IChurch · listed 1956Church of St JulianOn the list as Parish Church of St JulianPhoto: Rodw · Public domain
Photo: Rodw · Public domain–Not graded
History of Wellow · Historic England
Wellow: 47% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Wellow has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Wellow’s built-up area, 929 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
51
929 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
47%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wellow
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Photos 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 Wellow’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.
51 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*47 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 Wellow
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Wellow
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1956Dovecote, 100 Yards to Rear of Manor HousePhoto: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1956Manor House
Walls & gates · listed 1956Wellow House, Including Boundary Wall, Gate and Two Pairs of Gatepiers to Road
What’s protected
Most of Wellow’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges6
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings2
31 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
47 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 47 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
ArmaghBarn and Stables to Rear of No 3Barn, 100 yards to south of Manor FarmhouseBarn, 50 Yards to North of Weavers Farmhouse Barn, 50 Yards to North of Weaver's FarmhouseBox Bush CottageBrook LodgeCanteen CottageCanteen HouseChest Tomb, 1 Yard from Rood Stair Turret of Parish ChurchChest Tomb, 15 Yards to South of East of Chancel of Parish ChurchChest Tomb, 3 Yards to East of Chancel of Parish ChurchChest Tomb, In South East Corner of ChurchyardChurch FarmhouseCobblers CottageCourt Cottage Manor CottageCourt Farmhouse Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings to FrontFern CottageFox and Badger Public HouseFoxcoteGlebe CottageGreenhayesGroup of 2 Chest Tombs. 5 Yards from South East Corner of South Aisle of Parish ChurchGroup of 4 Chest Tombs by South West Corner of Parish ChurchHoneybatchK6 Telephone Kiosk by Memorial TroughLester Cottage PeacehavenMeadow Way NethercoteMoss CottageNorth entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 100 yards to north of White Baines, Bull's HillOutbuilding, Walls Enclosing Courtyard and Archway to Rear of Manor HousePraesidiumSouth West Entrance to Wellow Tunnel, 20 Yards to North West of Church FarmSt Bede'sSteam Mill CottageThe MaltingsThe Rectory, East and West WingsWeaver's FarmhouseWellow BridgeWellow FarmhouseWellow FarmhouseWellow Primary School and Wellow School HouseWellow Signal BoxWillow FarmhouseWistaria House3 and 4, The Square3, High Street5, The Square
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 69% of Wellow
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wellow 198319 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 51 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 Wellow’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 411956 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1956, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 41 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
47% of Wellow’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
47%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
3.8%
1930s
5.8%
1945–54
5.8%
1955–64
7.9%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
3.8%
1993–99
3.8%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
2.1%
2016–25
WellowEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 10% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wellow
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellow | 549 | 51 | 1 | — |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 7 | 0 | C |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 89 | 1 | A+ |
| Bath | 94,080 | 2,275 | 102 | A+ |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 21 | 0 | B− |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 20 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Wellow in brief
More of Wellow’s homes are old than in most places: 47% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1983. Of the whole list, 61% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 41 of 51.
Questions about Wellow’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wellow?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Wellow’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 47 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wellow?
One: Parish Church of St Julian.
How many conservation areas are there in Wellow?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Wellow.
When were Wellow’s buildings listed?
The first in 1956; the most, 41, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Wellow?
47% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wellow 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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