Old homes in Newlyn: 44% built before 1919

Trinity Methodist ChapelGrade II* listedOld BridgeGrade II listedThe Red Lion InnGrade II listedQuay CottageGrade II listedThe Old ManorGrade II listed+6See all photos

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.

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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.

Of the 45 entries, 16 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

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.

The first 5 entries were listed in 1950. 22 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 5 have been added in the last 15 years.

1 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church

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.

40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 20% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

William Lovett

Robert Hichens

Mary Jewels

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Robert Hichens1882–1940 · British sailor (1882–1940) who survived the sinking of the Titanic

William Lovett1800–1877 · British activist (1800-1877)

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Mary Jewels1886–1977 · British painter (1886–1977)

Everyone born in Newlyn → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Old houses are part of Newlyn’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 45 listed buildings, including Trinity Methodist Chapel. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 77% of UK towns. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.

Most entries on the list, 84%, are houses, terraces and villas. Robert Hichens (1882), William Lovett (1800) and Mary Jewels (1886) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and it also has a scheduled monument.