IChurch · listed 1966Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Outer Gatehouse at Place Farm · Photo: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0A+History Grade
History of Tisbury · Historic England
52 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Tisbury’s built-up area, 229 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Tisbury grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
52
229 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
5
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Tisbury
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Place FarmhouseGrade I listed
Tithe Barn at Place FarmGrade I listed
Church of St John the BaptistGrade 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 Tisbury’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument400 m from Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm
4 of 5Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm, a five-minute walk. So do 10 of the 52 listed buildings.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
52 listed buildings by grade
5 Grade I1 Grade II*46 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 5 Grade I listed buildings in Tisbury
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 4 of these stand within 400 m of Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm. 4 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IWalls & gates · listed 1966Outer Gatehouse at Place FarmPhoto: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0
IHouse · listed 1966Place FarmhousePhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1966Tithe Barn at Place FarmPhoto: Rwendland · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walls & gates · listed 1966Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Tisbury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1966Gaston Manor
What’s protected
Most of Tisbury’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas36
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
36 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 5 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
46 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 46 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Astley House the CottageBlundellsCanonbury HouseClock HouseCourt Street FarmhouseCromwell Cottage Cromwell HouseDuck Street FarmhouseFarmbuildings at Place FarmGreystonesHigh Street VillaHill Street CottageHill Street FarmhouseK6 Telephone KioskKnapp CottageLambert, Foyle and Two Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard, Between 8 and 20 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St John the BaptistMalthouse CottageOld BreweryOld Carrier's CottageOld School HouseOverhouseQuince CottageRobin CottageRose CottageRound WindowsSunnysideTahoaThe AcademyThe Boot InnThe ChantryThe Crown InnThe ElmsThe Garden Room RestaurantThe KnappThe Old HouseTisbury House with Former Carriage House and Garden WallsTisbury LodgeTuckingmill FarmhouseTudor CottageTurner and Two Rogers Monuments, In the Churchyard, Between 10 and 13 Metres North West of Church of St John the BaptistTwo Combes and Alford Monument, In the Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St John the BaptistZion Hill ChapelZion Hill Chapel and Schoolroom4, High Street51 and 52, Church Street53, Church Street54 and 55, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 34% of Tisbury
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Tisbury 197430 ha
30 hain conservation areas, of 89 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 52 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 Tisbury’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 391966 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1966, 5 of the 5 Grade I buildings among them. 39 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Tisbury 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 (65 points, 286 per 10,000 residents)More than 85% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (35%)More than 89% 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
35% of Tisbury’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
3.8%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
3.4%
1965–72
5.2%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
8.5%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
9.5%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
TisburyEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 12% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Tisbury has the 7th most Grade I buildings of 1,407 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Tisbury5
#176 of 1,407for listed buildings per resident (229 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
Only Cromford, Thaxted, Great Haywood, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Clare and Repton have more. Tisbury is level with Chipping Campden and Charing. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tisbury
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisbury | 2,274 | 52 | 5 | A+ |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 271 | 2 | A |
| Motcombe | 1,366 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Mere | 2,808 | 71 | 1 | A+ |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 41 | 1 | B− |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 132 | 7 | A+ |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 224 | 1 | A− |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 41 | 0 | A |
In brief
Tisbury in brief
Old houses are part of Tisbury’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 52 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 85% of UK towns. Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m.
Only 6 of the 1,407 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. Of the whole list, 69% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, Etheldred Benett (1776) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Tisbury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tisbury?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Tisbury’s built-up area: 5 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 46 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tisbury?
5, including Church of St John the Baptist, Inner Gatehouse at Place Farm, Outer Gatehouse at Place Farm, Place Farmhouse and Tithe Barn at Place Farm.
Are there scheduled monuments in Tisbury?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tithe barn and gatehouse at Place Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Tisbury?
1, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest is Tisbury.
When were Tisbury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 39, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Tisbury?
35% 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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