II*Church · listed 1988St Elwyn's ChurchOn the list as Church of St ElwynPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Former Offices and Remains of Foundry of Harvey and Company · Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Hayle · Historic England
101 listed buildings, 9 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hayle’s built-up area, 112 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 6 scheduled monuments. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 8 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. Hayle grades A for history: #10 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
101
112 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
9
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
6
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Hayle in 11 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St ElwynGrade II* listed
The White Hart HotelGrade II* listed
Cross at Approximately 4 Metres South West of TowerGrade II listed
The Passmore Edwards InstituteGrade II listed
The Copperhouse Gift ShopGrade II listed+6See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Hayle from 1920 to 1934
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1920s
1934Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Hayle’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 6neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 42% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
101 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I9 Grade II*92 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The 9 Grade II* listed buildings in Hayle
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 5 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1988The White Hart HotelPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1983Former Offices and Remains of Foundry of Harvey and CompanyPhoto: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1988St Felicitas and St Piala's Church, PhillackOn the list as Church of St Phillack (St Felicitas)Photo: Ivan Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1988Glanmor HousePhoto: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1988Bodriggy House (No.21) Sea Lane and No.42 Bodriggy Street, Including Front Garden Walls
Public · listed 1988Downs (Roman Catholic Convent, Part of St Michaels Hospital)
House · listed 1988Summerhouse at Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Downs
Walls & gates · listed 1988Terrace Walls Immediately North of the Downs
What’s protected
The largest group of Hayle’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas41
Walls, gates & bridges24
Churches, chapels & priories12
Inns, shops & warehouses11
Public & civic buildings8
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Street furniture2
41 entries (41%) are houses, terraces and villas. 12 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
92 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 92 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ansley VillaBarclays BankBigglestonBodriggy Villa Including Front Garden Walls and Gate PiersBrazilly Tombs at Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St PhillackBridge HouseBridge and Boundary Stone at SW5687 3830Bridge over Railway Line and Safety RampBuilding at Harveys Foundry at Sw 5578 3706Carne Tomb and One Other Chest Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St PhillackCarnsew GalleryCharlotte HouseChawner Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres North Easr of Church of St PhillackCopperhouse DockCross at Approximately 4 Metres South West of TowerEast QuayEastleigh, Including Front Garden and Opeway WallsFormer Foundry SchoolFormer Foundry at SW557370Former Harveys Timber Store and Drying Shed (Jewsons Builders Merchants)Former Hayle Brewery OfficeFormer Pattern Shop at SW557371Freemasons' HallGate Piers and Flanking Walls at Approximately 30 Metres and 130 Metres East of the VicarageGate-Piers, Gates and Flanking Walls at Approximately 60 Metres North of the BeechesGate-Piers, Walls and Railings at Approximately 60 Metres South East of Glanmor HouseJ and F Pool LtdKing, Huthance and One Other Chest Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St PhillackLadbrooke House, Including Garden Walls and Gate Piers at Approximately 25 Metres North EastLane EndLe Sage and Thomas Tombs at Approximately 15 Metres North of East End of Church of St PhillackLloyds BankLoggan's MillLych Gate, Churchyard Walls, Gate-Piers and Gate on South Side of Church of St PhillackMarket PlaceMarket PlaceMeadowside CottageMeadowside HouseMilestone at SW564378Milestone at SW577386Milestone of SW559370 in Garden Wall of No.3Millet Tomb at Approximately 51 Metres East of Church of St PhillackNetherlieghNo 8,Including Front Garden Walls and Gate PiersNos 2 and 4 Including Front Garden Walls and Gate PiersNos 25, 27 and 29 and Wall at the FrontNos 34 and 36 Including Garden Wall in Front of No 34Pascoe Tomb at Approximately 20 Metres East Ofsouth Aisle of Church of St PhillackPenmeneth House Including Front Garden Walls and GatewayPenpol House Including Garden Walls and Gate Piers and Gates to South West and Those to North Including PumpPolglaze Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of East of Church of St PhillackPratt's Hayle MarketPremises Occupied by Homestead and Cornish Linen ServicePremises Occupied by WhitesRiviere CottageRiviere HouseRoddfield HouseRogers Tomb at Approximately 51 Metres East of Church of St PhillackSandhill CottageStatue of St Michael at Approximately 100 Metres East of the DownsTerrace Walls at Approximately 10 Metres from the VicarageThe BeechesThe Bird in HandThe Bucket of BloodThe Church HallThe Copperhouse Gift ShopThe Copperhouse InnThe Cornish ArmsThe Cornubia TavernThe GladeThe Hayle BreweryThe LaurelsThe Old Vestry at Approximately 35 Metres East of Church of St PhillackThe Passmore Edwards InstituteThe Royal Standard Inn, 61, Including No. 62 and Adjoining Boundary StoneThe Swing Bridge Including Adjoining Walls and Engine HouseThe VicarageThe War MemorialTrepenpolTriumphal ArchWalls and Foundary Remains at SW557370Wesley House Including Front Garden Walls, Gate Piers and Gate1, Market Square21, Foundry Square31 and 33, Commercial Road44 and 46, Commercial Road50, Commercial Road61 and 63, Fore Street65 and 67, Fore Street7, Foundry Hill7, Foundry Square7,8 and 9, Mill Pond Avenue
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 33% of Hayle
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hayle 198683 ha
Phillack 19864 ha
86 hain conservation areas, of 258 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Hayle and Phillack, were designated in 1986; the newest, Phillack, in 1986. 97 of the 101 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 Hayle’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 92
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1974. 92 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.
World Heritage
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining LandscapeUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
6 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
History Grade
Hayle grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (123 points, 136 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 70% 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.
Homes by age
23% of Hayle’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
0.6%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
2.3%
1945–54
3.6%
1955–64
9.4%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
16%
1983–92
7%
1993–99
7.2%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
HayleEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 16% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
7 notable people born in Hayle before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Richard Carpenter
Elizabeth Carne
Kitty Jenner
Wilfred Trenery
Jack Cock
Francis Cargeeg
Donald Cock
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Elizabeth Carne1817–1873 · English geologist and writer
Kitty Jenner1853–1936 · Cornish author and artist
JC
Jack Cock1893–1966 · English footballer and manager (1893-1966)
Donald Cock1896–1974 · English footballer (1896-1974)
Francis Cargeeg1893–1981 · British coppersmith (1893-1981)
RC
Richard Carpenter1575–1625 · English cleric and theological writer (1575-1625)
Wilfred Trenery1867–1905 · South African rugby union player (1867–1905)
Everyone born in Hayle → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hayle
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayle | 9,040 | 101 | 0 | A |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 31 | 1 | A |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 12 | 0 | A− |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 6 | 0 | C |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 180 | 1 | A+ |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 3 | 0 | B− |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Hayle in brief
More of Hayle’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 101 listed buildings, including St Elwyn's Church. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1986.
Elizabeth Carne (1817), Kitty Jenner (1853) and Jack Cock (1893) are among the 7 people born here before 1900. It also has 6 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 92 of 101. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building.
Questions about Hayle’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hayle?
Historic England lists 101 buildings inside Hayle’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 9 Grade II* and 92 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Hayle?
Yes, 6 scheduled monuments, including An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church, Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church, Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry and Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew.
Is Hayle a World Heritage Site?
Part of Hayle lies within the area Historic England maps for Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Hayle?
2, covering about 86 hectares of the town. The largest are Hayle and Phillack.
When were Hayle’s buildings listed?
The first in 1974; the most, 92, in 1988.
Are there old photos of Hayle?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1920 to 1934, all on this page.
Who was born in Hayle?
Among people born before 1900: Elizabeth Carne (1817), Kitty Jenner (1853), Jack Cock (1893), Donald Cock (1896) and Francis Cargeeg (1893).
How old are the homes in Hayle?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% 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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