IChurch · listed 1961Holy Trinity ChurchOn the list as Church of Holy TrinityPhoto: Guiltyspark · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nailsea Glassworks · Photo: British School · Public domainC+History Grade
History of Nailsea · Historic England
35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Nailsea’s built-up area, 22 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 5.9% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Nailsea grades C+ for history: #42 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
35
22 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
5.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Nailsea in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of Holy TrinityGrade I listed
Middle Engine PitScheduled monument
Butchers ArmsGrade II listed
East End FarmhouseGrade II listed
The Royal OakGrade 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 Nailsea’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 12neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
35 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*33 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 Nailsea
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Nailsea
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1973No 2 (Former Hannah More Infants School)
What’s protected
Most of Nailsea’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Churches, chapels & priories7
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Public & civic buildings1
Walls, gates & bridges1
25 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Butchers ArmsChrist ChurchCross Base and Shaft in the Churchyard About 1/2 Metre West of the Porch of Church of Holy TrinityEast End FarmhouseEast End HouseEngine House and Associated Buildings from the Middle Engine Pit, About 15 Metres South East of the ElmsEngine House in Playing Field at Former Glassworks PitFairviewFarler's engine house, in grounds of 2 Farler's EndFir Tree FarmhouseHeath VillaHeathfield and Attached StableIvydaleK6 Telephone Kiosk (Opposite Holy Trinity Church)Kings Hill FarmhouseMilepostMizzymead FarmhouseNailsea HouseNoah's ArkNorth Street HouseOld Kingshill FarmhouseOrchard HousePiers and Gates at South and West Entrances to Churchyard of Church of Holy TrinityThe PaddockThe RectoryThe Royal OakUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres South of Porch of Church of Holy TrinityUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of Holy TrinityUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of Holy TrinityVicarageWareham Lodge1, Watery Lane11-15, Mayfair Avenue
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.2% of Nailsea
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Nailsea Kingshill 19815 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 456 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 35 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 Nailsea’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 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.
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
Nailsea grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (42 points, 26 per 10,000 residents)More than 55% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (5.9%)More than 12% 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
5.9% of Nailsea’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.2%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
1.8%
1930s
1.2%
1945–54
18%
1955–64
19%
1965–72
25%
1973–82
17%
1983–92
3.4%
1993–99
1.9%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
5.4%
2016–25
NailseaEngland & Wales
5.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 25% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Nailsea has the 99th most Grade I buildings of 520 towns its size
Places of 10,000–25,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Nailsea1
#262 of 520for listed buildings per resident (22 per 10,000). Ludlow, Bridport and Monmouth lead.
98 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Nailsea
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 35 | 1 | C+ |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 28 | 1 | B− |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 35 | 1 | C |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 41 | 2 | B |
| Clevedon | 21,084 | 114 | 1 | A− |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 59 | 0 | B+ |
| Pill | 4,956 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 18 | 2 | B |
In brief
Nailsea in brief
Nailsea has 35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Holy Trinity Church. Only 98 of the 520 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 5.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1986, when 18 of the 35 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Stephen Newton (1853) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Nailsea’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Nailsea?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Nailsea’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Nailsea?
One: Church of Holy Trinity.
Are there scheduled monuments in Nailsea?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Middle Engine Pit and Nailsea Glassworks.
How many conservation areas are there in Nailsea?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Nailsea Kingshill.
When were Nailsea’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 18, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Nailsea?
5.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 8.6% 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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