IHouse · listed 1968TalboysPhoto: Steve Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0
Talboys · Photo: Steve Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Keevil · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Keevil’s built-up area, 1,175 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Keevil, 47 are Grade II. 40% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
51
1,175 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
40%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Keevil
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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 Keevil’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
3 Grade I1 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Keevil
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Walls & gates · listed 1968Front Garden Walls with Archway at Keevil Manor
House · listed 1968Keevil Manor with Attached Stables
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Keevil
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1968Church of St LeonardPhoto: My another account at en · Public domain
What’s protected
Most of Keevil’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
37 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
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
Barn at Manor FarmBartlett Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of Church of St LeonardBeach HouseBeech CottageBlagden HouseBlakeman CottageBoundary Wall and Gate Piers to Front of Blagdon HouseBox Tree CottageEast BartonFive Monuments in the Churchyard Between 7 and 14 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St LeonardForge CottageFour Monuments in the Churchyard Between 2.5 Metres and 5 Metres East of Church of St LeonardGate Piers to the Stable HouseKeevil Methodist Chapel with Schoolroom and RailingsKeevil War MemorialLongleaze FarmhouseManor FarmhouseMatthews Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St LeonardPyatts FarmhouseRowleysSetters LodgeShepherd Monument in the Churchyard About 0.5 Metre South East of Chancel of Church of St LeonardSix Monuments in the Churchyard Between 0.5 and 9 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St LeonardSix Monuments in the Churchyard Between 8 and 14 Metres South of Church of St LeonardStable and Carriage House at Longleaze FarmStables at Blagdon HouseThe Old BakeryThe Small HouseThe Weavers CottageThree Bartlett Monuments in the Churchyard About 15 Metres North of Church of St LeonardVale HouseWestwood Farmhouse12 and 13, Main Street23, Pyatts Corner31, Pyatts Corner45 46, Martins Road47, Martins Road48 49, Martins Road50 51, Martins Road52 53, Martins Road54, Martins Road62, Martins Road63 64 65, Martins Road7, Main Street78, Main Street79 and 80, Main Street81, Main Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of Keevil
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Keevil 197323 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 121 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 Keevil’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 361968 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1968, 3 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 36 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
40% of Keevil’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.6%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
15%
1983–92
7.3%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
KeevilEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 15% 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 Keevil
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keevil | 434 | 51 | 3 | — |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 43 | 0 | A+ |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 158 | 0 | B+ |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 356 | 6 | A− |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
| Holt | 1,704 | 46 | 0 | A |
In brief
Keevil in brief
More of Keevil’s homes are old than in most places: 40% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 51 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Front Garden Walls with Archway at Keevil Manor. On Martins Road alone there are 8 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 36 of the 51 went on the list. Beyond that, William Richards (1833) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Keevil’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Keevil?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Keevil’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 47 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Keevil?
3, including Front Garden Walls with Archway at Keevil Manor, Keevil Manor with Attached Stables and Talboys.
How many conservation areas are there in Keevil?
1, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest is Keevil.
When were Keevil’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 36, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Keevil?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Keevil 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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