Bampton's Listed Buildings

The list of Listed Buildings is a lengthy list - a thick booklet in fact. It includes about 23 farmhouses and barns in the Bampton area, as well as about 40 homes and dwellings. Many of the farmhouses are early C17, although Giffords' and Lower Rill's origins are a century earlier. There are other listed items which might surprise you.

Listed buildings in Bampton centre

The Church is a Grade I Listed Building of which the tower is the oldest part (C13) and parts of the chancel, nave, and aisle are C14 and C15.

The War Memorial is now Grade II Listed.

Leburn House and Lower Leburn in Luke Street are Grade II* Listed which is said to have been built in 1766 for Richard Bowden, mercer, although many internal features suggest it may be earlier.

All the remaining buildings on the list are Grade II, and these include Manor Mill and Millhead, eight buildings in Briton Street, six buildings in Brook Street, six in Castle Street, five in Fore Street and Newton Square, and two in the South Molton Road. Included are the Old Vicarage and Barnhay House, as well as some other properties elsewhere.

Not all the listed buildings are old: No.25-35 in Frog Street are Grade II Listed - these three pairs of semi-detached houses with corrugated iron roofs were built in 1922 for Bampton Urban District Council, and their construction was based on the principles that Lt.Col. Nissen of the Royal Engineers had developed in designing Nissen Huts.

The milestone in Brook Street is listed, as are the two telephone kiosks - "Type K6. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott." Three of the grave-stones in the churchyard are listed, as are five sets of gates, a wall and some railings, and the recess in Newton Square which was originally a water stand-pipe (1871 - "a mark of respect and gratitude for MJC Phillips who presented Bampton with an improved water supply").

We also have Grade II Listed bridges - the bridge over the Batherm, Chain Bridge (to Stuckeridge House) over the Exe, and Oakford Bridge.

A List of Listed Buildings in Parish of Bampton

We are indebted to our local historian Tom McManamon for doing the typing.

Building Type	Location	NGR	Grade	Comments
Farmhouse	Benshayes	SS937 224	II
Granary	Benshayes	SS937 224	II
Farm Buildings	Benshayes	SS936 224	II
Farmhouse	Borough	SS993 224	II
Bridge	Chain Bridge	SS938 208	II
Lodge	Chain Bridge	SS939 208	II
Gates	Chain Bridge	SS939 208	II
Former Manor House	Combehead	SS936 228	II
Farmhouse	Doddiscombe	SS986 231	II
The Thatched House	Shillingford	SS979 237	II
Farmhouse	Dowhills	SS995 218	II
Farmhouse	Duvale	SS945 205	II
Farmhouse	Giffords	SS991 216	II
House	Hayne Barton	SS987 245	II
Former Farmhouse	Higher Lodfin	SS951 232	II
Farmhouse	Lower Rill	SS990 243	II
Bridge	Stuckeridge	SS933 216	II
Former Farmhouse	Westbrook	SS935 221	II
Barn	Westbrook	SS935 221	II
Farmhouse	Wonham Barton	SS926 220	II
Farmbuildings	Wonham Barton	SS926 220	II
River Bridge	Briton Street	SS959 221	II
House	Forde House, Briton Street	SS959 221	II
House	6, Briton Street	SS959 221	II
House	10, Briton Street	SS959 220	II
House, formerly 2	16 & 16a Briton Street	SS959 220	II
Former Toll House	Briton Street	SS969 220	II
House, formerly 2	Packhorse Way & Little Oak	SS960 220	II
House, formerly 3	7, 9, 11 Briton Street	SS960 221	II
House	Croft House, Briton Street	SS960 221	II
House, possibly once 2	6 & 8 Brook Street	SS958 222	II
House	10, Brook Street	SS958 222	II
2 Houses, 1 build	14 & 16 Brook Street	SS958 222	II	includes doors to cart entrance
Milestone	Outside 38 Brook Street	SS958 221	II
House	48 Brook Street	SS958 221	II
Former Farmhouse	Court Grove, Brook Street	SS958 222	II
House	11, Brook Street	SS958 222	II
Shop & Houses	2, 4, 6 Castle Street & 7 Silver Street	SS958 222	II	originally one building
House, formerly an Inn	The Castle, Castle Street	SS958 304	II	includes garden railings
House	Castle Grove, Castle Street	SS958 224	II
House	5, Castle Street	SS957 223	II
House	9, Castle Street	SS957 223	II
2 Houses, formerly one	Castle House & 19, Castle Street	SS957 224	II
3 Pairs of Semi-detached	25 – 33 Frog Street	SS956 226	II	Nissen Houses
House	1, Fore Street	SS957 222	II
Inn	White Horse, Fore Street	SS957 222	II	includes 7, Fore Street
2 Houses, formerly 1	Leburn & Lower Leburn, Luke Street	SS956 222	II*	includes stable block & rear walls
House	Barnhay House, Mary Lane	SS951 221	II
Former Mill	Manor Mill, Millhead	SS959 221	II	includes miller’s house
House	The Retreat, Millhead	SS960 221	II
Cottage	6, Millhead	SS960 221	II
House	Elkesley House, Tiverton Road	SS960 220	II
Wall with recess for water tap	Newton Square	SS956 222	II	memorial to M J C Phillips
Shop	11 & 13 Newton Square	SS956 222	II	disused at time of survey (1986)
Hotel	The Courtyard, Newton Square	SS957 222	II	includes 2 adjoining houses on right
Library Building	Newton Square	SS957 223	II	former Manor Court Room
Bridge	Oakford Bridge over River Exe	SS920 219	II
House	1, Silver Street	SS958 223	II
House	7, Silver Street	SS957 223	II	included with 2-6 Castle Street
House	3, South Molton Road	SS955 222	II
House	Bowdenhayes, South Molton Road	SS954 222	II	includes wall, gates & railings
Church	St. Michael & All Angels	SS956 222	I
Headstone	St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard	SS956 222	II	headstone to Elizabeth Sampson
Chest Tombs	St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard	SS956 222	II	pair of chest tombs, Langdon & Heathfield
Headstone	St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard	SS956 222	II	headstone to John Potter
Gates & Standards	St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard	SS956 222 SS957 221	II	gates & standards at NW, NE, and SE entrances to churchyard
Former Vicarage	The Old Vicarage, Station Road	SS956 221	II	includes adjoining outbuildings
Telephone Kiosk	Newton Square	SS956 222	II
Telephone Kiosk	Briton Street	SS960 221	II
Chapel	Petton Chapel	ST005 247	II	includes churchyard gate
Chapel Ruin	Shillingford Chapel	SS978 236	II	only a fragment remaining

Links:

English Heritage

Images of Listed Buildings - most if not all of Bampton's listed buildings can be viewed here.

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c.9)

Information on Listed Buildings

Not listed, but of interest to English heritage, is the church boiler and heating system! - for more information check our church history page.