II*House · listed 1967Manor HousesPhoto: Mutney · CC BY 4.0
Photo: Jon Alexander · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Grampound · Historic England
Grampound: 50% of homes built before 1919
For Grampound, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 54 buildings inside Grampound’s built-up area, 786 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
54
786 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
50%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Grampound
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 Grampound’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
54 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*53 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 Grade II* listed building in Grampound
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Grampound’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas43
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
43 entries (80%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April CottageBelmontBonythonBosillian FarmhouseBridge CottageBroadhurstBrooklynBrouard CottageChurch of St Nun with Attached Wall, Railings and Gateway to SouthDrying Shed and Attached Pit Shed at the East Side of the Manor Tannery GroupFairman HouseGodfreysHillsboroHollies Stores and Post OfficeHouse Attached to West of April CottageHouse Immediately East of BonythonHouse Immediately West of BroadhurstHouse Immediately West of BrooklynHouse Immediately West of Penwyn HouseHouse Immediately West of the Cottage RestaurantK6 Telephone KioskLaurelsLindleyManor HouseMarket CrossMilestone Approx 16M East of the WeighbridgeMill CottagesOlde WallsPair of Attached Houses Immediately West of the Trevillick Guest HousePen Y Lan and House Attached to EastPendene and Little PendenePenwyn HouseRadnor House AntiquesRingmore HouseRoskearShell Cottage and Old Hill CottageSpringfieldSunnysideSunrise and House Attached to EastThe Cottage RestaurantThe Dolphin InnThe HolliesThe Thatched CottageTown Hall and Clock TowerTown MillsTrenanceTrevailTrevillick Guest HouseTrevreaVercoeVine CottageWoodbine VillaYe Old Post Office and House Attached to East
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Grampound
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Grampound 197410 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 54 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 Grampound’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 391967 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 39 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
Homes by age
50% of Grampound’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
46%
Before 1900
4.6%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
1.5%
1930s
0%
1945–54
6.1%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
4.6%
1973–82
3.1%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
14%
2009–15
6.1%
2016–25
GrampoundEngland & Wales
46% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2009–15, which added 14% 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 Grampound
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grampound | 687 | 54 | 0 | — |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Probus | 2,565 | 12 | 1 | B |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 1 | 0 | C |
In brief
Grampound in brief
More of Grampound’s homes are old than in most places: 50% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 54 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974.
Of the whole list, 80% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 39 of 54. Beyond that, Pilkington Jackson (1887) and John Crewes (1847) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Grampound’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Grampound?
Historic England lists 54 buildings inside Grampound’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Grampound?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Market Cross and cross base immediately south west of St Nun's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Grampound?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Grampound.
When were Grampound’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 39, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Grampound?
50% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Grampound 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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