IChurch · listed 1961Church of St AndrewPhoto: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0B+History Grade
History of Cheddar · Historic England
35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cheddar’s built-up area, 60 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 5 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Cheddar grades B+ for history: #25 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
35
60 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
5
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Cheddar in 11 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Gough's Cave, Cheddar GorgeScheduled monument
Market CrossGrade II* listed
The Kings HeadGrade II listed
Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' ChapelScheduled monument
Ivy FarmhouseGrade II listed+6See 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.
Through time
Cheddar from 1850 to 1890
5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1850
c. 1890
c. 1890
c. 1890
c. 1890Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Cheddar’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
35 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*32 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 Cheddar
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Cheddar
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1961Market CrossPhoto: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1961Church Farm House and Church Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Cheddar’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Walls, gates & bridges5
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
19 entries (54%) 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arundel HouseBaptist ChapelBarn, About 21 Metres South East of Fairlands House and Bank of Adjacent LeatBrock Farmhouse and Forecourt WallCheddar PotteryCheddar War MemorialChestnut FarmhouseClift Cottage MoonrakersFairlands House and Attached Wall to RearFern BankFormer Chapel Dedicated to St Columbanus, Now Ruin, In the Grounds of Kings of Wessex School at Ngr St 4573 5315Former great barn at Fairlands HouseHanham ManorHannah Mores CottageHillview HouseHobbswell, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and Garden RoomIvy FarmhouseLily CottageMagnolia House, Millstream House, The Hall and the SidewingMillcourtNorville CottageNorville House and Forecourt WallRose CottageShield FarmhouseSungate and Forecourt RailingsThe Court House and Forecourt WallThe DolphinsThe Kings HeadThe Manor House and Attached StablesThe VicarageWar memorial at the Church of St Andrew, CheddarYeowater House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.8% of Cheddar
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cheddar 199114 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 249 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 35 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 Cheddar’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 211961 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 21 came in 1985, 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.
5 scheduled monuments
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
Cheddar 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 (49 points, 84 per 10,000 residents)More than 70% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 51% 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
Cheddar has the 91st most Grade I buildings of 900 towns its size
Places of 4,000–9,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cheddar1
#289 of 900for listed buildings per resident (60 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
90 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cheddar
In brief
Cheddar in brief
Cheddar has 35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Andrew. Only 90 of the 900 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. Most entries on the list, 54%, are houses, terraces and villas.
It also has 5 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. The big year was 1985, when 21 of the 35 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Jane R. Price (1860) was born here before 1900; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Cheddar’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cheddar?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Cheddar’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cheddar?
One: Church of St Andrew.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cheddar?
Yes, 5 scheduled monuments, including Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Gough's Old Cave, Market cross at the junction of Bath Street, Union Street and Church Street and Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel.
How many conservation areas are there in Cheddar?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Cheddar.
When were Cheddar’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 21, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Cheddar?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1850 to 1890, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Cheddar?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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