 40 Yards to East of Post OfficeEstate Cottage, 50 Yards to West of Post Office and Boundary Wall to RoadEstate House and Drewetts Stores, 30 Yards to West of Post OfficeFarm Offices and 3 Ranges of Single Storey Buildings Which Enclose an Estate Yard, Including Saw Mill and Weighbridge CottageGarages and Enclosing Wall, Gate Piers and Gates Immediately to South of Servants WingGates, Gate Piers, Railings and Walls, 20 Yards to North of Laundry HouseHouse, Immediately to East of Lodge, Kennel Drive and Front Boundary WallJockey RowKennel Lodge and Flanking Gates, Gate Piers and RailngsKennels CottageKennels HouseMarkham HouseMount PleasantPair of Cottages 100 Yards North East of Briar CottagePair of Cottages 125 Yards North West of Downlands, Including Single Storey Outbuilding, Privvy and Ash House to RearPair of Cottages 20 Yards to South of Briar CottagePair of Cottages 50 Yards to East of Markham House, And Front Boundary WallsPair of Cottages 70 Yards North West of Downlands, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House to RearPair of Cottages, Opposite Farm OfficesPump CornerRow of 3 Cottages 10 Yards South West of DownlandsSchool HouseStables and Barn to the Rear of the Estate Office and Village HallSundial, 20 Yards to the North of Pond CottageThe CottageThe KennelsThe LodgeThe Old VicarageThe Stewards Flat and Village HallTwo Cottages, 15 Yards to West of Estate OfficeVillage Lodge, Including Gates, Gate Piers, Walls, And Railings to NorthWalls, Gates and Gate Piers 25 Yards to East of the KennelsWalls, Gates and Gate Piers and Railings at South End of Kennel DriveWorkshops, Store, Barn and Covered Way, 20 Yards to West of Post Office1 and 2, Old Down Road3 Cottages 50 Yards to West of School House3, Old Down Road4, Old Down Road5, 6 and 7, Old Down Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 79% of Badminton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Great Badminton 197520 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
54 of the 58 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 Badminton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 371961 · 131952 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 37 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.
1 registered park or garden
Badminton HouseGrade I
Homes by age
49% of Badminton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
47%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
4.5%
1919–29
1.8%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
4.5%
1955–64
5.4%
1965–72
5.4%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
1.8%
1993–99
4.5%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
7.1%
2016–25
BadmintonEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 11% 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Badminton before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Lord Charles Somerset
Lord Edward Somerset
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
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FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan1788–1855 · British politician (1788-1855)
Lord Edward Somerset1776–1842 · British Army general (1776-1842)
Lord Charles Somerset1767–1831 · British politician
Everyone born in Badminton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Badminton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badminton | 258 | 58 | 2 | — |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 16 | 0 | A− |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 58 | 1 | A+ |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 126 | 1 | B+ |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 147 | 1 | A+ |
| Yate | 28,352 | 43 | 1 | C |
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 60 | 0 | A |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 84 | 1 | A |
In brief
Badminton in brief
Old houses are part of Badminton’s character: 49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 58 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975.
Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses, terraces and villas. FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Lord Edward Somerset (1776) and Lord Charles Somerset (1767) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1983, when 37 of the 58 went on the list.
Questions about Badminton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Badminton?
Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Badminton’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 9 Grade II* and 47 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Badminton?
2, including Badminton House and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Badminton?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Great Badminton.
When were Badminton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 37, in 1983.
Who was born in Badminton?
Among people born before 1900: FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Lord Edward Somerset (1776) and Lord Charles Somerset (1767).
How old are the homes in Badminton?
49% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Badminton 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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