IChurch · listed 1969Church of St MaryPhoto: Christopher Ware · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Stogumber · Historic England
Stogumber: 51% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Stogumber has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Stogumber’s built-up area, 873 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
37
873 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Stogumber
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Barn at South Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St MaryGrade II* listed
The Old VicarageGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Stogumber’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*34 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 Stogumber
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Stogumber
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1974Barn at South Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St MaryPhoto: Andrew Riley · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1978The Old VicaragePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Stogumber’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings1
26 entries (70%) 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
34 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 34 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baptist Church, Railings Fronting Church and Hand Rails Flanking Steps to EntranceBarn, About 40 Metres South East of Hill FarmhouseChandler HouseChurchyard Cross in Churchyard, About 15 Metres North North West of North Porch, Church of St MaryCloud CottageDerby HouseGates, Gatepiers and Railings Set in Dwarf Wall Fronting the Church of St MaryHaddon HouseHazeldeneHill FarmhouseJames BartonKingswayMill HouseNo 12 Including Wall BoxNumbers 7 and 9 (Clouters Cottage)Old Way HousePiers, Gate and Railings Set in Dwarf Wall Linking the Manse to Wick House and Fronting Baptist ChurchSwan House and Mounting Block Attached on West ElevationSweeting and North Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St MaryThe AlmonryThe Brewhouse, About 10 Metres South of the Old VicarageThe Manor HouseThe ManseThe Post OfficeThe White Horse InnTogford and Barn Adjoining to North WestVellow Cottage and Shasta CottageWick HouseWynesZinch CottageZinch House4, High Street6, High Street6, Hill Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 34% of Stogumber
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Stogumber 197510 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 37 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 Stogumber’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 291969 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1969, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 29 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
51% of Stogumber’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
50%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
4%
1919–29
1%
1930s
4%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
7.5%
1965–72
3%
1973–82
8.5%
1983–92
6%
1993–99
5%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
3%
2016–25
StogumberEngland & Wales
50% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 8.5% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Stogumber
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stogumber | 424 | 37 | 1 | — |
| Williton | 2,433 | 66 | 0 | A− |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 25 | 1 | B+ |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 30 | 0 | A− |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 32 | 1 | B+ |
| Milverton | 1,112 | 72 | 1 | A+ |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Stogumber in brief
Old houses are part of Stogumber’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 29 of the 37 went on the list.
Questions about Stogumber’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stogumber?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Stogumber’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Stogumber?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Stogumber?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Stogumber.
When were Stogumber’s buildings listed?
The first in 1969; the most, 29, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Stogumber?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Stogumber 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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