IChurch · listed 1961Stoke sub Hamdon PrioryOn the list as The Priory, Or Parsonage FarmhousePhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Stoke sub Hamdon · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Stoke sub Hamdon’s built-up area, 272 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 40% of its homes were built before 1919. Stoke sub Hamdon grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
37
272 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
40%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Stoke sub Hamdon
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The Priory, Or Parsonage FarmhouseGrade I listed
Stoke Sub Hamdon United Reformed ChurchGrade 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 Stoke sub Hamdon’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.
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 Stoke sub Hamdon
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 Stoke sub Hamdon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1987Stoke Sub Hamdon United Reformed ChurchPhoto: Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1961The Gables
What’s protected
Most of Stoke sub Hamdon’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges4
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
20 entries (54%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
Barn About 14 Metres North of the PrioryBarn About 25 Metres North West of the PrioryCastle Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings to NorthDovecote About 50 Metres West of the PrioryEast Boundary Walls to No 5 (Manse) and the United Reform ChurchFives court wall, about 34 metres south of Fleur-de-lis HotelFleur-de-lis HotelGateway and Wall Linking the Priory and the Barn, About 14 Metres NorthHoodsLower Farmhouse and Farm Buildings AttachedManse to United Reform ChurchNorth Street FarmhouseNorth Street WorkshopsNos 15 and 17 with Front Boundary WallPranket'sReform CottageRemains of Barn About 15 Metres West of the PrioryRuined Building About 40 Metres North West of the PriorySchoolroom About 10 Metres West of Stoke Sub Hamdon United Reformed ChurchStoke Sub Hamdon Church HallStoke Sub Hamdon Methodist ChurchSummerlandsTamarisk and the Old BakeryTan Y BrynThe Tun Well18, 22 and 24, North Street35 and 37, High Street37, North Street45, High Street46, North Street53, Ham Hill Road55, Ham Hill Road57, 59 and 61, Ham Hill Road68, North Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 37% of Stoke sub Hamdon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
West Stoke 198720 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 54 ha inside the built-up area.
35 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 Stoke sub Hamdon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 231961 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Stoke sub Hamdon 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 (45 points, 331 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (40%)More than 94% 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.
Homes by age
40% of Stoke sub Hamdon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
35%
Before 1900
4.8%
1900–18
3.1%
1919–29
12%
1930s
8.2%
1945–54
1.5%
1955–64
7.2%
1965–72
5.5%
1973–82
3.7%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
0.3%
2009–15
4.3%
2016–25
Stoke sub HamdonEngland & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, 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 (20 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Stoke sub Hamdon has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,850 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Stoke sub Hamdon1
#294 of 1,850for listed buildings per resident (272 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Stoke sub Hamdon
In brief
Stoke sub Hamdon in brief
Old houses are part of Stoke sub Hamdon’s character: 40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. Only 88 of the 1,850 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Of the whole list, 54% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 23 of 37. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Walter Shuldham (1892) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Stoke sub Hamdon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stoke sub Hamdon?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Stoke sub Hamdon’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Stoke sub Hamdon?
One: The Priory, Or Parsonage Farmhouse.
Are there scheduled monuments in Stoke sub Hamdon?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Hamdon Hill camp and Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Stoke sub Hamdon?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is West Stoke.
When were Stoke sub Hamdon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 23, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Stoke sub Hamdon?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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