Worlington Buildings

Worlington Buildings

East Worlington Parish relatively rich in listed buildings – we have 38 of them, mainly thatched houses and barns, but does include a castle and a Grade I church.
A small number Bronze Age burial mounds in the North of the Parish, a standing stone (Longstone) of unknown origin (posibly neolithic ) and a War memorial are also listed by Historic England.

The census records from 1841 through to 1921 describe 93 houses, a handful of which have been demolished or are now derelict . With new post WWII houusing there are now roughly 120 properties. 

Listed Buildings

East Worlington Parish contains 38 listed buildings including two ancient monuments: a round barrow and a standing stone); one Grade I building (the church of St Mary, West Worlington), two Grade II* houses and 33 Grade II  Devon longhouses or barns.

East Worlington Parish Hall

A fact sheet describing the history and architecture of East Worlington Parish Hall, a former tythe barn donated to the community in 1920.

Boundy’s Cross

A First and Second  Worl War memorial believed to be installed in the early 1950s at the road juntion near Oak Ash and Thorn.

Buildings Photo Archive.

Browse our picture archive for old and new photographs of buildings in the area.

Religous Buildings

East Worlington Civil Parish is an amalgamation of the ecclesiastical parishes of East Worlington and West Worlington created by the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1866.

We have two Churches in the parish, both confusingly called St Mary’s.

Other religous buildings include Thornham Chapel, a former Methodist Chapel which is now a private house, and North Lake Chapel which is now a holiday cottage.

St Mary’s Church East Worlington

A fact sheet describing the history and architecture of St Mary’s Church in East Worlington.

St Mary’s Church West Worlington

A fact sheet describing the history and architecture of St Mary’s Church in West Worlington.