II*Church · listed 1967Church of St JustPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Gorran Haven · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Gorran Haven’s built-up area, 283 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 21 of Gorran Haven’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
283 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Gorran Haven
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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 Gorran Haven’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Gorran Haven
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1988Cliff Cottage Step Cottage
What’s protected
Most of Gorran Haven’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
19 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
Beach Cottage and Wall Attached to RearBig CellarsBolywinkyEbb Tide PortheastFort CottageHarbour View SeaforthHill ViewKiwi CottageLime KilnMelitaPothy's PlaceRosedaleRoseland CottageSmugglers House HotelThe CellarThe Mermaid Cafe and Adjoining House to NorthThe Old Customs House with Attached Rear Garden WallThe Watch HouseToddy CottageVeronica CottageWard Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.3% of Gorran Haven
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Gorran Haven 19725 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 53 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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 Gorran Haven’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 22
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967. 22 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
31% of Gorran Haven’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
4.3%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
1.3%
1945–54
9.6%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
7%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4.3%
2016–25
Gorran HavenEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 15% 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 Gorran Haven
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorran Haven | 814 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Mevagissey | 1,878 | 122 | 0 | A+ |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Carlyon Bay | 1,174 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 103 | 1 | B+ |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Probus | 2,565 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 1 | 0 | C |
In brief
Gorran Haven in brief
More of Gorran Haven’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 23 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972.
Of the whole list, 83% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 22 of 23. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Ben Peach (1842) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Gorran Haven’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gorran Haven?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Gorran Haven’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Gorran Haven?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Gorran Haven.
When were Gorran Haven’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 22, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Gorran Haven?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Gorran Haven 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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