IChurch · listed 1951St Carantoc's ChurchOn the list as Church of St CarantocPhoto: John Davis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Partonez · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Crantock · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Crantock’s built-up area, 238 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Crantock, 21 are Grade II. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
238 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
7.2%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Crantock
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 Crantock’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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 Crantock
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 Crantock’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories9
Houses, terraces & villas8
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
8 entries (36%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church Town Cottage Churchgate Cottage Lanherne CottageCoffin in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St CarantocGeorge Monument in the Churchyard About 23 Metres South of Nave of Church of St CarantocGreat WestonJohns Monument in the Churchyard About 30 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St CarantocK6 Telephone KioskLychgate at the South Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St CarantocMartyn Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St CarantocMontrose House with Attached Front Wall and RailingsPenlynShip Inn FarmhouseStocks in the churchyard about 3 metres north of north transept of Church of St CarantocSunday SchoolThe HatchThe HermitageThe Old Albion InnThe Old ForgeThe Old Malt HouseUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St CarantocVillage Well South of Well CottageVosporth Villa
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 14% of Crantock
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Crantock 19765 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 22 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 Crantock’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 141951 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
7.2% of Crantock’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.1%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
4.5%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
2.6%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
9.7%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
5.3%
1983–92
1.8%
1993–99
13%
2000–08
12%
2009–15
17%
2016–25
CrantockEngland & Wales
6.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 17% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Crantock
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crantock | 924 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Newquay | 24,543 | 32 | 1 | C+ |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 12 | 0 | A− |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 9 | 0 | B |
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 77 | 0 | A+ |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 82 | 1 | A |
In brief
Crantock in brief
The official list counts 22 listed buildings in Crantock, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.2% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1988, when 14 of the 22 went on the list.
Questions about Crantock’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Crantock?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Crantock’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Crantock?
One: Church of St Carantoc.
How many conservation areas are there in Crantock?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Crantock.
When were Crantock’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 14, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Crantock?
7.2% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Crantock has no History Grade.
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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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