IChurch · listed 1958Church of St MichaelPhoto: Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Michael · Photo: Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Shepton Beauchamp · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Shepton Beauchamp’s built-up area, 293 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 21 of Shepton Beauchamp’s listed buildings. 33% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
293 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
33%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Shepton Beauchamp’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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 Shepton Beauchamp
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 Shepton Beauchamp’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
11 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Churchyard Cross, Church of St MichaelCorner House, Shop, Front Garden Area Railings and Pump at RearDuke of York Inn and Duke of York CottageFives Court Wall on Roadside at Ngr St 4034 1688Hill FarmhouseMartletsMonument in Churchyard About 6 Metres West of Tower of Church of St MichaelMountfieldsPair of Monuments in Churchyard About 11 Metres West of Church of St MichaelPair of Monuments in Churchyard About 3 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Michael, In the ChurchyardPaullsSalisbury HouseShepton Beauchamp Church of England (Vc) Primary SchoolShepton Beauchamp War MemorialSt Gabriel'sSt Michael'sSt Michael's Cottage and BrownstonesThe Cressy Including Front Garden Area RailingsThe Old Rectory and Beauchamp ManorTudor HouseYe Olde Thatch
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Shepton Beauchamp
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Shepton Beauchamp 19984 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 22 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
11 of Shepton Beauchamp’s 22 listed buildings were added in 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 111958 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1958, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
33% of Shepton Beauchamp’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
2.4%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
2.4%
1945–54
3.8%
1955–64
7.6%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
6.5%
2000–08
2.4%
2009–15
7.6%
2016–25
Shepton BeauchampEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Shepton Beauchamp
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepton Beauchamp | 750 | 22 | 1 | — |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 144 | 1 | A |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 58 | 0 | A |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 32 | 1 | A− |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Shepton Beauchamp in brief
Old houses are part of Shepton Beauchamp’s character: 33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1998. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Shepton Beauchamp’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Shepton Beauchamp?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Shepton Beauchamp’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Shepton Beauchamp?
One: Church of St Michael.
How many conservation areas are there in Shepton Beauchamp?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Shepton Beauchamp.
When were Shepton Beauchamp’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 11, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Shepton Beauchamp?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Shepton Beauchamp 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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