IChurch · listed 1954Madron Parish ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaddernPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Madron · Historic England
Madron: 57% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Madron has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Madron’s built-up area, 512 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
34
512 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
57%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Madron
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 Madron’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
34 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*33 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 Madron
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.
What’s protected
Most of Madron’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories22
Walls, gates & bridges6
Houses, terraces & villas5
Public & civic buildings1
5 entries (15%) are houses, terraces and villas. 22 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Argal Chest Tomb at Approximately 16 Metres South of Church of St MaddernArmstrong Monument North East of Church of St MaddernBellair HouseBodilly Chest Tombs at Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St MaddernBorlase Chest Tomb at Approximately 14 Metres South of West End of Church of St MaddernBosvean and Wall at Front Chy an BaraChest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West of Church of St MaddernChest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West of Church of St MaddernChest Tomb, Headstone and Lid at Approximately 8 Metres North of Church of St MaddernChirgwin Headstone and Footstone at Approximately 3 Metres South of West End of Church of St MaddernChurchyard Walls and Gate PiersCross West of Church of St MaddernCross at 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St MaddernEdward Chest Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres North of West End of Church of St MaddernGubbs Chest Tomb in South West Angle of Church of St MaddernHeadstone at Approximately 5 Metres South of East End of Church of St MaddernHitchens Chest Tombs by East End of North Aisle of Church of St MaddernHolly CottageLey and Daniel Chest Tombs at Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St MaddernLych Gate and Mounting Block South West of Church of St MaddernNicholas Chest Tomb at Approximately 18 Metres South of West End of Church of St MaddernNo 7 Including Front Garden WallsNos 5 and 6 Including Front Garden Walls and Gate PiersPengelly Chest Tomb and Headstone at Approximately 2 Metres North of Church of St MaddernPhillips, Glasson and 1 Other Chest Tomb in North East Corner of Churchyard of Church of St MaddernPrice Mausoleum North East of Church of St MaddernSpout in Front of Landithy HallStables and Earth Closets at Rear of Bellair HouseTregoddick House, Front Garden Walls and GateTrereife Vault North East of Church of St MaddernVingoe Chest Tomb at Approximately 18 Metres South of West End of Church of St Maddern2 Thomas Headstones, Bilkey Headstone and 2 Other Headstones at East End of South Aisle of Church of St Maddern4, Bellair Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 22% of Madron
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Madron Churchtown 19905 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 20 ha inside the built-up area.
34 of the 34 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 Madron’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 33
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 33 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.
2 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
57% of Madron’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
56%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
4.7%
1945–54
4.7%
1955–64
4.7%
1965–72
3.7%
1973–82
6%
1983–92
2.3%
1993–99
6%
2000–08
2.3%
2009–15
6%
2016–25
MadronEngland & Wales
56% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 6% 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 (29 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Madron before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John Robyns
William Bolitho
Cecil Kaye
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JR
John Robyns1780–1857 · Royal Marines officer
WB
William Bolitho1862–1919 · English cricketer, banker, and British Army officer (1862-1919)
CK
Cecil Kaye1868–1935 · British army officer
Everyone born in Madron → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Madron
In brief
Madron in brief
Old houses are part of Madron’s character: 57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 34 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. Of the whole list, 65% are churches, chapels and priories.
John Robyns (1780), William Bolitho (1862) and Cecil Kaye (1868) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 33 of 34. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Madron’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Madron?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Madron’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Madron?
One: Church of St Maddern.
Are there scheduled monuments in Madron?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church and Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church.
How many conservation areas are there in Madron?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Madron Churchtown.
When were Madron’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 33, in 1988.
Who was born in Madron?
Among people born before 1900: John Robyns (1780), William Bolitho (1862) and Cecil Kaye (1868).
How old are the homes in Madron?
57% of homes were built before 1919 and 60% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Madron 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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