IChurch · listed 1987Church of All SaintsPhoto: David Bown · CC BY 3.0
Church of All Saints · Photo: David Bown · CC BY 3.0AHistory Grade
History of Martock · Historic England
162 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Martock’s built-up area, 397 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Martock, 157 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Martock grades A for history: #6 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
162
397 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Martock in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Treasurers HouseGrade I listed
Court HouseGrade II* listed
Bridge HouseGrade II listed
The George InnGrade II listed
Cottage Attached to North Side of Hillside FarmhouseGrade II listed+1See 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 Martock’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 34% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
162 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I3 Grade II*157 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Martock
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.
IHouse · listed 1987Treasurer's HouseOn the list as The Treasurers HousePhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Martock
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1961Court HousePhoto: Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Street furniture · listed 1961Ashlar House (Formerly Listed with the Clerks House As the Cedars) and Boundary Railings to North and East
Church · listed 1987The Chantry
Historic streets
The Hurst and North Street have the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Hurst4 listed
North Street4 listed
East Street3 listed
Of the 162 entries, 16 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
The largest group of Martock’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas59
Churches, chapels & priories43
Street furniture34
Walls, gates & bridges13
Inns, shops & warehouses7
Public & civic buildings6
59 entries (36%) are houses, terraces and villas. 43 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
157 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.
The first 150 of 157 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Adams Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres South East of Tower, Church of All SaintsAdams Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres South East of Tower, Church of All SaintsAshfield HouseBaker Monument in Churchyard About 20 Metres West North West of Tower, Church of All SaintsBall Monument in Churchyard About 31 Metres West South West of Tower Church of All SaintsBanksideBarn About 4 Metres North of Bower Hinton FarmhouseBarn and Other Farm Buildings Attached to North of Holly Tree FarmhouseBower Hinton FarmhouseBower House and Raised Pavement to FrontBridge HouseBrock CottageBrooklands with Front Boundary RailingsButler Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of All SaintsCarer Monument in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of Porch, Church of All SaintsCarslake and Palmer Monument in Churchyard About 30 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsChurch Lodge Cottage and Front Boundary RailingsChurch Lodge with Railings to East and Gateway to North EastCollier Monument in Churchyard About 20 Metres South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsCorner Cottage, Manor Place and Cottage Attached to South WestCornish Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres East of Tower, Church of All SaintsCottage Attached to North Side of Hillside FarmhouseDoctors Surgery and Archway to SouthEastnor and Front Boundary RailingsEvery Monument in Churchyard About 12 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of All SaintsFormer Manse to United Reformed Church and front boundary railingsFormer Stable to Church LodgeFront Boundary Wall and Railings About 4 Metres East of the GrangeGarage and Workshop Immediately North of No 8Gateway About 25 Metres South West of the Doctors Old HouseGlenside with Front Boundary RailingsGogs Pool House and Front Boundary RailingsGooden Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres East South East of Porch, Church of All SaintsGoose Hill HouseGroup of 3 Headstones in Churchyard About 12 Metres South East of Tower, Church of All SaintsGroup of Three Headstones in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Choir Chapel, Church of All SaintsHigher BartonHillside Farmhouse and Front Boundary RailingsHirsts Farmhouse and Front Boundary RailingsHolly Tree Farmhouse and Boundary WallsHorsey Monument in Churchyard About 22 Metres West of Tower, Church of All SaintsHunters LodgeHurst Barton with Front Boundary Railings and WallingHurst House and Front Boundary RailingsHurst Lodge and Boundary RailingsHurst Manor and Cottage Adjoining to South with West Boundary RailingsHurst Row HouseHurstbow Bridge and the Wing WallsHutchins Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South East of Porch, Church of All SaintsIndustrial Building About 6 Metres West of Hurst BartonKnuston LodgeLewis Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of All SaintsLilly Monument in Churchyard About 28 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsManor Farmhouse and Barn Attached to NorthMarfleet HouseMartock Methodist ChurchMartock Post OfficeMerrifield House, Front Boundary Wall and Adjacent StileMilestone by Boundary Wall About 9 Metres North of PattendenMoat HouseMoolhamMoorlands HouseMyrtle CottageNo 1 and East Boundary RailingsNo 1 and Front Boundary RailingsNo 14 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 19 and Front Boundary RailingsNo 19 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 27 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 41 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 49 with Front Railings and Boundary WallNo 5 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 50 with Front Boundary RailingsNo 51 and Front Boundary RailingsNo 52 and Front Boundary RailingsNo 55 and Attached Wing WallNo 8 and Side RailingNo 9 with Front Boundary RailingsNorth East Gateway, Railings Extending North Westwards, Church of All SaintsNorth and East Boundary Railings to Ashlar HouseNos 23 and 25 with Front Boundary RailingsNos 7 and 7A and Front Boundary RailingsNos 85 and 87 with Front Boundary RailingsOrchard House and Front RailingsOsborne CottagePaddock HousePatte Monument in Churchyard About 20 Metres West of Tower, Church of All SaintsPattenden and Garden CottagePinard Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of All SaintsPullman Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres South South East of South Porch, Church of All SaintsRailway Inn and Attached OutbuilidngsRichards Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres East of Chancel, Church of All SaintsRose CottageRoseleighRouse Monument in Churchyard About 4 Metres South East of Tower, Church of All SaintsRowleysSharman Butchers Shop Between Nos 25 and 27Shop (Gribble Booth and Taylor) and House to North with East Boundary RailingsShop Premises Immediately North of SurgerySlade Monument in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Choir Chapel, Church of All SaintsSouth Gateway and Stocks Immediately South East with Steps and Railings, Church of All SaintsSunnyside with Front Boundary RailingsThe Bakers Arms Inn, Cottage Attached to South and Roadside Boundary RailingsThe Boundary Wall and Raised Pavement About 10 Metres West of the HolliesThe Clerks HouseThe CloseThe Doctors Old HouseThe George InnThe GrangeThe Green and Front Boundary RailingsThe HolliesThe Manor HouseThe Market Cross Also Known As the PinnacleThe Market HouseThe Martock Fire StationThe MooringsThe Nest and Front Boundary WallThe North West Boundary Wall About 15 Metres from the Treasurers HouseThe Old BakehouseThe Old SchoolThe Old White Horse with Front Boundary RailingsThe PharmacyThe War Memorial and Boundary Wall Between South and North East Gateways, Church of All SaintsThe White Hart HotelThe YewsTwo Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 8 and 9 Metres South East of Porch, Church of All SaintsUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres West of Tower, Church of All SaintsUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 24 Metres South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres South of Old South Transept, Church of All SaintsUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Old South Transept Church of All SaintsUnited Reform ChurchUnited Reformed Church Schoolroom and Front Boundary RailingsVernon HouseVintners and Front Boundary RailingsWalls Enclosing Burial Ground of Former Congregational ChapelWellmans and Byron House and Front Boundary RailingsWestcote Monument in Churchyard About 19 Metres South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsWhakey Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of Tower, Church of All SaintsWhite Monument in Churchyard About 17 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All SaintsWilliams Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres Southwest of Tower, Church of All Saints1, The Green16 and 18 with Front Boundary Railings23, 25 and 27, East Street29, 31 and 33, North Street3 (Yandle and Sons), 5 and 7 with Front Boundary Railings, Hurst3, Church Street37 and 39 East Street41, East Street42, Hurst44 and 46, Hurst
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of Martock
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Martock and Bower Hinton 197041 ha
41 hain conservation areas, of 144 ha inside the built-up area.
147 of the 162 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 Martock’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 1151961 · 44
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 44 entries were listed in 1961. 115 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Martock grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (169 points, 414 per 10,000 residents)More than 94% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 58% 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
Martock has the 43rd most Grade I buildings of 1,030 towns its size
Places of 2,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Martock2
#25 of 1,030for listed buildings per resident (397 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
42 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Martock
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 48 | 0 | B+ |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 58 | 0 | A |
| Langport | 3,578 | 78 | 3 | A− |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 32 | 1 | A− |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 123 | 1 | A |
In brief
Martock in brief
For its size, Martock has more listed heritage than 94% of UK towns. In all there are 162 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of All Saints. Only 42 of the 1,030 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. The big year was 1987, when 115 of the 162 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Thomas Southwood Smith (1788) and Arthur Lakes (1844) were born here before 1900; and 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Martock’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Martock?
Historic England lists 162 buildings inside Martock’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 157 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Martock?
2, including Church of All Saints and The Treasurers House.
Which street in Martock has the most listed buildings?
Hurst (4), North Street (4) and East Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Martock?
1, covering about 41 hectares of the town. The largest is Martock and Bower Hinton.
When were Martock’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 115, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Martock?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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