IChurch · listed 1962Church of the Holy CrossPhoto: My another account · Public domain
Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Seend · Historic England
57 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Seend’s built-up area, 2,327 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Seend, 54 are Grade II. 42% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
57
2,327 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Seend
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 Seend’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.
57 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*54 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 Seend
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Seend
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1962Seend HousePhoto: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1962The Manor HousePhoto: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Seend’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas32
Churches, chapels & priories13
Walls, gates & bridges7
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
32 entries (56%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 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
54 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 54 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alma CottageBadbury HouseBakery Cottage the Old BakehouseBeech HouseBrewhouse to Rear of Bell InnBurnham Cottage the Antique ShopCanty NeukChest TombChurch Corner Lodge and Gate PiersChurchyard Gate Piers and GatesClematis CottageCrosswaysDial HouseDown View Piskey Cottage View RosaEgypt FarmhouseElcottFairholmeFive Monuments in Churchyard South and South East of Chancel of the Church of the HolyFront Wall and Gate Piers to Seend LodgeGarden Wall and Gate to the VicarageGate Piers, Front Wall and Garden Walls to High Street and Church Lane at Manor House Wall Along East SideGoodrestGreenheysGroup of 3 Monuments in Churchyard North West of Porch of Church of the Holy CrossJ Heritage Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres West of West Tower of Church of the Holy CrossKemp Monument South East of Gateway to Churchyard of Church of the Holy CrossLodge and Gate Piers to Seend HouseMilestone About 20 Metres South West of Ivy CottageNumbers 1-5 Weavers Cottages, High StreetNumbers 6-10 Weavers Cottages, Factory RowOutbuilding to West of the HatchRoberts CottageRowcroft CottageSeend CloseSeend Green HouseSeend LodgeSeend Methodist ChapelSeend War MemorialSeven Monuments in Churchyard South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy CrossSeymour LodgeSloper Maonument in Churchyard About 18 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of the Holy CrossStable Block and Seend LodgeStable Block at Seend Green HouseThe BellThe CottageThe HatchThree Monuments in Churchyard About 2 Metres West of West Door of Church of the Holy CrossThree Monuments in Churchyard About 7 Metres North of North East End of North Aisle of Church of the Holy CrossTwo Monuments in Churchyard North East of Porch of Church of the Holy CrossTwo Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 6 Metres North of Chancel of Church of the Holy CrossUnidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Tower of Church of the Holy CrossWall Along West Side, From Churchyard Gate to High Street CornerWesley Cottage1-4, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 83% of Seend
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Seend 197324 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 29 ha inside the built-up area.
56 of the 57 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 Seend’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 291962 · 24
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The first 24 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 29 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
42% of Seend’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
42%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
1.9%
1930s
2.8%
1945–54
7.5%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
7.5%
1973–82
7.5%
1983–92
4.7%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
2.8%
2016–25
SeendEngland & Wales
42% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Seend
In brief
Seend in brief
Old houses are part of Seend’s character: 42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 57 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 56%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 29 of the 57 went on the list.
Questions about Seend’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Seend?
Historic England lists 57 buildings inside Seend’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 54 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Seend?
One: Church of the Holy Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Seend?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Seend.
When were Seend’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 29, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Seend?
42% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Seend 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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