IChurch · listed 1959Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Celiakozlowski · CC BY 3.0
The Hext Almshouses · Photo: David Redwood · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Somerton · Historic England
123 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Somerton’s built-up area, 241 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 9 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Somerton grades A for history: #14 of 49 in Somerset.
Listed buildings
123
241 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
12
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Somerton in 10 photos and old views
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I listed
The Market CrossGrade II* listed
The Globe InnGrade II listed
Somerton Methodist ChurchGrade II listed
Vale HouseGrade II listed+5See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Somerton in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1905Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Somerton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
123 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I12 Grade II*110 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 Somerton
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 12 Grade II* listed buildings in Somerton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 5 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1959The Hext AlmshousesPhoto: David Redwood · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1959Somerton Market CrossOn the list as The Market CrossPhoto: Andrew Riley · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1959DonisthorpePhoto: Elaine Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1959Old Somerton MillPhoto: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1959The UnicornPhoto: Steve Barnes · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1959Craigmore House
House · listed 1959Crane Farmhouse
Inns & shops · listed 1959Red Lion HotelOn the list as Red Lion Hotel, With Front Boundary Railings Attached
Public · listed 1959The Market House
House · listed 1959The Old Parsonage
Walls & gates · listed 1959The Railings, Gate and Gate Piers About 9 Metes South of Donisthorpe
House · listed 1985The Vicarage
What’s protected
The largest group of Somerton’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas61
Inns, shops & warehouses14
Churches, chapels & priories14
Public & civic buildings12
Walls, gates & bridges11
Street furniture9
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
61 entries (50%) 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
110 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 110 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BallacreeBarclays BankBarn About 10 Metres South East of Sunhouse FarmhouseBarn Attached on South Side of Crane FarmhouseBonds Chemist Limited House and Shop About 10 Metres South West of the Old Bell HouseBridge House, Trundle Cottage and IversonBrockle House and Long EntryCamden HouseChancery HouseChapel HouseChurch CottageChurch House and Pawletts HouseCoach House About 7 Metres South West of the LynchCockspursCorner House, With Boundary Railings to South and EastCoundon House and Sage CottageCourt Hay Cottage and Court CottageCranston Cottage and ShopCulliford HouseEddystone HouseFormer Bible Christian SchoolroomFreeman HouseFront Boundary Railings, 30 Metres South of Methodist ChurchGas Lantern, Drinking Fountain and Horse TroughGate Piers and Gate About 30 Metres North East of Church of St MichaelGilpinsGranard, With Front Boundary RailingsGreen DragonGreyholmeGreystoneham, With Front Boundary RailingsHillhaven and Former Chapel Attached, And Front Boundary WallHome Farmhouse and Attached OutbuildingsHopefieldHouse Adjoining to East of Old Brewery HouseHouse and Shop East of the South Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Michael and Former Cottage to NorthHouse and Shop Immediately North of Medwyn HouseHouse and Shop Next But One East of the South Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St MichaelInglesideJennings House and Front Boundary RailingsLangler HouseLeavers' CourtLittle HouseLomans, With Front Boundary WallLondon HouseMartinsMaypole Knap HouseMedwyn House and Front Boundary Wall and RailingsMelstock and ClaysgarthMilestone Set Into Front Boundary Wall of Hillhead CottageNahoon, Hope Cottage and Collar CottageNational Westminster BankNew InnNo 5, With Front Boundary RailingsNorthfield Farmhouse with Laburnum CottageOld Brewery House and First Two Outbuildings Behind to North, AttachedPigeon House 4 Metres West of Crane FarmhousePipers GreenRussel Monument and Railings in Churchyard, About 20 Metres South West of Church of St MichaelSchool HouseScott Gould House (Almshouses)Selwood House, With Short Enclosing Wall and Railing to ForecourtShirley CottageShop with House at No 4Solicitors Offices Immediately East of Selwood House and Front RailingsSomerton CourtSomerton Court FarmhouseSomerton ErleighSomerton HouseSomerton Methodist ChurchSomerton United Reform Church, Schoolrooms, And Front Boundary RailingsSouth Boundary Wall, Railings, Gates and Piers, About 45 Metres South of St Michaels ChurchSt Michael's Cottage, Tol-Pedn House, And Cottage BetweenStill CottageStocker's House, With Front Boundary Wall and RailingsStonebrook HouseSunhouse FarmhouseSycamoresTSB BankThe Dower House and Attached Gateway (Blocked), North East of Somerton CourtThe Globe InnThe GrangeThe Laurels, And Front Boundary RailingsThe LynchThe Manor HouseThe ManseThe Market HallThe Narrow HouseThe Old Armoury, Boundary Railings and Rear OutbuildingThe Old Barn, 10 Metres North of the Old ParsonageThe Old Bell HouseThe Old HallThe Old ManseThe Roof TreeThe ThatchThe White Hart InnTown HouseTudor CottageTurle House, Former Coach House, And Front Boundary RailingsUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South South East of Porch, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 22 Metres South West of Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South South East of Porch, Church of St MichaelVale HouseValettaWar MemorialWest Gate and Railings About 20 Metres North West of Church and St Michael10, West Street5, West Street6, West Street7, West Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 17% of Somerton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Somerton 197031 ha
31 hain conservation areas, of 179 ha inside the built-up area.
104 of the 123 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
58 of Somerton’s 123 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 581959 · 55
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 55 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 58 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Somerton grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (139 points, 272 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 52% 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.
Towns its size
Somerton has the 81st most Grade I buildings of 934 towns its size
Places of 3,000–8,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Somerton1
#59 of 934for listed buildings per resident (241 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Rye lead.
80 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Somerton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerton | 5,106 | 123 | 1 | A |
| Langport | 3,578 | 78 | 3 | A− |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 48 | 0 | B+ |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 20 | 0 | A− |
| Street | 12,707 | 30 | 1 | B− |
| Walton | 1,149 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 32 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Somerton in brief
For its size, Somerton has more listed heritage than 91% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 123 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Michael and All Angels. Only 80 of the 934 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. The rest is about typical: Marmaduke Cradock (1660) and William Newbolt (1844) were born here before 1900; it also has a scheduled monument; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Somerton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Somerton?
Historic England lists 123 buildings inside Somerton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 12 Grade II* and 110 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Somerton?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Are there scheduled monuments in Somerton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Somerton Market Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Somerton?
1, covering about 31 hectares of the town. The largest is Somerton.
When were Somerton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 58, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Somerton?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1905 to 1905, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Somerton?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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