IChurch · listed 1962Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: My another account · Public domain
Church of St Michael and All Angels · Photo: My another account · Public domain–Not graded
History of Urchfont · Historic England
55 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Urchfont’s built-up area, 556 for every 10,000 residents. 53 of Urchfont’s listed buildings are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
55
556 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Urchfont
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 Urchfont’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.
55 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*53 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 Urchfont
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 Grade II* listed building in Urchfont
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1962Urchfont ManorPhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Urchfont’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Churches, chapels & priories18
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
31 entries (56%) are houses, terraces and villas. 18 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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ardgowan CarinaBarn at Rear of West End FarmBeechcroftChurch FarmhouseCrook Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 14 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St MichaelCrook Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 18 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St MichaelCrook and Roper Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 4 Metres South of Tower, Church of St MichaelCuckoo FarmhouseEastville HouseFarm Building to East of Green FarmhouseFidler's Cottage Alias Violet CottageFriars CottageGate Piers to Manor Farm, And Mounting BlockGranary at Manor FarmGreen AcreGreen FarmhouseGroup of 3 Monuments in Churchyard Approximately 2-6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MichaelGroup of 3 Snook and Pierce Monuments in Churchyard, Approximately 20-23 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St MichaelHazel(?) Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 27 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MichaelInglefield FarmhouseK6 Telephone Kiosk (South of Nags Head Public House)Manor CottageManor FarmhouseMaslen Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MichaelMulberry HouseOakfrith CottagePair of Mason Monuments in Churchyard, Approximately 7-9 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St MichaelPierce Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 37 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St MichaelPynsent CottageRailings and Bollard at Churchyard EntranceRailings to Snook Monuments, Approximately 5 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St MichaelRed Hone CottageRetreatRookery FarmhouseThe ArkThe ForgeThe Lamb InnThe SawmillsTownsend CottageTwo ChimneysTwo Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard, Approximately 12-14 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard Approximately 18 Metres South of South Aisle at West End, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 18 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St MichaelUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St MichaelUrchfont HouseUrchfont War MemorialWalls to East Garden, Urchfont ManorWest End FarmhouseWest End HouseWheelwrightsWhite House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 38% of Urchfont
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Urchfont 196822 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
50 of the 55 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 Urchfont’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 441962 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 44 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
29% of Urchfont’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
2.1%
1930s
1.1%
1945–54
2.1%
1955–64
18%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
2.1%
2000–08
6.5%
2009–15
9.7%
2016–25
UrchfontEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Urchfont
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urchfont | 990 | 55 | 1 | — |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 63 | 2 | A |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 56 | 2 | A |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 336 | 5 | A− |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 52 | 1 | A− |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 7 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Urchfont in brief
More of Urchfont’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 55 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1968. Most entries on the list, 56%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 44 of the 55 went on the list.
Questions about Urchfont’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Urchfont?
Historic England lists 55 buildings inside Urchfont’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Urchfont?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Urchfont?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Urchfont.
When were Urchfont’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 44, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Urchfont?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Urchfont 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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