II*Church · listed 1959Church of All SaintsPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Dulverton · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Dulverton’s built-up area, 320 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 36% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
27
320 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Dulverton
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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 Dulverton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Dulverton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1959Wood Tenament
What’s protected
Most of Dulverton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Walls, gates & bridges5
Street furniture2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Public & civic buildings1
16 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barle Bridge at Ngr Ss 9120 2782Battleton HouseBilbower HouseBollard and hand pump outside of 7, Northmoor RoadChypleighsCongregational Church and Hall, Dwarf Wall, Railings and Gate Abutting North CornerDulverton LaundryExmoor HouseForge CottageHazlecombe and Railings in Dwarf Wall Fronting PropertyHolland House and 4 Chapel StreetK6 Telephone Kiosk, Bridge StreetLion HotelLych Gate at South Entrance to Churchyard, Church of All SaintsMarket HallRailings Opposite Battleton HouseRose CottageSydenham HouseThe BootThe GreenwayThe MountWoodlands1-5, Church Lane1-73, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 17% of Dulverton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Dulverton11 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 65 ha inside the built-up area.
21 of the 27 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 Dulverton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 181959 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1959. 18 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 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.
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
36% of Dulverton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31%
Before 1900
4.5%
1900–18
4.5%
1919–29
7.1%
1930s
11%
1945–54
1.8%
1955–64
8.2%
1965–72
9%
1973–82
8.2%
1983–92
6.3%
1993–99
2.7%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
3.7%
2016–25
DulvertonEngland & Wales
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 11% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dulverton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulverton | 845 | 27 | 0 | — |
| Bampton | 1,294 | 50 | 1 | A+ |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 215 | 4 | A |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 17 | 1 | A− |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 151 | 0 | A |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 13 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Dulverton in brief
More of Dulverton’s homes are old than in most places: 36% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 27 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 59% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 18 of 27. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Dulverton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dulverton?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Dulverton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Dulverton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Barle Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Dulverton?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Dulverton.
When were Dulverton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 18, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Dulverton?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Dulverton 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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