IChurch · listed 1961Church of St MargaretPhoto: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Margaret · Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Tintinhull · Historic England
50 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Tintinhull’s built-up area, 534 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Tintinhull, 46 are Grade II. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
50
534 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Tintinhull
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Tintinhull CourtGrade I listed
Tintinhull HouseGrade I listed
The Dower HouseGrade II* listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Tintinhull’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
50 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I1 Grade II*46 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Tintinhull
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.
IPublic · listed 1961Tintinhull CourtPhoto: Dave Napier · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1961Tintinhull HousePhoto: Sarah Charlesworth · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Tintinhull
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1961The Dower HousePhoto: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Tintinhull’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges10
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture3
24 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 3 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
46 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 46 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Batcombe HouseBoundary or Direction Stone 6 Metres North of No 15 (Batcombe House)Brown Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MargaretChambers Monument in Churchyard About 2.5 Metres East of Chancel and Two Flanking Headstones, Church of St MargaretChurchyard Cross in Churchyard About 6 Metres East South East of Chancel, Church of St MargaretCollege Farmhouse and Front Boundary WallCourt Dairy HouseEast Boundary Wall to Tininhull Court with Gateway and Return on North Side to ChurchyardEast Gateway and East Boundary Wall, Churchyard of St MargaretEast Side Boundary Wall, Gateway and Carriage Arch to the Dower HouseEntrance Gateway and Boundary Wall About 25 Metres South of the Old VicarageFrancis HouseFrancis Monument in Churchyard About 4 Metres South South East of Chancel, Church of St MargaretFront Boundary Wall About 4 Metres South of the Dower HouseGateway Into Tintinhull Court in South East Corner and Associated East and South Boundary Walls, Churchyard of St MargaretGentles FarmhouseK6 Telephone KioskLamb Farmhouse and Pump One Metre North West of DoorwayLeach's and Front Boundary WallingMilestone at Ngr St 4969 1909Outbuilding About 2 Metres East of Lamb FarmhouseOutbuilding About 2 Metres South of Winters FarmhouseOutbuilding About 20 Metres North East of the Dower House and Attached Gateway Towards West CornerOutbuilding About 30 Metres South of Lamb FarmhouseOutbuilding About 5 Metres North of Walters FarmhousePair of Barns About 5 Metres South West of Lamb FarmhousePenny Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St MargaretPlowmans CottagePoole Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MargaretPriddle Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St MargaretQueens Farmhouse and Front Boundary WallSouth Boundary Wall to Tintinhull House with Gateway East of HouseStables and Other Outbuilidngs in Block About 5 Metres North East of Tintinhull HouseThe Former 'Stonyn' Door in Churchyard About 5 Metres South of Vestry, Church of St MargaretThe Old BakeryThe Old VicarageUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St MargaretUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MargaretWalters Farmhouse and Front Boundary WallWestfield CottageWinters Farmhouse28 (Littlehayes) and 30, Queen Street31 and 33, Queen Street32 and 34, Queen Street4, Queen Street9 and 11 (Rosecott), Farm Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of Tintinhull
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Tintinhull 199013 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
44 of the 50 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 Tintinhull’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 341961 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 15 entries were listed in 1961, 3 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 34 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.
1 registered park or garden
Tintinhull HouseGrade II
Homes by age
27% of Tintinhull’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
3.6%
1900–18
4.8%
1919–29
8.2%
1930s
12%
1945–54
8.2%
1955–64
8.9%
1965–72
8.2%
1973–82
5%
1983–92
8.9%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
1.9%
2016–25
TintinhullEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tintinhull
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintinhull | 937 | 50 | 3 | — |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| Martock | 4,079 | 162 | 2 | A |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 48 | 0 | B+ |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 131 | 3 | B− |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 58 | 0 | A |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 15 | 0 | B |
In brief
Tintinhull in brief
More of Tintinhull’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 50 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Church of St Margaret.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. The big year was 1987, when 34 of the 50 went on the list. The rest is about typical: Fortescue Graham (1794) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Tintinhull’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tintinhull?
Historic England lists 50 buildings inside Tintinhull’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 46 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tintinhull?
3, including Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull Court and Tintinhull House.
How many conservation areas are there in Tintinhull?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Tintinhull.
When were Tintinhull’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 34, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Tintinhull?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Tintinhull 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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