Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0No listed buildings inside Kelly Bray’s built-up area
From Kelly Bray, the nearest Grade I building is in Callington, 1.8 km away. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Kelly Bray grades D for history.
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 |
Kelly Bray grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Kelly Bray
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Callington | 4,665 | 27 | 1 | B |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 16 | 2 | A− |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 163 | 5 | A |
Kelly Bray in brief
Little in Kelly Bray’s record stands out: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Kelly Bray’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kelly Bray?
Historic England lists no buildings inside Kelly Bray’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary). Listed buildings nearby may sit just outside it.
Is Kelly Bray a World Heritage Site?
Part of Kelly Bray 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 old are the homes in Kelly Bray?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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