Church · listed 1961Church of St Andrew
Court Farmhouse · Photo: Edward Betts · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Backwell · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Backwell’s built-up area, 64 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 11% of its homes were built before 1919. Backwell grades B− for history: #34 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
28
64 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Backwell in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Combe CottageGrade II listed
The GrangeGrade II listed
Caroline PlaceGrade II listed
Backwell HouseGrade II listed
Churchyard Cross, In the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's ChurchGrade II listed+1See 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 Backwell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 32% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*27 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 Backwell
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Backwell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
20 entries (71%) 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
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Backwell HouseBarn, 50 Yards North West of Court Farmhouse, And Cartshed with LoftBay Tree HouseBerryfieldCaroline PlaceChurchyard Cross, In the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's ChurchCombe CottageCombe House Combe LodgeCourt FarmhouseFarleigh CottageFirgrove HouseGarden HouseHill ViewMonument to John Edson, In the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's ChurchMonument to John Sperrin, In the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's ChurchMonument to Thomas Keedwell, In the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's ChurchMoorside FarmhousePark FarmhouseRushmoor GrangeThe GrangeThe Manor HouseWell head, attached revetment walls and steps c74m East of Court FarmWest Town HouseWoolleys Farmhouse121 and 123 Farleigh Road77, West Town Road92, West Town Road
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 8.5% of Backwell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Backwell Farleigh 19907 ha
Backell West Town 19815 ha
Backwell Church Town 19815 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 198 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Backell West Town and Backwell Church Town, were designated in 1981; the newest, Backwell Farleigh, in 1990. 21 of the 28 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 Backwell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 15
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 15 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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.
History Grade
Backwell grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (32 points, 74 per 10,000 residents)More than 63% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (11%)More than 27% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Towns its size
Backwell has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 991 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Backwell1
#349 of 991for listed buildings per resident (64 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Backwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backwell | 4,347 | 28 | 1 | B− |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 35 | 1 | C+ |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 59 | 0 | B+ |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 41 | 2 | B |
| Wrington | 1,997 | 25 | 1 | A− |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 18 | 2 | B |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 35 | 1 | C |
| Clevedon | 21,084 | 114 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Backwell in brief
Backwell has 28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Court Farmhouse. Only 87 of the 991 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1981.
Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 15 of the 28 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Backwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Backwell?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Backwell’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Backwell?
One: Church of St Andrew.
Are there scheduled monuments in Backwell?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Backwell?
3, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest are Backwell Farleigh and Backell West Town.
When were Backwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 15, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Backwell?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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