IChurch · listed 1960Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Stephen Bashford · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Colerne · Historic England
84 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Colerne’s built-up area, 348 for every 10,000 residents. 82 of Colerne’s listed buildings are Grade II. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. Colerne grades A for history.
Listed buildings
84
348 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Colerne
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 Colerne’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.
84 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*82 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 Colerne
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 Colerne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1960Daubenys
Historic streets
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
High Street12 listed
Tutton Hill7 listed
Market Place4 listed
Ogbourne3 listed
Of the 84 entries, 27 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Colerne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas44
Churches, chapels & priories31
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
44 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 31 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
82 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 82 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashby HouseAust Tomb in Churchyard Circa 3 Metres North of Tower of Church of St JohnBarn and Attached Range of Stalls to South of Trimnell's FarmhouseCharcoal House and Front RailingsChurchyard Cross to South of Church of St JohnColerne Baptist ChapelColerne Evangelical ChurchColerne Liberal ClubColerne War MemorialDeacon Tomb in Churchyard Circa 4 Metres North East of East End of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnDrewett Tomb in Churchyard by South Wall, Circa 16 Metres South of Porch of Church of St JohnElmsleighGarden Wall to East and South of the Rectory GardenGazebo in South West Corner of Rectory GardenGibbons Tomb in Churchyard, Circa 4 Metres South of Perren Tomb, In Memorial Garden East of Church of St JohnK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Post Office, High StreetLow Railing to Walmesley Vault in North East Angle of Churchyard of Church of St JohnMullins Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St John, Circa 5 Metres North East of Churchyard CrossOakdenePair of Unidentified Tombs in Churchyard Circa 8 Metres North West of Deacon Tomb, North West of Church of St JohnParsonage FarmhousePerren Tomb at West End of Memorial Garden in Churchyard of Church of St JohnRange of Stalls to West of Barn at Trimnell's FarmRectory StablesRooks Nest FarmhouseThe Fox and Hounds Public HouseThe Manor House and 2 Garden Gateways to SouthThe RectoryThe Six Bells InnTrimnell's FarmhouseTutton Hill HouseUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 1 Metre North of Drewett Tomb, 15 Metres South of Porch of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 1 Metre South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 1 Metre South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 1 Metre South of Perren Tomb, In Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 12 Metres South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 13 Metres South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 13 Metres South of South Aisle, West End, Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 14 Metres South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 15 Metres South of Porch of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 17 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 18 Metres South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 19 Metres South South East of East End of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 19 Metres South of East End of Memorial Garden East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 3 Metres South of Memorial Garden, East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 4 Metres North North East of Deacon Tomb, North East of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 4 Metres North of Drewett Tomb, Circa 13 Metres South of Porch of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 7 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard Circa 8 Metres East of Chancel South East Corner of Church of St JohnUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St John, Circa 1 Metre South West of Churchyard CrossUnidentified Tomb in Churchyard, Circa 2 Metes East of Gibbons Tomb, In Memorial Garden East of Church of St JohnVale CourtWalmesley Memorial and Surrounding RailingsWashmeres HouseWellhead1 and 3, Market Place10, 10A and 10B, High Street12, Tutton Hill19, High Street19, Tutton Hill2, Market Place2-8, Tutton Hill20A, High Street21, High Street24, Tutton Hill26, Tutton Hill28, High Street29 and 31 High Street3 and 5, Tutton Hill3, High Street3, Ogbourne34, High Street36, High Street4 and 6, Market Place4, Silver Street40, High Street42, High Street5, High Street5, Ogbourne7, Tutton Hill8, Market Place9, Ogbourne
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.6% of Colerne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Colerne 197319 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 253 ha inside the built-up area.
84 of the 84 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 Colerne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 76
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1960, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 76 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Colerne 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 (87 points, 360 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 67% 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
23% of Colerne’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
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0.8%
1930s
23%
1945–54
24%
1955–64
19%
1965–72
0%
1973–82
8.3%
1983–92
1%
1993–99
1%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
ColerneEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 24% 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.
Towns its size
Colerne has the 92nd most Grade I buildings of 1,352 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Colerne1
#83 of 1,352for listed buildings per resident (348 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
91 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Colerne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colerne | 2,415 | 84 | 1 | A |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 147 | 1 | A+ |
| Box | 1,287 | 117 | 1 | A+ |
| Rudloe | 2,863 | 22 | 0 | B+ |
| Corsham | 10,887 | 251 | 3 | A− |
| Batheaston | 3,878 | 131 | 0 | A+ |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 81 | 0 | A |
| Bathampton | 1,698 | 29 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Colerne in brief
More of Colerne’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 84 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. Only 91 of the 1,352 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
High Street alone has 12 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: William Grocyn (1446) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Colerne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Colerne?
Historic England lists 84 buildings inside Colerne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 82 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Colerne?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
Which street in Colerne has the most listed buildings?
High Street (12), Tutton Hill (7) and Market Place (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Colerne?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Colerne.
When were Colerne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 76, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Colerne?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% 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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