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History of Menheniot · Historic England

Menheniot: 45% of homes built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Menheniot has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Menheniot’s built-up area, 244 for every 10,000 residents.

Listed buildings
19
244 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
45%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Menheniot

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 Menheniot’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Little Tregrill and Outbuildings Adjoining to South West, Grade II*Church of St Lalluwy, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

19 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*17 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 Menheniot

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 Grade II* listed building in Menheniot

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.

Grade II

17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew

More than half of Menheniot’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1985 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 1 entry was listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 18 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

45% of Menheniot’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

45%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
2.4%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
2.4%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
5.9%
1983–92
9.3%
1993–99
4.8%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
3.5%
2016–25
MenheniotEngland & Wales

45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Menheniot

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Menheniot779191—
Liskeard10,9011670A
St Cleer1,144162A−
Pensilva1,65600C−
Dobwalls1,68320D
Landrake1,104161A−
Looe5,3141020A
Callington4,665271B
In brief

Menheniot in brief

More of Menheniot’s homes are old than in most places: 45% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 19 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. The big year was 1985, when 18 of the 19 went on the list.

Questions about Menheniot’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Menheniot?

Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Menheniot’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Menheniot?

One: Church of St Lalluwy.

When were Menheniot’s buildings listed?

The first in 1964; the most, 18, in 1985.

How old are the homes in Menheniot?

45% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Menheniot 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.