IChurch · listed 1964Church of All SaintsPhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Martin · Historic England
Old homes in Martin: 48% built before 1919
For Martin, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Martin’s built-up area, 823 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
34
823 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
48%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Martin
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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 Martin’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.
34 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*32 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 Martin
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 Grade II* listed building in Martin
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1964Manor House and Attached WallPhoto: Simon Barnes · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Martin’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
26 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anvil CottageBarn 10 Metres North of Williams Farm HouseBarn and Stable Range 10 Metres North East of Read's FarmhouseBarn and Stables at Kings Farm Opposite Hart HouseBase of Cross on Green 20 Metres South East of Rose CottageCollege HouseDamer's CottageDennetts FarmhouseDownlands CottageGarrettsGranary Immediately East of Williams Farm HouseHarris's FarmhouseHart HouseHigh BankLavender CottageLime TreesMartin Cross CottagePackbridge CottagePilgrim's CottageRead's FarmhouseRose CottageShelleysSimmy'sSweet-Apple CottageSweetapples (The Duffys)The Old FarmhouseThe Priest's HouseVillage Pump on Green 10 Metres South-East of Rose CottageWall Along Road South of Lime TreesWest HouseWilliams Farm HouseYew Tree Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 74% of Martin
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Martin 197421 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
34 of the 34 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
16 of Martin’s 34 listed buildings were added in 1964
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1964 · 161987 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 16 entries were listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
48% of Martin’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45%
Before 1900
3.2%
1900–18
4.3%
1919–29
3.2%
1930s
10%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
5.9%
1965–72
5.9%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
1.6%
1993–99
1.6%
2000–08
3.2%
2009–15
1.6%
2016–25
MartinEngland & Wales
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 10% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Martin
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | 413 | 34 | 1 | — |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Fordingbridge | 4,947 | 48 | 1 | A− |
| Downton | 2,952 | 107 | 3 | A |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 132 | 7 | A+ |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 11 | 0 | B |
In brief
Martin in brief
More of Martin’s homes are old than in most places: 48% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 34 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Martin’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Martin?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Martin’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Martin?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Martin?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Martin.
When were Martin’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 16, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Martin?
48% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Martin 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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