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History of Darite · Historic England

Darite is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

In Darite, 40% of homes date from before 1919. Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Darite’s built-up area, 61 for every 10,000 residents.

Listed buildings
2
61 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
40%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Darite’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

2 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*2 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 II

2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
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

40% of Darite’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

41%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
1.3%
1945–54
1.3%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
24%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
2.5%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
DariteEngland & Wales

41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 24% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Darite

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Darite32920—
St Cleer1,144162A−
Pensilva1,65600C−
Liskeard10,9011670A
Dobwalls1,68320D
Callington4,665271B
Kelly Bray1,13700D
Landrake1,104161A−
In brief

Darite in brief

Darite holds part of a World Heritage Site, Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. In all there are 2 listed buildings. Of its homes, 40% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, the list grew between 1986 and 1987.

Questions about Darite’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Darite?

Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Darite’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.

Is Darite a World Heritage Site?

Darite is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.

How old are the homes in Darite?

40% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Darite 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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