II*Church · listed 1958Church of All SaintsPhoto: Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Merriott · Historic England
58 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Merriott’s built-up area, 280 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 57 of Merriott’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Merriott grades A for history.
Listed buildings
58
280 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Merriott
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Merriott’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
58 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*57 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 Grade II* listed building in Merriott
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Merriott’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Churches, chapels & priories8
Walls, gates & bridges7
Street furniture5
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
31 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
57 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 57 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BadgersBanbury Cottage and front boundary wallingBanbury Farm and front boundary wallBeech Tree FarmhouseChapel Cottage and Miller's Cottage, Court Mill, And Front Boundary WallCourt MillEntrance Gateway, Walls and Railings to the Firs and the LodgeFormer Sunday SchoolGirdlersGroup of Four Templeman Monuments in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of South-East Corner of Church of All SaintsGroup of Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South of South-East Corner, Church of All SaintsGroup of Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of All SaintsGroup of Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Tower, Church of All SaintsHighway CottageHole OakKing's Head InnLaurel CottageLindum HouseLumbardsMain Entrance Gateway and Side Walling to Moorlands, About 50 Metres to WestMerriott First SchoolMerriott War MemorialMilcote and Little MoorlandsMonkhouse FarmhouseMoorlandsMoorlands Farm House, With Front Boundary RailingsNo 14, And Front Boundary RailingsNo 19, And Front Boundary WallNo 28, With Front Boundary RailingsNo 69 (And No 67 Attached to Rear), With Front Boundary RailingsNorth-East Boundary Wall and Gates and North-West Return, To Lindum HouseOutbuilding, About 5 Metres East of the King's Head InnPair of Monuments in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South-East of South Chancel Aisle, Church of All SaintsPair of Monuments in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South-South-East of Tower, Church of All SaintsRoad Bridge over Mill StreamShiremoor HouseSouth Boundary Wall of Churchyard, With Lych Gate, Church of All SaintsSt Katherine's LodgeTempleman Monument N Churchyard, About 2 Metres East of South Chancel Aisle, Church of All SaintsThe Blindhouse or Lockup Attached to the South-West Corner of Manor FarmhouseThe FirsThe LodgeThe Manor HouseThe Old VicarageThe Swan InnWater Pump About 10 Metres South West of No 84Winyards ViewZephyrine Cottage13, 15 and 15A (Orchard Cottage), Higher Street18, Higher Street2, Lower Street30, Church Street30, Lower Street and Manor Cottage35, Shiremoor Hill38 (Ryedale), 40 and 42, Lower Street65, 66 and 68, The Broadway86, Broadway with front boundary railings
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Merriott
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Merriott 197520 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 79 ha inside the built-up area.
50 of the 58 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 Merriott’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 461958 · 10
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The first 10 entries were listed in 1958. 46 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Merriott 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 (59 points, 285 per 10,000 residents)More than 85% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 86% 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
31% of Merriott’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
2.7%
1930s
8.6%
1945–54
8%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
17%
1973–82
3.1%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
MerriottEngland & Wales
30% 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 (31 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Merriott
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merriott | 2,068 | 58 | 0 | A |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 165 | 1 | A |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 14 | 0 | B |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 144 | 1 | A |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 131 | 3 | B− |
In brief
Merriott in brief
More of Merriott’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 58 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 85% of UK towns. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975.
Most entries on the list, 53%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 46 of the 58 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and Francis Trask (1840) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Merriott’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Merriott?
Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Merriott’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 57 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Merriott?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Merriott.
When were Merriott’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 46, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Merriott?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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