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History of Callington · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Callington’s built-up area, 58 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Callington grades B for history: #26 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
27
58 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Callington
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Callington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*26 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 Callington
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
Most of Callington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Borough StoneBorough Stone 10 Metres East of Chyvarhas Residential HomeBorough Stone 5 Metres to South East of West and Methodist ChurchBorough Stone to the East of No. 37Bulls Head Public HouseC E Underhill and Sons LimitedCallington War MemorialChequettes HallChurchyard Boundary Wall Running Between Chequettes Hall and North Side of Churchyard. Gatepiers and Gate to Churchyard on North East and Boundary Wall to East of Church of St MaryGoldings FlatsKingstone HouseLangmans BakeryMilestone 300 Metres to South East of Junction A388 with B3255Milestone, 100 Metres North of Junction of A390 with B3255Old Clink and Forecourt Wall and Arch to SouthPengellyPipe WellTombchest 3 1/2 Metres South of South Porch of Parish ChurchTrevor HouseWomens Institute Hall23, Tavistock Road40, Fore Street41, Fore Street48, Fore Street8, Fore Street9, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4% of Callington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Callington 19947 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 168 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 27 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 Callington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 22
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 22 came in 1985, 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Callington grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (31 points, 66 per 10,000 residents)More than 62% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 53% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Born here
3 notable people born in Callington before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Nicholas Procter Burgh
John Bice
Selina Cooper
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Selina Cooper1864–1946 · British suffragist
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Nicholas Procter Burgh1834–1900 · British marine engineer
John Bice1853–1923 · Australian politician
Everyone born in Callington → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Callington has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 964 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Callington1
#364 of 964for listed buildings per resident (58 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Callington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callington | 4,665 | 27 | 1 | B |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 16 | 2 | A− |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 167 | 0 | A |
In brief
Callington in brief
Callington has 27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Church. Only 87 of the 964 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1994. Of the whole list, 59% are houses, terraces and villas.
Selina Cooper (1864), Nicholas Procter Burgh (1834) and John Bice (1853) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 22 of 27. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Callington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Callington?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Callington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Callington?
One: Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Callington?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Callington?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Callington.
When were Callington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 22, in 1985.
Who was born in Callington?
Among people born before 1900: Selina Cooper (1864), Nicholas Procter Burgh (1834) and John Bice (1853).
How old are the homes in Callington?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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