IChurch · listed 1968Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsPhoto: Neosnaps · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints · Photo: Neosnaps · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Edington · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Edington’s built-up area, 512 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 39% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
36
512 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
39%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Edington
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Monastery GardenGrade I listed
The PrioryGrade I listed
Conduit Head (Spring)Grade I 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 Edington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument400 m from Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints
4 of 4Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints, a five-minute walk. So do 25 of the 36 listed buildings.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
36 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I0 Grade II*32 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 4 Grade I listed buildings in Edington
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 4 of these stand within 400 m of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IWalls & gates · listed 1968Conduit HeadOn the list as Conduit Head (Spring)Photo: Moonraker · CC BY-SA 3.0
IHouse · listed 1968The Monastery GardenPhoto: Wayland Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1968The PrioryPhoto: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Edington’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories10
Memorials, crosses & tombs5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (44%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 4 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Becketts HouseChurchyard Cross About 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsEdington CottageEight Monuments in the Churchyard Between 3 and 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsFive Monuments in the Churchyard Between 0.5 and 5 Metres South of the Chapman CrossFour Monuments in the Churchyard Between 0.5 and 3 Metres North of the Chapman CrossFour Monuments in the Churchyard Between 5 and 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsGreater Lane FarmhouseLambourne CottageMay CottageNo 10 with Attached Railings and GatesOld Manor CottageOld Manor FarmhouseParsonage FarmhouseShore HouseSix Monuments in the Churchyard Between 6 and 10 Metres West of the Chapman CrossStable at No 10The George InnThe GrangeThe Old VicarageThree Monuments in the Churchyard Between 4 and 7 Metres West of the Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsTwo Monuments Between 14 and 17 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsTwo Monuments in Railed Enclosures in the Churchyard About 5 Metres East of the Chapman CrossTwo Monuments in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsTwo Oram Monuments in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South West of Church of St Mary, St Kateherine and All SaintsUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 11 Metres South West of the Chapman CrossUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All SaintsWall and Gate to Front of Becketts HouseWall to Road Front of Shore HouseWhites Farmhouse3, Salisbury Hollow5, Inmead
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 42% of Edington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Edington 197413 ha
Edington, Tinhead6 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 46 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 36 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 Edington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 241968 · 12
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The first 12 entries were listed in 1968, 4 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 24 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Homes by age
39% of Edington’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
4.2%
1900–18
4.5%
1919–29
4.8%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
4.8%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
18%
1973–82
3.9%
1983–92
5.7%
1993–99
2.7%
2000–08
0.6%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
EdingtonEngland & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 18% 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 Edington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edington | 703 | 36 | 4 | — |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 43 | 0 | A+ |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 150 | 1 | B+ |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 37 | 1 | A |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 56 | 2 | A |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 63 | 2 | A |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 356 | 6 | A− |
In brief
Edington in brief
Old houses are part of Edington’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 36 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 4 of them stand within 400 m of Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. The big year was 1987, when 24 of the 36 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: William Gullick (1858) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Edington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Edington?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Edington’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Edington?
4, including Church of St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints, Conduit Head (Spring), The Monastery Garden and The Priory.
Are there scheduled monuments in Edington?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Edington Priory (site of) and Monk's Conduit well house.
How many conservation areas are there in Edington?
2, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest are Edington and Edington, Tinhead.
When were Edington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 24, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Edington?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Edington 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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