IChurch · listed 1961Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Barbara Voules · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Ditcheat · Historic England
Old homes in Ditcheat: 52% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Ditcheat has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Ditcheat’s built-up area, 561 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
22
561 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
52%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ditcheat
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade I listed
Ditcheat House or Ditcheat ManorGrade II* listed
The PrioryGrade 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 Ditcheat’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*19 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 Ditcheat
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 Ditcheat
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1961Ditcheat ManorOn the list as Ditcheat House or Ditcheat ManorPhoto: Liz Gould · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1988The AbbeyOn the list as The PrioryPhoto: Rodw · CC0
What’s protected
The largest group of Ditcheat’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories10
Houses, terraces & villas7
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
7 entries (32%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, Church of St Mary MagdaleneDitcheat War MemorialFormer Schoolroom, In the Churchyard, South of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGate Piers, Quadrant Walls, Secondary Piers and Gates at Main Driveway Entrance to the PrioryGranary in grounds at the rear of The PrioryKyte GreenManor House InnManor LodgeMonument to Edith Osbaldenton in Churchyard, About 12 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Mary MagdaleneMonument to Jennings Family in Churchyard, 3 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneObelisk on the Roadside in the Grounds of the PrioryPost OfficePrincipal Barn in Farmyard at Abbey FarmRingwell HouseShop Adjacent to East of Post OfficeSouth Hill HouseThe Green and GreenwaysUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Chancel of Church of St Mary MagdaleneWalled Garden and Gazebo to North of Dicheat House with Attached Stable Block
How the list grew
More than half of Ditcheat’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 18
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 18 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
52% of Ditcheat’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
50%
Before 1900
2.5%
1900–18
3.7%
1919–29
2.5%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
2.5%
1955–64
5.6%
1965–72
8.1%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
5.6%
2000–08
5.6%
2009–15
2.5%
2016–25
DitcheatEngland & Wales
50% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 8.1% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ditcheat
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditcheat | 392 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Evercreech | 2,165 | 34 | 1 | A |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 100 | 0 | A |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 41 | 2 | A+ |
| Bruton | 2,816 | 132 | 3 | A+ |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 211 | 1 | A |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 20 | 0 | A− |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 113 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Ditcheat in brief
Old houses are part of Ditcheat’s character: 52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 18 of 22.
Questions about Ditcheat’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ditcheat?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Ditcheat’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ditcheat?
One: Church of St Mary Magdalene.
When were Ditcheat’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 18, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Ditcheat?
52% of homes were built before 1919 and 58% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ditcheat 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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