IChurch · listed 1961Church of St MaryPhoto: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Wedmore · Historic England
70 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Wedmore’s built-up area, 492 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. Wedmore grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
70
492 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wedmore
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 30 Metres East of East End, Church of St MaryGrade 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 Wedmore’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.
70 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*68 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 Wedmore
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 Grade II* listed building in Wedmore
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1985Churchyard Cross, Church of St MaryOn the list as Churchyard Cross in Churchyard, 30 Metres East of East End, Church of St MaryPhoto: Rodw · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Wedmore’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas34
Walls, gates & bridges18
Churches, chapels & priories9
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
34 entries (49%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 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
68 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 68 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Acacia CottageAllington House, Forecourt Wall and RailingsAvalonBarnards and Right Hand Bay of the BakeryBoundary Wall, Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to the Grounds of Manor Cottage, Middle Manor and South ManorBoundary Walling, Gate Piers and Gates to the GrangeBridgwoodBrook FarmhouseChez Nous and Attached Shop to RightChurch Villa and Forecourt RailingsCobblers CottageCottage Adjacent to East Side of the Sweet CottageFernsideGate piers to Mulberry HouseGates, Gate Piers and Short Section of Railing Adjacent to South End of Railings to HoldenhurstGlanville HouseGogs House, Forecourt Railings, Gates and Gate PiersGregory House WinscotGrotto and Garden Wall Approximately 20 Metres South of Frontage of HoldenhurstHall FarmhouseHill ViewHoldenhurstHouse Adjacent to and East of Prospect VillaHouse Opposite George Hotel, Including Mounting BlockK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside the George Hotel, Church StreetKelsons FarmhouseManor Cottage Middle Manor South ManorMarket Cross and Railed EnclosureMethodist Church, Forecourt Wall, Gate Piers, Gates and Lamp OverthrowMonument to Savidge Family, In Churchyard Approximately 40 Metres North of the Chancel, Church of St MaryMulberry HouseNorth ViewPorch HousePost OfficePoundhay HouseProspect VillaRailings, Piers and Gates at South East Entrance to the Churchyard, Church of St MaryRailings, Piers, Gates and Lamp Overthrow at South West Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St MaryRosemary CottageRustic PorchSedon the Sweet CottageStable and Coach House Adjacent to Rear of HoldenhurstSummerhouse Adjacent to South East Corner of Frontage of HoldenhurstThe BakeryThe Borough Venture and Forecourt WallThe Chalet and Forecourt RailingsThe CloseThe George HotelThe Grange, Garden Wall and Garden RoomThe HallThe Laurels and Forecourt WallThe Old VicarageThe Parks and Forecourt WallUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 15 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St MaryUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 18 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St MaryUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 8 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St MaryWall, Railings, Gate Piers and Gate to HoldenhurstWalnut HouseWarmansWedmore Baptist ChurchWedmore War MemorialWest End FarmhousseWest End HouseWestholme Farmhouse and WallWestovers and Attached WallWhitecroftWisteria, Forecourt Wall, Gate and Railings1A, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of Wedmore
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wedmore 199124 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 82 ha inside the built-up area.
66 of the 70 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 Wedmore’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 63
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 63 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
Wedmore 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 (75 points, 527 per 10,000 residents)More than 90% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (33%)More than 88% 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
33% of Wedmore’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
5.4%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
3.9%
1955–64
9.1%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
6.7%
1983–92
5.2%
1993–99
4.5%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
WedmoreEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 13% 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 (17 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Wedmore has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,803 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Wedmore1
#97 of 1,803for listed buildings per resident (492 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wedmore
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedmore | 1,424 | 70 | 1 | A+ |
| Draycott | 1,069 | 5 | 0 | B |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 35 | 1 | B+ |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 20 | 1 | B− |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 153 | 7 | A |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 10 | 1 | C |
In brief
Wedmore in brief
More of Wedmore’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 70 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 90% of UK towns. Only 95 of the 1,803 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. The big year was 1985, when 63 of the 70 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Charles Neville Strode Smith (1898) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Wedmore’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wedmore?
Historic England lists 70 buildings inside Wedmore’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 68 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wedmore?
One: Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Wedmore?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Wedmore?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Wedmore.
When were Wedmore’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 63, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Wedmore?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% 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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