II*Church · listed 1963Church of All SaintsPhoto: Wehha · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of All Saints · Photo: Wehha · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Ashcott · Historic England
7 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ashcott’s built-up area, 80 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Ashcott, 6 are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
7
80 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ashcott
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 Ashcott’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
7 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*6 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 Ashcott
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
6 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 6 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age
33% of Ashcott’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
3.2%
1919–29
3.2%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
8.5%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
7.3%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
6.3%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
3.2%
2009–15
3.2%
2016–25
AshcottEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 13% 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 Ashcott
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcott | 878 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Walton | 1,149 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Street | 12,707 | 30 | 1 | B− |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 153 | 7 | A |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 13 | 1 | B− |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 123 | 1 | A |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 10 | 1 | C |
| Langport | 3,578 | 78 | 3 | A− |
In brief
Ashcott in brief
More of Ashcott’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 7 listed buildings. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Thomas Pride (1650) and Joseph Trutch (1826) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1963 and 1985.
Questions about Ashcott’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ashcott?
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Ashcott’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
How old are the homes in Ashcott?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ashcott 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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