Church · listed 1975Keynsham Abbey Pier Base in the Garden of Number 3 (Number 3 Not Included)
Bridges Almshouses · Photo: Rodw · CC BY-SA 3.0B−History Grade
History of Keynsham · Historic England
66 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Keynsham’s built-up area, 34 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Keynsham grades B− for history: #37 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
66
34 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Keynsham in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St John the BaptistGrade II* listed
Archway on Street at the Entrance to Park House (Park House Not Included)Grade II* listed
Conservative ClubGrade II listed
The Ship InnGrade II listed
Albert MillGrade II listed+2See 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.
The map
Where Keynsham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 11neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
66 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*63 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Keynsham
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Keynsham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1950Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Rwendland · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1975Archway on Street at the Entrance to Park House (Park House Not Included)Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Keynsham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas40
Inns, shops & warehouses11
Walls, gates & bridges8
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture1
40 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
63 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 63 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Albert MillArchway Between Number 20 and Number 22Avon HouseBaptist Church (Ebenezer Chapel)Brass Mill CottagesBridge and Attached Wall and Fence Across the River Chew at Chewton PlaceBridges AlmshousesCauseway and Lockbridge North East of Ile D'avonChew CottagesChew CottagesChewton PlaceConservative ClubDapp's Hill BridgeDappifers HouseDurley Hill House and the AnnexeEllsbridge HouseEuras HouseFolly Approximately 15 Metres to West of Chewton PlaceFreeland HouseGateway and Railings to Numbers 31, 33 and 35 (Keynsham House)HamleazeIle D'avon ClubK6 Telephone Box Approximately 15 Metres to North East of Number 90 (New Inn)K6 Telephone Box by Old Manor House HotelKeynsham HouseLichfield LodgeLongton House Number 33 and Attached Front Area Wall and Gate PiersMilward AlmshousesMilward HouseNational Westminster BankNew Inn Public HouseNumber 12 and Outbuilding and Front Garden Wall and Piers and GateOld Brass MillParkhouse FarmhousePrecinct wall to Keynsham AbbeyQuince CottageRockhill Farmhouse and Attached Front Wall and RailingsRockhill HouseRoman Well at Ngr St 6571 6939St Dunstans PresbyteryStoneleigh HouseTemple County Primary SchoolTerrace Wall and Balustrade Extending Approximately 5 Metres to North of HamleazeThe Grange HotelThe Old Bank Public HouseThe Old Manor House and Attached Rear Courtyard WallThe Ship InnThe Trout TavernWest End House14 High Street14, Dapps Hill16, Dapps Hill2 and 4 High Street2, Temple Street2, Wells Way20 and 22, Avon Road23 High Street26 and 28, Bristol Road28 and 28A, High Street31 High Street56-74, Bath Hill64 and 66 High Street7A and 7B, Bristol Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.8% of Keynsham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Keynsham 199738 ha
38 hain conservation areas, of 487 ha inside the built-up area.
50 of the 66 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 Keynsham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 391950 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1950. 39 came in 1975, 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.
2 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
Keynsham 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 (74 points, 38 per 10,000 residents)More than 65% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.4%)More than 17% 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
7.4% of Keynsham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.1%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
2.9%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
22%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
8.6%
1973–82
3.5%
1983–92
2.1%
1993–99
2.4%
2000–08
5%
2009–15
19%
2016–25
KeynshamEngland & Wales
5.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 22% 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 (70 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
4 notable people born in Keynsham before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Gorges
Martha Berkeley
James Gray
Alf Dark
16001650170017501800185019001950
Alf Dark1893–1964 · Footballer (1893-1964)
Martha Berkeley1813–1899 · Australian painter (1813–1889)
JG
James Gray1875–1937 · English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa …
WG
William Gorges1605–1658 · (1605-1658)
Everyone born in Keynsham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Keynsham has the 104th most Grade I buildings of 484 towns its size
Places of 12,000–31,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Keynsham1
#178 of 484for listed buildings per resident (34 per 10,000). Bridport, Whitby and Lewes lead.
103 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Keynsham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 66 | 1 | B− |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 31 | 0 | B− |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 7 | 0 | C |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 6 | 3 | A− |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 202 | 1 | B− |
| Wick | 1,579 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 13 | 0 | B+ |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 2,049 | 50 | A |
In brief
Keynsham in brief
The official list counts 66 listed buildings in Keynsham, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St John the Baptist. Only 103 of the 484 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1997. Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Alf Dark (1893), Martha Berkeley (1813) and James Gray (1875) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1975, when 39 of the 66 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Keynsham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Keynsham?
Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Keynsham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 63 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Keynsham?
One: Keynsham Abbey Pier Base in the Garden of Number 3 (Number 3 Not Included).
Are there scheduled monuments in Keynsham?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Roman Settlement at Keynsham Hams, former Cadbury's Factory and The Abbey.
How many conservation areas are there in Keynsham?
1, covering about 38 hectares of the town. The largest is Keynsham.
When were Keynsham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 39, in 1975.
Who was born in Keynsham?
Among people born before 1900: Alf Dark (1893), Martha Berkeley (1813), James Gray (1875) and William Gorges (1605).
How old are the homes in Keynsham?
7.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 14% 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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