IChurch · listed 1961Church of St BarnabasPhoto: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0
Church of St Barnabas · Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Queen Camel · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Queen Camel’s built-up area, 634 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 35 of Queen Camel’s listed buildings. 19% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
36
634 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Queen Camel’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
36 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*35 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 Grade I listed building in Queen Camel
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.
What’s protected
Most of Queen Camel’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Walls, gates & bridges8
Street furniture7
Churches, chapels & priories2
19 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Banksia and Front Boundary RailingsBoundary Walls to North and West of Morven, And Front Gates and RailingsCaburnCamel BridgeCamelotCarpentersClouds End CottageCottage Attached to South of Jessamine Cottage, With Front Boundary RailingsCountess Gytha County Primary School (Original Building Only) with South Boundary Wall and RailingsEast Boundary Wall and Gateway About 45 Metres East of the Old VicarageEnglands SideGatehouseGrace CottageGreystonesHayley Cottage, Front Boundary Wall and Cottage Attached on South SideHenshallbrook FarmhouseHouse Between Morven and CamelotJessamine CottageJey Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St BarnabasLantern Cottage and Former Boundary WallLavendersMorvenNightingale House with the Front Boundary RailingsOverton House with Front Boundary RailingsPrimrose CottageQueen Camel Cottage and Front Boundary RailingsQueen Camel Health Centre and Front Boundary RailingsRectory Farmhouse and Rectory Farmhouse SouthRoadside and Pathside Walls to Churchyard, Church of St Barnabas, Including North and West Gateways and Squeeze to North West CornerThe Old Smithy with Front Boundary RailingsThe Old VicarageThe ThatchThe WitchesVine HouseYew Tree Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 40% of Queen Camel
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Queen Camel 197515 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 36 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 Queen Camel’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 261961 · 9
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The first 9 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 26 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Queen Camel
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Camel | 568 | 36 | 1 | — |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 48 | 0 | B+ |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 20 | 0 | A− |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 100 | 0 | A |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 377 | 12 | A+ |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 131 | 3 | B− |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 69 | 1 | A |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Queen Camel in brief
Queen Camel has 36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 53% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 26 of 36. Beyond that, 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Queen Camel’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Queen Camel?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Queen Camel’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Queen Camel?
One: Church of St Barnabas.
How many conservation areas are there in Queen Camel?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Queen Camel.
When were Queen Camel’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 26, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Queen Camel?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Queen Camel 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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