Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset

Districts of Somerset Areas shown in yellow are the unitary authorities and those in pink are districts administered by Somerset County Council

1 South Somerset
2 Taunton Deane (Borough)
3 West Somerset
4 Sedgemoor
5 Mendip
6 Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary)
7 North Somerset (Unitary)

The ceremonial county of Somerset consists of a non-metropolitan county, administered by Somerset County Council, which is divided into five districts, and two unitary authorities. The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. The two administratively independent unitary authorities, which were established on 1 April 1996 following the breakup of the county of Avon, are North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset. These unitary authorities include areas that were once part of Somerset before the creation of Avon in 1974.^[1]

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest".^[2] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^[3] rests with English Heritage, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; local authorities have a responsibility to regulate and enforce the planning regulations.

Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly significant buildings of more than local interest".^[2]

As there are 1073 Grade II* listed buildings in the county they have been split into separate lists for each district.

References

Grade II* listed buildings in England

Counties	Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex East Riding of Yorkshire Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire

Districts	Allerdale Amber Valley Ashford Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bath and North East Somerset Bolsover Boston Bournemouth Bradford Braintree Breckland Brentwood Brighton and Hove Bristol Broadland Calderdale Cambridge Camden Canterbury Carlisle Castle Point Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Chesterfield Chiltern Christchurch Colchester Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Dartford Daventry Dover East Cambridgeshire Mendip North Somerset Sedgemoor South Somerset Stoke-on-Trent Taunton Deane West Somerset York

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