II*Church · listed 1962Church of St KatherinePhoto: Gary Brothwell · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Holt · Historic England
46 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Holt’s built-up area, 270 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 44 of Holt’s listed buildings. 32% of its homes were built before 1919. Holt grades A for history.
Listed buildings
46
270 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Holt
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 Holt’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
46 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*44 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Holt
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1962The Courts GardenOn the list as The CourtsPhoto: John Picken · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Holt’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges4
Street furniture3
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
29 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beak HouseBerry CottageBollards with Chains Enclosing Ham Green on All SidesChurch Hall Adjoining Holt United Reform ChurchColumn with Bust in Garden of the CourtsDevon CottageElm CottageForsters CottageGaston FarmhouseGate Piers and Gates in the Garden at the CourtsHam Green CottageHam Green HouseHam HouseHester and Turner Monuments in the Churchyard About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St KatherineHolt FarmhouseHolt HouseHolt War Memorial, WiltshireMonument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres North of Church of St KatherineNo 366 (Rose Cottage) with Attached Railings and GateNo 67 (Marlborough House) with Front Walls and RailingsNos 384 and 385 (Cranmore) with Front RailingsOffices of J and T BeavenOstlers HouseRailed Enclosure in the Churchyard About 11 Metres North of Church of St KatherineSpa Pump at Factory of John Sawtell and CompanySt Katharine's Church War Memorial, HoltStarfieldTemple in the Garden at the CourtsThe Old Ham Tree InnThe Three LionsThe Toll Gate InnThurlesUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 1.5 Metres South of Church of St KatherineUnidentified Monuments in the Churchyard Between 2 and 6 Metres East of Vestry of Church of St Katherine125 and 127, The Midlands140, The Midlands17, Leigh Road18, Leigh Road272, The Gravel349, The Street56, 57, 58 and 59, Ham Green60 and 61, Ham Green64, Ham Green70, Ham Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 43% of Holt
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Holt 197428 ha
28 hain conservation areas, of 66 ha inside the built-up area.
46 of the 46 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 Holt’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 301962 · 13
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The first 13 entries were listed in 1962. 30 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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.
1 registered park or garden
The Courts, HoltGrade II
History Grade
Holt 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 (49 points, 288 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (32%)More than 86% 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
32% of Holt’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
4.3%
1919–29
3.5%
1930s
4.3%
1945–54
8.8%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
8.8%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
7.9%
2016–25
HoltEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 14% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Holt
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt | 1,704 | 46 | 0 | A |
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 319 | 8 | A |
| Atworth | 1,293 | 51 | 0 | A+ |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 356 | 6 | A− |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 158 | 0 | B+ |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 26 | 0 | A |
In brief
Holt in brief
Old houses are part of Holt’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 46 listed buildings. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974.
Of the whole list, 63% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 30 of 46. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building.
Questions about Holt’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Holt?
Historic England lists 46 buildings inside Holt’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Holt?
1, covering about 28 hectares of the town. The largest is Holt.
When were Holt’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 30, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Holt?
32% 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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