Church of the Holy Trinity · Photo: Rodw · Public domain

History of Paulton · Historic England

18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Paulton’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Paulton, 17 are Grade II. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Paulton grades C+ for history: #40 of 49 in Somerset.

1Grade II*

Listed buildings

28 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

14%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Paulton

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

Lamb InnGrade II listed

Paulton Baptist ChurchGrade II listed

LibraryGrade II listed+1See all photos

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 Paulton’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Grade II*

Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

18 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I1 Grade II*17 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 II*

The Grade II* listed building in Paulton

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

Church · listed 1960Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: Rodw · Public domain

Grade II

17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Britten's Farmhouse Central Methodist Church Cholera Monument, In the Churchyard 15 Metres South of the Church of the Holy Trinity Elm Hayes Fern Cottage Gerardene Hall Monument, In the Churchyard and 6 Metres South of the Church of the Holy Trinity Hill House Hill Monument, In the Churchyard and 5 Metres North East of Tower of Church of Holy Trinity Hill Monument, In the Churchyard and 5 Metres North of Church of the Holy Trinity Lamb Inn Library Paulton Baptist Church Paulton War Memorial Rosechurch Cottage The Cottage The Laurels

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 13% of Paulton

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

Paulton 200318 ha

18 hain conservation areas, of 140 ha inside the built-up area.

17 of the 18 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 Paulton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986

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

1986 · 15

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The first 2 entries were listed in 1960. 15 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Paulton 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 (19 points, 29 per 10,000 residents)More than 46% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 41% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Paulton

Town	People	Listed	History
Paulton	6,502	18	C⁺
High Littleton	1,655	8	B
Midsomer Norton	13,749	39	B
Timsbury	2,506	20	B⁺
Temple Cloud	1,518	9	C⁺
Clutton	1,630	7	B⁻
Radstock	9,983	21	B⁻
Farmborough	1,106	13	B⁺

In brief

Paulton in brief

The official list counts 18 listed buildings in Paulton, including Church of the Holy Trinity. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2003. The big year was 1986, when 15 of the 18 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Laurie Banfield (1889) and Oliver Brooks (1889) were born here before 1900.

Questions about Paulton’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Paulton?

Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Paulton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Paulton?

1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Paulton.

When were Paulton’s buildings listed?

The first in 1960; the most, 15, in 1986.

How old are the homes in Paulton?

14% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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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