IChurch · listed 1968St Andrew's ChurchOn the list as Church of St AndrewPhoto: Nabokov · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Mells · Historic England
Mells: 51% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Mells has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Mells’s built-up area, 1,529 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
52
1,529 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Mells in 7 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Mells Manor and Garden Walls to RearGrade I listed
Church of St AndrewGrade I listed
6, New StreetGrade II* listed
Lock-UpGrade II* listed
Mells Village HallGrade 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 Mells’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
52 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I7 Grade II*43 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 Mells
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.
IWalls & gates · listed 1968Mells ManorOn the list as Mells Manor and Garden Walls to RearPhoto: Derek Hawkins · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Mells
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 5 are photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1968Lock-UpPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1968Mells Village HallPhoto: Roger Gittins · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Memorials · listed 1969Mells War MemorialPhoto: Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates.The original uploader was Nabokov · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1968The Talbot InnPhoto: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 19686, New StreetPhoto: Nabokov · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 19684, New Street
House · listed 19689, New Street
What’s protected
Most of Mells’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas35
Walls, gates & bridges8
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
35 entries (67%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AlmshousesBilboa House (Marked on Os Map As Bilboa Cottage)Chest Tomb of Mckenna Family, 50 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St AndrewChurchyard Boundary Wall of Church of St Andrew Incorporating a Mechanical Gte and a StoreCottage south of Women's InstituteCottage to Rear of No 4Cottage, Adjoining Nurses CottageDrum CottagesFormer Reading RoomFormer SchoolGarden Shelter, 15 Metres South East of Rear of Mells ManorGarston CottagesGarston HouseGate Piers and Flanking Walls to the Old RectoryGate Piers to Churchyard of Church of St AndrewGates, Gate Piers, And Flanking Walls to Forecourt of Mells ManorHill ViewHolly Croft CottagesIvy CottageKerry CottageLittle ThatchMelcombeMemorial WellPair of Chest Tombs, 20 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St AndrewPoyntz CottagePoyntz HouseProspect HousePublic Shelter and Attached WallRectory CottagesRoadside Grotto, 20 Metres North East of Lock-UpRock Cottage WoodlandsRock CottagesRock HouseSelwood Cottage and Attached Cottage to LeftSelwood HouseThe IslandThe Old RectoryTynts Hill CottageTynts Hill HouseWadbury FarmhouseWoodcot1, 2 and 3, New Street7 and 8, New Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 56% of Mells
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Mells 197023 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 41 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 52 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
25 of Mells’s 52 listed buildings were added in 1968
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1968 · 251984 · 23
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 25 entries were listed in 1968, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 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 registered park or garden
Mells Manor HouseGrade I
Homes by age
51% of Mells’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
0.7%
1900–18
0.7%
1919–29
4%
1930s
4.6%
1945–54
4.6%
1955–64
8.6%
1965–72
4%
1973–82
4.6%
1983–92
4%
1993–99
4%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
6%
2016–25
MellsEngland & Wales
50% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 8.6% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Mells
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mells | 340 | 52 | 2 | — |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Frome | 27,904 | 368 | 2 | A |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 21 | 0 | B− |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 39 | 0 | B |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 18 | 0 | B+ |
| Beckington | 1,001 | 85 | 1 | A+ |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 89 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Mells in brief
Old houses are part of Mells’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 52 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 67% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, John Horner (1842) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Mells’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Mells?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Mells’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Mells?
2, including Church of St Andrew and Mells Manor and Garden Walls to Rear.
How many conservation areas are there in Mells?
1, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest is Mells.
When were Mells’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 25, in 1968.
How old are the homes in Mells?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Mells 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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