IPublic · listed 1963Cannington CourtOn the list as Cannington Court (Part of Somerset Farm Institute)Photo: Rodw · Public domain
Cannington Court (Part of Somerset Farm Institute) · Photo: Rodw · Public domainA−History Grade
History of Cannington · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Cannington’s built-up area, 125 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Cannington, 26 are Grade II. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Cannington grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
29
125 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cannington
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 Cannington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I0 Grade II*26 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Cannington
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.
IChurch · listed 1963Church of St MaryPhoto: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1963Gurney ManorOn the list as The ManorPhoto: Stephen Bashford · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Cannington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
15 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 3 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AlmshouseBrooklandsBrymore School (Main Block)Cannington War MemorialCosy CornerCourt HouseFrog CottageGate Piers and Gates, About 20 Metres West of West End of Church of St MaryK6 Telephone KioskMulberry CottageOutbuilding at Right-Angles to Frontage of Cannington CourtPair of Gate Piers on an Approach Road to Park FarmhousePark FarmhousePriory CottageRodway FarmhouseRuscombe HouseThe Red HouseWall to Cannington College on Roadside and Bounding Churchyard, Church of St MaryWalled Garden About 70 Metres North East of Brymore School (Main Block)William Coles Monument, In the Churchyard About 24 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Mary1, Fore Street17, High Street19, Fore Street27, East Street28, East Street7, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 6.2% of Cannington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cannington 19917 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 110 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 29 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 Cannington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 191963 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1963, 3 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 19 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Cannington 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 (35 points, 151 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 67% 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
22% of Cannington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
3.2%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
6.7%
1945–54
20%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
4%
1973–82
4.4%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
2.3%
2000–08
1.4%
2009–15
8.7%
2016–25
CanningtonEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 20% 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 (27 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Cannington has the 15th most Grade I buildings of 1,385 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cannington3
#343 of 1,385for listed buildings per resident (125 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
14 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cannington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannington | 2,315 | 29 | 3 | A− |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 206 | 17 | B+ |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 30 | 0 | A− |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 4 | 1 | C− |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 22 | 1 | B |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 10 | 1 | C |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Cannington in brief
More of Cannington’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 29 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Only 14 of the 1,385 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991.
Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 19 of the 29 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Cannington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cannington?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Cannington’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cannington?
3, including Cannington Court (Part of Somerset Farm Institute), Church of St Mary and The Manor.
How many conservation areas are there in Cannington?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Cannington.
When were Cannington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 19, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Cannington?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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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