II*Church · listed 1966Church of St Margaret of AntiochPhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Chilmark · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Chilmark’s built-up area, 830 for every 10,000 residents. 39 of Chilmark’s listed buildings are Grade II. 36% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
40
830 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Chilmark
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Chilmark’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
40 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*39 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Chilmark
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Chilmark’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories13
Street furniture2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
24 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
39 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 39 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Annexe to Chilmark ManorBarberryBarberry CottageBarn at Chilmark HouseBrookes Monument in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret of AntiochChilmark HouseChilmark Manor with GatepiersChilmark War MemorialCorner CottageFrog Cottage Village FarmFurnell Monumentin the Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of Church of St Margaret of AntiochGatreel Monument in the Churchyard, About 1 Metre South of Transept of Church of St Margaret of AntiochGranary at Chilmark HouseGreystonesHarwood Monument in the Churchyard, About 2 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Margaret of AntiochInglefield HouseJesse Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of Church of Church of St Margaret of AntiochK6 Telephone KioskKing Monument in the Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret of AntiochMacy Monument in the Churchyard, About 9 Metres West of Church of St Margaret of AntiochMilestone Approximately 200 Metres East of the Black DogMoore Monument in the Churchyard, About 10 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Margaret of AntiochOld RectoryOlivers CottagePrivett Monument in the Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St Margaret of AntiochRose CottageSixpenny ThatchThe Black DogThe Dial HouseThe ForgeThe MalthouseTilly Monument in the Churchyard About 1.5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Margaret of AntiochTwo Fitz Monuments in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret of AntiochUnidentified Monument, In the Churchyard, About 1 Metre South of Transept of Church of St Margaret of AntiochWhitehill CottageWillow Cottage1, The Cross2, The Street5 and 6, Mooray Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Chilmark
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chilmark 197310 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 40 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 Chilmark’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 261966 · 12
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The first 12 entries were listed in 1966. 26 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
36% of Chilmark’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
1.8%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
2.7%
1930s
8.6%
1945–54
7.7%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
7.7%
1973–82
5.9%
1983–92
6.8%
1993–99
5.9%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
ChilmarkEngland & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chilmark
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilmark | 482 | 40 | 0 | — |
| Tisbury | 2,274 | 52 | 5 | A+ |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 132 | 7 | A+ |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 271 | 2 | A |
| Motcombe | 1,366 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Mere | 2,808 | 71 | 1 | A+ |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 224 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Chilmark in brief
Old houses are part of Chilmark’s character: 36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 40 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 60%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 26 of the 40 went on the list.
Questions about Chilmark’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chilmark?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Chilmark’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 39 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Chilmark?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Chilmark.
When were Chilmark’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 26, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Chilmark?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Chilmark 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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