II*Church · listed 1967Church of St Phillip and St JamesPhoto: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Tarrington · Historic England
34 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Tarrington’s built-up area, 642 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
34
642 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Tarrington
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 Tarrington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
34 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*33 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 Grade II* listed building in Tarrington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Tarrington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
24 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 20 Yards South of Brook HouseBarn About 35 Yards North East of the Lays FarmhouseBarn About 50 Yards North West of the VineBarn and Attached Cider House About 40 Yards North West of Swan HouseCart Shed About 30 Yards South West of Brook HouseCartrefChurchyard Cross About 15 Yards South of the Chancel of the Church of Ss Phillip and JamesCider House and Attached Hopkilns About 40 Yards South of Tarrington CourtCider House and Dairy Adjoining East Side of the Lays FarmhouseCider House and Stables About 20 Yards North of the VineCow House Attached to North-East of Cider House and Dairy at the Lays FarmhouseDoorway About 20 Yards South-East of the VineDrury CottagesFoley CottageGodsall Monument About 20 Yards East-South-East of the East Window of Church of Ss Phillip and JamesHop Kilns Attached to West of the Lays FarmhouseIvy CottageMilestone in Front of Tarrington HousePoole Monument About 20 Yards East of the East End of the Chancel of Ss Phillip and JamesRose CottageShire CottageStables About 20 Yards North West of Brook HouseSwan HouseTarrington CourtTarrington HouseThe Forge CottageThe Lays FarmhouseThe Old RectoryThe Tarrington Arms Public HouseThe WillowsWall About 40 Yards North of the Lays FarmhouseWall and Gatepiers About 4 Yards North of the Lays Farmhouse12, Church Lane
How the list grew
More than half of Tarrington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 181975 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 18 came in 1985, 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 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
43% of Tarrington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
3.3%
1900–18
4.9%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
4.9%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
3.3%
1965–72
1.6%
1973–82
9.8%
1983–92
8.2%
1993–99
4.9%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
4.9%
2016–25
TarringtonEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tarrington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrington | 530 | 34 | 0 | — |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 14 | 0 | B |
| Ledbury | 8,344 | 206 | 3 | A |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 365 | 4 | A− |
| Colwall Stone | 1,857 | 29 | 0 | A |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 88 | 1 | A |
| Malvern Wells | 1,757 | 20 | 0 | A− |
| Ross-on-Wye | 10,993 | 147 | 1 | A |
In brief
Tarrington in brief
Old houses are part of Tarrington’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 34 listed buildings. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 18 of 34. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Tarrington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tarrington?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Tarrington’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Tarrington?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Churchyard cross in St Phillip and St James's churchyard.
When were Tarrington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 18, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Tarrington?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Tarrington 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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