IChurch · listed 1953Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: Paul Wigmore · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bitton · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bitton’s built-up area, 396 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
32
396 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bitton
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 Bitton’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.
32 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*29 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 Bitton
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 Bitton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Church · listed 1981Church Farmhouse
Walls & gates · listed 1953The Grange, Gates and Gate Piers at the South East Corner of the Grange
What’s protected
Most of Bitton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (50%) 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Attwood Hollister in St Mary's ChurchyardBarn and Stable to West of Dovecot at Church FarmBoundary Wall Running Between the Parish Church of St Mary and the Grange, And Turning South West for Approx 95 Yards Along Road Frontage to the Dower HouseBush Memorial in St Mary's ChurchyardDovecot to West of Church FarmhouseEastoverEastover Dairy Premises Occupied by Bush and WiltonEllacombe Tomb in St Mary's ChurchyardFrere AlmshousesGranchenHunters HallMilestone Opposite Number 116Mulberry CottageThe CottageThe Dower HouseThe LimesThe NestThe Old VicarageThe White Hart InnVillage School and Parish RoomWall and Archway West of the Old Vicarage (Approximately 50 Yards Long Immediately North of Lych Gate)Wall to Number 69 (Westover House) Fronting Bath Road from Driveway Entrance to Clay Lane, And Turning North East Along Clay Lane for Approximately 15 YardsWar Memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St MaryWestover HouseWestover Villa114, Bath Road114A, Bath Road154-162, High Street40, Church Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 80% of Bitton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bitton 198326 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 32 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 Bitton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1981 · 25
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1953, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 25 came in 1981, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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
29% of Bitton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
8.7%
1900–18
8.7%
1919–29
2%
1930s
4.3%
1945–54
2%
1955–64
2%
1965–72
23%
1973–82
1.2%
1983–92
7.5%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
BittonEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 23% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bitton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitton | 808 | 32 | 1 | — |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 31 | 0 | B− |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 66 | 1 | B− |
| Wick | 1,579 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 202 | 1 | B− |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 6 | 3 | A− |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 37 | 1 | B |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 7 | 0 | C |
In brief
Bitton in brief
Old houses are part of Bitton’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1983.
Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1981: 25 of 32. Beyond that, Mary Frere (1845) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Bitton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bitton?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Bitton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bitton?
One: Parish Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bitton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval enclosure 480m north west of Springwater Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Bitton?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Bitton.
When were Bitton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 25, in 1981.
How old are the homes in Bitton?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bitton 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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