IChurch · listed 1952St Uny's ChurchOn the list as Church of St UnyPhoto: waterborough · Public domain
Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lelant · Historic England
52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lelant’s built-up area, 548 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 5 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 22% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
52
548 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
5
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lelant
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St UnyGrade I listed
Stone Cross in Churchyard, Immediately South of St Uny's ChurchGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Lelant’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
52 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*49 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Lelant
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Lelant
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1952Stone Cross in Churchyard, Immediately South of St Uny's ChurchPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1952Stone Cross in Furthermost Southern Churchyard South of St Uny's ChurchPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Lelant’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas40
Churches, chapels & priories7
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Public & civic buildings2
40 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
ArabellaAukland AvalonBadgers HoltBoundy's HouseChy-an-WheelChygwidden CottageChywyn PoldeenCurlew Cottage PorthgwiddenDuluth CottageEast ViewElm FarmhouseGable CottageGlensideHampton CourtIdahill and St AnthonyIdahoLandfallLangweathLelant Village HallLodge at Trevethoe House South East of the HouseMounting Block Immediately in Front of Church CottageMyrtle CottagePark CottagesPax and CrosswaysPendragonRose CottageRose CottageRose VillaRosedaleSt Piran LodgeSt Uny's CottageStone Cross (War Memorial)Stone Cross at About 50 Yards South West of WoodlandsStone Cross in Western Cemetery Immediately West of St Uny's ChurchyardThe AbbeyThe Cottage and Myrtle CottageThe General StoreThe RetreatThe ShipTregarthenTrendreathTrendreath HouseWatersmeetWell-Head Approximately 50 Metres South West of the AbbeyWesleyan ChapelWheal VorWoodlands1 and 2 Chapel Cottages, Blue Door Cottage and Trenoweth Cottage3-8, Station Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 24% of Lelant
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lelant 197213 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 54 ha inside the built-up area.
41 of the 52 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 Lelant’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 441952 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 44 came in 1972, 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 |
5 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.
Homes by age
22% of Lelant’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
0.8%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
0.8%
1945–54
1.6%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
9.8%
1973–82
16%
1983–92
1.6%
1993–99
9.8%
2000–08
9%
2009–15
8.2%
2016–25
LelantEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lelant
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lelant | 949 | 52 | 1 | — |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 101 | 0 | A |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 31 | 1 | A |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 6 | 0 | C |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 180 | 1 | A+ |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 3 | 0 | B− |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 12 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Lelant in brief
More of Lelant’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas.
It also has 5 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1972: 44 of 52. Beyond that, Jim Barnes (1886) and Philip Christophers (1871) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Lelant’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lelant?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Lelant’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lelant?
One: Church of St Uny.
Are there scheduled monuments in Lelant?
Yes, 5 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant, Sea Lane Cross, Lelant, Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant and Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant.
Is Lelant a World Heritage Site?
Part of Lelant 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 Lelant?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Lelant.
When were Lelant’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 44, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Lelant?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lelant 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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