IChurch · listed 1957Church of St BreacaOn the list as Church of Saint BreacaPhoto: Tim Green aka atouch · CC BY 2.0
Church of Saint Breaca · Photo: Tim Green aka atouch · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Breage · Historic England
Breage is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
In Breage, 44% of homes date from before 1919. Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Breage’s built-up area, 547 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
34
547 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Breage’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
34 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*33 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 Breage
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of Breage’s listed buildings is walls, gates and bridges
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Walls, gates & bridges12
Churches, chapels & priories11
Houses, terraces & villas9
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
9 entries (26%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Breage Methodist Church Including Courtyard Walls and Gate PiersBreage, Germoe and Godolphin War MemorialBuilding at Approximately 75 Metres West of Pellor House, Including Flanking WallsBurrell Headstone Approximately 15 Metres North East of Church St BreacaCalernaCarter Monument at Approximately 12 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St BreacaCarter and Matthews Headstones at Approximately 12 Metres North of West End of Church of St BreacaChest Tomb at Approximately 17 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St BreacaChest Tombs at Approximately 1 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St BrecaChurchyard Walls at South and North Sides of the ChurchyardCornish Monument at Approximately 4 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St BreacaCross at Approximately 4 Metres South of Church of St BreacaGate Piers, Gate and Steps Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St BreacaGate Piers, Steps and Gate at Approximately 80 Metres North North East of Church of St BreacaHeadstone at Approximately 19 Metres North East of Church St BreacaHubbard Headstone at Approximately 6 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St BreacaIvy Cottage and Front Garden WallKarinya and Front Garden Walls Treworlas House and Front Garden WallsPellor House and Garden Walls Fronting the Road and Flanking the EntrancesRose CottageSethnoe Farmhouse, Front Garden Walls and Adjoining OutbuildingsShelseySt Clair and Front Garden WallsSt Hilary, Including Garden Walls to FrontSunnyside, Including Garden Walls to FrontThe Corner CottageThe Old Bakery (Star Corner)The Old VicarageThe Queens Arms Public HouseThe VicarageThomis and Marshall Headstones at Approximately 4 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Breaca6, Vicarage Road9, Vicarage Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 56% of Breage
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Breage 197813 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
33 of the 34 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 Breage’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 31
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1957, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 31 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
World Heritage
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining LandscapeUNESCO World Heritage Site, partly or wholly inside the town |
Homes by age
44% of Breage’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
44%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
4.1%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
9.6%
1965–72
2.7%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
4.1%
2000–08
4.1%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
BreageEngland & Wales
44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 12% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Breage
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breage | 622 | 34 | 1 | — |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 28 | 0 | A− |
| Helston | 11,366 | 209 | 2 | A |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 12 | 0 | A− |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 31 | 1 | A |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 71 | 0 | A+ |
| Troon | 1,402 | 3 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Breage in brief
Breage holds part of a World Heritage Site, Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. In all there are 34 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 44% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 31 of 34. The rest is about typical: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645) and Sidney Godolphin (1610) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Breage’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Breage?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Breage’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Breage?
One: Church of Saint Breaca.
Is Breage a World Heritage Site?
Breage is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.
How many conservation areas are there in Breage?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Breage.
When were Breage’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 31, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Breage?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Breage has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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