IChurch · listed 1959Church of St CatherinePhoto: Celiakozlowski · CC BY 3.0
Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Drayton · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Drayton’s built-up area, 663 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 22% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
24
663 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Drayton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St CatherineGrade I listed
Churchyard Cross in Churchyard of Church of St CatherineGrade 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 Drayton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 Drayton
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 Grade II* listed building in Drayton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1959Cross in St Catherine's churchyardOn the list as Churchyard Cross in Churchyard of Church of St CatherinePhoto: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Drayton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories7
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
12 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church HouseCobwebs Court CottagesDerelict House Directly Opposite LangdonsDrayton CourtDrayton ManorDrayton War MemorialDuck CottageHalf ThatchHouse Directly Opposite Church of St CatherineLangdonsManor CottageMonument, In Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Nave of Church of St CatherineMonument, In Churchyard and Directly Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St CatherineNorse CottagePalfreysRed House and Linsey CottageThe Brick HouseThe Crown InnThe GlebeThe Old BeamsThe Old Court HouseUnidentified Monument Directly Adjacent to South of Tower of Church of St Catherine, In the Churchyard
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Drayton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Drayton 199013 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 24 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 Drayton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 141959 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
Homes by age
22% of Drayton’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
1.1%
1900–18
3.9%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
1.1%
1945–54
3.9%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
17%
1973–82
9.6%
1983–92
5.6%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
DraytonEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 17% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Drayton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton | 362 | 24 | 1 | — |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 32 | 1 | A− |
| Langport | 3,578 | 78 | 3 | A− |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 123 | 1 | A |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 44 | 1 | A+ |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Drayton in brief
More of Drayton’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990.
Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 14 of 24. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Drayton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Drayton?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Drayton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Drayton?
One: Church of St Catherine.
Are there scheduled monuments in Drayton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Cross in St Catherine's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Drayton?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Drayton.
When were Drayton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 14, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Drayton?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Drayton 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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