IChurch · listed 1968Church of St GeorgePhoto: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Castle · Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Beckington · Historic England
85 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Beckington’s built-up area, 849 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 79 of Beckington’s listed buildings. 36% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Beckington grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
85
849 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Beckington
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St GeorgeGrade I listed
Dwelling at Right Angles to Rear of NO3; Wall and Gate Piers the Abbey the GrangeGrade II* listedThe CastleGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Beckington’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.
85 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*79 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 Beckington
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Beckington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1968The AbbeyOn the list as Dwelling at Right Angles to Rear of NO3; Wall and Gate Piers the Abbey the GrangePhoto: Rodw · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1968Beckington CastleOn the list as The CastlePhoto: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1968Gazebo 20 Metres to North of No 13 Bath Road
Walls & gates · listed 1968The Cedars and Garden Wall
House · listed 1968The Old Manse
Historic streets
Goose Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Goose Street10 listed
Bath Road8 listed
Warminster Road6 listed
Frome Road3 listed
Of the 85 entries, 32 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Beckington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas62
Walls, gates & bridges15
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings2
62 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
79 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 79 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arched Gateway and Attached Garden Wall 10 Metres South of No 4 Church HillAshleaf LynwoodBaptist Chapel, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and GatesBarn 30 Metres West of Rear of No 59 Goose StreetBeckington Manor, Attached Garden Wall, Gate and PiersBountrol and Adjacent Garden WallCartrefCeomarCharles Moody Coffin Tomb, In Churchyard 30 Metres South of Church of St GeorgeClifford HouseCoach House and Garden Wall Adjacent to No. 21 (Clifford House)Corner StoresDayton HouseDolby Wolds and Forecourt WallDyer's CottageFair LeaFerndaleFour Gables and Forecourt WallGazebo and Attached Garden Wall, About 35 Metres South East of Beckington ManorGlebe CottageIvy House FarmhouseJohn Greaves Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 20 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St GeorgeK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Woolpack Public HouseKnoyle CottageLaurel CottageMonmouth HouseNo 23 and Attached OutbuildingNo 24 and Adjacent Garden WallNo 3 and Forecourt WallNo 59 the Abbey House, Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers, And Lamp OverthrowNos 5 and 7 Including Forecourt WallsRichmond HouseRylands CottageSandy Hill HouseSomerlea, Forecourt Wall and Gate PiersThe Foresters ArmsThe ForgeThe HavenThe HawthornsThe LaurelsThe Old HouseThe Old RectoryThe Spinning WheelThe Wool HallThe WoolpackWar memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St GeorgeWayside Cottage1 and 2, Mount Pleasant1 and 3, Warminster Road1, Frome Road10 and 12, Bath Road10, Warminster Road12A, Goose Street13, Warminster Road15, Bath Road16, Bath Road17, Bath Road19, Bath Road2, 2A and 4A, Bath Road2, Church Hill2, Goose Street20, Frome Road24 and 26, Frome Road26, Warminster Road29,31 and 33, Goose Street4, Church Hill40 and 42, Castle Corner43, Goose Street5, Church Street5, Warminster Road52, 54 and 56, Goose Street56A, Goose Street60, Goose Street62, Goose Street64, Goose Street66, Goose Street7 and 9, Bath Road8, Bath Road8, Warminster Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Beckington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Beckington 197315 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 51 ha inside the built-up area.
76 of the 85 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 Beckington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 631968 · 20
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The first 20 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 63 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Beckington grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (92 points, 919 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (36%)More than 90% 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.
Homes by age
36% of Beckington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.3%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
6.7%
1955–64
6.7%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
1.8%
2000–08
5.1%
2009–15
14%
2016–25
BeckingtonEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 14% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Beckington has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 2,135 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Beckington1
#38 of 2,135for listed buildings per resident (849 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
85 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Beckington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckington | 1,001 | 85 | 1 | A+ |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 89 | 1 | A+ |
| Frome | 27,904 | 368 | 2 | A |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Dilton Marsh | 1,958 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 150 | 1 | B+ |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 7 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Beckington in brief
For its size, Beckington has more listed heritage than 92% of UK towns. In all there are 85 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 36% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 85 of the 2,135 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On Goose Street alone there are 10 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: Thomas Beckington (1390) and Alfred Parsons (1847) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Beckington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Beckington?
Historic England lists 85 buildings inside Beckington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 79 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Beckington?
One: Church of St George.
Which street in Beckington has the most listed buildings?
Goose Street (10), Bath Road (8) and Warminster Road (6) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Beckington?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Beckington.
When were Beckington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 63, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Beckington?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% 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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