About the Barnstaple - Town Centre Conservation Area
The Barnstaple - Town Centre Conservation Area covers about 36 hectares and was designated by North Devon District Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 226 listed buildings (5 Grade I, 10 Grade II*, 211 Grade II). The most significant is 62, Boutport Street, Grade I. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
ProjectElsewhereIn Barnstaple - Town Centre CA
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- 62, Boutport StreetGrade I
- Long BridgeGrade I
- Penrose AlmhousesGrade I
- Queen Annes WalkGrade I
- St Annes Chapel and Old Grammar School Museum Including Walls and Gates and PiersGrade I
- 39, High StreetGrade II*
- 8, Cross StreetGrade II*
- Church of Holy Trinity and Attached Railings and GateGrade II*
- Church of St Peter and St Mary Magdalene including the Doddridge LibraryGrade II*
- Horwoods AlmshousesGrade II*
- North Country InnGrade II*
- Old School Coffee House Formerly Horwoods SchoolGrade II*
- Paiges AlmshousesGrade II*
- The GuildhallGrade II*
- Three Tuns InnGrade II*
- 1 and 2, Taw Vale ParadeGrade II
- 1 and 2, Trinity StreetGrade II
- 1-16, Butchers RowGrade II
- 1-7, Bedford RowGrade II
- 1, Union PlaceGrade II
- 10, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 10, Cross StreetGrade II
- 103, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 104, High StreetGrade II
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- 105, High StreetGrade II
- 107, High StreetGrade II
- 108 and 109, High StreetGrade II
- 109, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 11 and 11a, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 11, Joy StreetGrade II
- 110, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 111 and 112, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 113, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 117, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 12, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 120, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 121, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 122 and 123, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 125, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 127, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 13, Cross StreetGrade II
- 13, High StreetGrade II
- 14 and 15, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 14, Cross StreetGrade II
- 14, High StreetGrade II
- 14, HOLLAND WALK (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 14, Joy StreetGrade II
- 15, High StreetGrade II
- 16 and 17, Bear StreetGrade II
- 16, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 17, Castle StreetGrade II
- 17, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 18, Bear StreetGrade II
- 18, High StreetGrade II
- 18, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 19, Bear StreetGrade II
- 19, High StreetGrade II
- 19, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 2, St Peters TerraceGrade II
- 2, Union PlaceGrade II
- 20, Bear StreetGrade II
- 20, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 21, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 21, Joy StreetGrade II
- 22 and 23, High StreetGrade II
- 22, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 23, Castle StreetGrade II
- 24, Castle StreetGrade II
- 24, High StreetGrade II
- 25 and 25a, High StreetGrade II
- 25, Castle StreetGrade II
- 26 and 27, Bear StreetGrade II
- 26 and 27, High StreetGrade II
- 27 and 28, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 27, Castle StreetGrade II
- 28, Silver StreetGrade II
- 29, High StreetGrade II
- 3-11, Taw Vale ParadeGrade II
- 3, Cross StreetGrade II
- 3, Green LaneGrade II
- 3, High StreetGrade II
- 3, Joy StreetGrade II
- 3, St Peters TerraceGrade II
- 30, High StreetGrade II
- 31 and 31a, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 31, High StreetGrade II
- 32 and 33, High StreetGrade II
- 36, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 38 and 38a, High StreetGrade II
- 4, Cross StreetGrade II
- 4, High StreetGrade II
- 4, St Peters TerraceGrade II
- 43, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 44, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 44, High StreetGrade II
- 45, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 46, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 47, Bear StreetGrade II
- 5, High StreetGrade II
- 5, St Peters TerraceGrade II
- 50, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 52, High StreetGrade II
- 53, High StreetGrade II
- 54, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 54, High StreetGrade II
- 55, 55a and 56, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 57, 58 and 59, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 6, Cross StreetGrade II
- 60, High StreetGrade II
- 63 and 64, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 65, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 65, High StreetGrade II
- 66 and 67, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 67 and 67a, High StreetGrade II
- 68, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 69, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 7, Cross StreetGrade II
- 73, High StreetGrade II
- 74, High StreetGrade II
- 75, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 75, High StreetGrade II
- 78, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 79, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 8-11, Holland WalkGrade II
- 80, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 81 and 82, High StreetGrade II
- 81, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 83, High StreetGrade II
- 84, High StreetGrade II
- 85 and 86, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 85, High StreetGrade II
- 86 AND 86A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 87, High StreetGrade II
- 88, High StreetGrade II
- 89, High StreetGrade II
- 9 and 10, Joy StreetGrade II
- 9-12, High StreetGrade II
- 9, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 9, Litchdon StreetGrade II
- 90, High StreetGrade II
- 91, High StreetGrade II
- 92, High StreetGrade II
- 93, High StreetGrade II
- 94, High StreetGrade II
- 96, Boutport StreetGrade II
- 97, High StreetGrade II
- 98, High StreetGrade II
- 99, High StreetGrade II
- Baptist ChapelGrade II
- Baptist Church HallGrade II
- Barnstaple Conservative ClubGrade II
- Barnstaple Town Station Including Railings and Gates at North EndGrade II
- Barum HouseGrade II
- BeachcroftGrade II
- Birmingham Midshires Building SocietyGrade II
- Boundary Walls to Numbers 11 and 11aGrade II
- Bridge BuildingsGrade II
- Bridge Chambers Including Garden Railings Adjoining the River FrontGrade II
- Building Behind Number 19 High StreetGrade II
- Building Behind Queen Annes Walk (over 60's Club)Grade II
- Building on South West Corner of Gammon LaneGrade II
- Buildings to Rear of Numbers 27 and 28 Boutport StreetGrade II
- Bull Court HouseGrade II
- Bus Station OfficesGrade II
- Castle ChambersGrade II
- Castle Lodge Including SundialGrade II
- Castle Quay With 12 Bollards From and Including Steps to Slipway at Civic Centre EndGrade II
- Christ ChurchGrade II
- Church HouseGrade II
- Church of the Immaculate ConceptionGrade II
- Clarence HotelGrade II
- ClocktowerGrade II
- Entrance Gates and Gate Piers and Adjacent Walls to Park at Castle MoundGrade II
- Exeter InnGrade II
- Five Dolphin Lamp Posts on Embankment Between the Square and Rock ParkGrade II
- Former United Reform ChurchGrade II
- Four Lamp Posts [outside Numbers 7 and 8 the Inn on the Strand and Jenny Wrens Tea Rooms and Queen Annes Walk]Grade II
- Garage at East End of the Anchor Public House (the Anchor Public House Not Included)Grade II
- Garden Walls to Allotment to Rear of Penrose AlmshousesGrade II
- Gates and Gate Piers and Lamp Standards Approximately 18 Metres South of South East Corner of MuseumGrade II
- Gates and Gate Piers at West Entrance to Paternoster RowGrade II
- Golden Fleece InnGrade II
- Hearts of Oak Public HouseGrade II
- Imperial HotelGrade II
- Iron Bollards Across Northern End of Lane to West of Church HouseGrade II
- Iron Bollards Across Southern End of Church Lane to West of Paiges AlmshousesGrade II
- Iron Gates and Piers Between St Anne's Chapel and Parish HallGrade II
- Jalepeno RestaurantGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Immediately North of the Imperial HotelGrade II
- Liberal ClubGrade II
- Litchdon Pottery Including Bottle Kilns and All Buildings on the SiteGrade II
- Lloyds BankGrade II
- Marshals Public HouseGrade II
- May HouseGrade II
- Mulberry Lodge Including Walls and Two Sets of Gate Piers and Right Hand GatesGrade II
- Museum of North Devon Including Garden Railings Adjacent to River FrontGrade II
- Number 1 and House Adjoining on Right With Attached Walls and RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 1-13 Including Cottage Behind Number 10 and Garden Wall to Numbers 8 and 9Grade II
- Old Employment ExchangeGrade II
- Oliver Buildings at the Former Shapland and Petter FactoryGrade II
- Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Approximately 6 Metres South of Bus Station OfficesGrade II
- Pannier MarketGrade II
- Parish Hall Including Boundary Wall and Gates Enclosing Front LawnGrade II
- Portland HouseGrade II
- Priory CottageGrade II
- Pump in Courtyard at Penrose AlmshousesGrade II
- Pump in Courtyard of Horwoods AlmshousesGrade II
- Queen Annes Court Including Former Ambulance Station Fronting Commercial RoadGrade II
- Range of Parish Buildings Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of Holy TrinityGrade II
- Rear Part OnlyGrade II
- Rising Sun Public HouseGrade II
- RiversideGrade II
- RiversvaleGrade II
- Royal and Fortescue HotelGrade II
- Royal Exchange Public HouseGrade II
- Salem AlmshousesGrade II
- Tavern in the Town Public HouseGrade II
- The BoathouseGrade II
- The Golden Lion Tap Public HouseGrade II
- The PrioryGrade II
- Tome Stone Under Centre of Queen Annes WalkGrade II
- Union TerraceGrade II
- Warehouse Known As Old Slaughterhouse South South West of Long BridgeGrade II
- West ViewGrade II
- Willshire Fountain on Traffic IslandGrade II
- Willshire Monument on Traffic IslandGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
High StreetBoutport StreetCross StreetLitchdon StreetBear StreetCastle StreetJoy StreetSt Peters TerraceTaw Vale ParadeUnion PlaceBedford RowButchers Row
The council’s appraisal
WEBBarnstaple - Town Centre Conservation Area AppraisalNorth Devon District Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from North Devon District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.