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History of Odcombe · Historic England

Old homes in Odcombe: 45% built before 1919

The typical town has 15%: Odcombe has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Odcombe’s built-up area, 444 for every 10,000 residents.

1Grade II*

Listed buildings

444 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

45%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Odcombe

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II* listed

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 Odcombe’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.

33 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I1 Grade II*32 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 Odcombe

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1961Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0

What’s protected

Most of Odcombe’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas18

Churches, chapels & priories7

Inns, shops & warehouses2

Walls, gates & bridges2

Street furniture2

Public & civic buildings1

Memorials, crosses & tombs1

18 entries (55%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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

32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Amorne Bank Farmhouse Barn About 15 Metres North West of Green Meadows Barton Farmhouse Carlton House Donn Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South South East of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul Donne Lane Head Gateway and North Boundary Wall to Odcombe Rectory Green Meadows Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South West of Nave, Church of St Peter and St Paul`Kents Cottage Leach Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Peter and St Paul Little Thatchings Manor Farm House Mason's Arms Inn Odcombe Rectory Odcombe Voluntary Aided Primary School and Front Boundary Railings Odcombe War Memorial Old Dairy House, And Front Boundary Railings The Firs The Priory Townsend and Front Boundary Railings Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South East of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 6 Metres South South East of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul Westover, And Front Boundary Wall 1, 2, 3 and 4 (The Old Post Office), And Front Boundary Walling 19, Lower Odcombe 20, 22, 24 and 26, Lower Odcombe 32A and Lynnhaven 34, 36 and 38, Lower Odcombe 40, Lower Odcombe 5 and 7, Chapel Hill

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 39% of Odcombe

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Odcombe 198313 ha

13 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.

32 of the 33 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 Odcombe’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1987 · 171961 · 15

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The first 15 entries were listed in 1961. 17 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

45% of Odcombe’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

44%

Before 1900

3.1%

1900–18

3.1%

1919–29

6.5%

1930s

3.1%

1945–54

4.8%

1955–64

4.8%

1965–72

9.6%

1973–82

16%

1983–92

1.7%

1993–99

3.1%

2000–08

2009–15

2016–25

OdcombeEngland & Wales

44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 16% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

3 notable people born in Odcombe before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

George Strong

Charles Draper

Hilda Mary Hooke

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Charles Draper1869–1952 · British clarinetist (1869-1952)

Hilda Mary Hooke1898–1978 · Canadian playwright and poet (1898-1978)

George Strong1833–1888 · British soldier (1833–1888); recipient of the Victoria Cross

Everyone born in Odcombe → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Odcombe

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Odcombe	744	33	0	—
Stoke sub Hamdon	1,360	37	1	A⁺
Yeovil	50,170	131	3	B⁻
Martock	4,079	162	2	A
Barwick and Stoford	1,095	15	0	B
Merriott	2,068	58	0	A
South Petherton	3,096	64	1	A
Ilchester	2,062	48	0	B⁺

In brief

Odcombe in brief

More of Odcombe’s homes are old than in most places: 45% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 33 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1983.

Of the whole list, 55% are houses, terraces and villas. Charles Draper (1869), Hilda Mary Hooke (1898) and George Strong (1833) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 17 of 33.

Questions about Odcombe’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Odcombe?

Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Odcombe’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Odcombe?

1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Odcombe.

When were Odcombe’s buildings listed?

The first in 1961; the most, 17, in 1987.

Who was born in Odcombe?

Among people born before 1900: Charles Draper (1869), Hilda Mary Hooke (1898) and George Strong (1833).

How old are the homes in Odcombe?

45% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Odcombe 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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