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History of Rode · Historic England

82 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Rode’s built-up area, 1,070 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 75 of Rode’s listed buildings. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings.

1Grade I6Grade II*16on High Street
Listed buildings
82
1,070 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Rode in 5 photos

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Church of St LawrenceChurch of St LawrenceGrade I listed6 and 8, High Street6 and 8, High StreetGrade II* listedChrist ChurchChrist ChurchGrade II* listedLangham House and Attached StablesLangham House and Attached StablesGrade II* listedRode Mill HouseRode Mill HouseGrade 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 Rode’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Christ Church, Grade II*Gazebo and Attached Stables, 10 Metres South West of No 1 (Rode Mill House), Grade II*Langham House and Attached Stables, Grade II*Rode Mill House, Grade II*Southfield House, Grade II*6 and 8, High Street, Grade II*Church of St Lawrence, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*

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

82 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I6 Grade II*75 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 Rode

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 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Rode

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed.

What’s protected

Most of Rode’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas47
Churches, chapels & priories14
Walls, gates & bridges8
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Street furniture2
Public & civic buildings2

47 entries (57%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 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

75 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 75 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Assembly Rooms, Adjacent to No 20 (The Cross Keys)BlakeBox CottageBrooke HouseChelsea VillaChurch Row Farmhouse and Attached BarnChurchyard Gate Piers, Gate, And Steps, 10 Metres East of East End of Christ ChurchChurchyard Gate Piers, Gates and Lamp Overthrow, Christ ChurchClay Lane HouseDaubeney HouseDreweit Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceForge CottageGate Piers and Gates to Langham HouseGate Piers, Piers and Wall to No 23GreystonesK6 Telephone KioskLangham CottageMayfield House and Attached Mill to RightMethodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and GateMilestone, 20 Metres South of Front of Daubrey HouseNo 12 and Forecourt WallNundah CottageOverbrookParsonage FarmhousePaviors Well CottagePickard Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 4 Metres East of East End, Rode Baptist ChurchPike Family Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 5 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St LawrencePost OfficeRode Baptist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers and GateRode BridgeRode MillRode Primary SchoolSheriff HaylesStable and Coach House, 5 Metres North of No 25 (Brooke House)The Bell InnThe ChimesThe Corner HouseThe Cross KeysThe Old RectoryThe Red Lion InnTwo Identical Chest Tombs to Edwards Family, In Churchyard 20 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 10 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 11 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 24 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 25 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St LaurenceUnknown Chest Tomb, In Churchyard 7 Metres South of Aisle, Church of St LaurenceWar Memorial1 and 3, High Street1, Lower Street1,3 and 5, Church Lane10,12 and 14, High Street11, High Street13 and 15, High Street13, Langahm Place15, Langham Place17 and 19, Frome Road17, Lower Street18 and 20, Bradford Road2, High Street22, High Street23, High Street24 and 26, High Street29, Church Lane31, High Street34, 36 and 38, High Street35, High Street39, High Street5, Langham Place57, High Street59 and 61, High Street63, High Street7, Church Lane9 and 11, Frome Road
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 34% of Rode

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

Rode 197316 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 45 ha inside the built-up area.

76 of the 82 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 Rode’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984

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

1984 · 671968 · 12
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 12 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 67 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

37% of Rode’s homes were built before 1919

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

34%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
5.5%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
5.5%
1955–64
4.2%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
2.9%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
4.2%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
RodeEngland & Wales

34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 11% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Rode

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Rode766821—
Beckington1,001851A+
Norton St Philip1,004891A+
Southwick1,85670C+
Westwood1,00170B−
North Bradley1,555140B+
Dilton Marsh1,958140B+
Frome27,9043682A
In brief

Rode in brief

More of Rode’s homes are old than in most places: 37% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 82 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. High Street alone has 16 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.

Of the whole list, 57% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 67 of 82. Beyond that, Harold Gilman (1876) and John Wereat (1733) were born here before 1900.

Questions about Rode’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Rode?

Historic England lists 82 buildings inside Rode’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 75 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rode?

One: Church of St Lawrence.

How many conservation areas are there in Rode?

1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Rode.

When were Rode’s buildings listed?

The first in 1968; the most, 67, in 1984.

How old are the homes in Rode?

37% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Rode has no History Grade.

© 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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