Church · listed 1951St Columb Minor ChurchOn the list as Church of St Columba
Church of St Michael · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0C+History Grade
History of Newquay · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Newquay’s built-up area, 13 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Newquay grades C+ for history: #31 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
32
13 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Newquay in 13 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Huer's HouseGrade II* listed
Newquay Golf ClubGrade II listed
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel with Attached Coach HousesGrade II listed
Trenance Cottages MuseumGrade II listed
Trenance ViaductGrade II listed+8See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Newquay from 1890 to 1946
An old map and 5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890
c. 1890
1915
c. 1946
1946Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Newquay’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 15neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 60% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*29 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Newquay
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Newquay
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St MichaelPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
II*House · listed 1951Huer's HutOn the list as Huer's HousePhoto: ElzbietaBorgosz · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Newquay’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories10
Street furniture4
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
12 entries (38%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arundell Monument in the Churchyard About 20 Metres North of Tower of Church of St ColumbaCairn CottageCavern CottageChurch of St Columb Minor (Methodist)Claremont Methodist Church with Attached Church HallGroup of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of St ColumbaKimberley HouseKing Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St ColumbaLavender CottageLychgate at the South West Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St ColumbaMilestoneMilestone Outside No.34 Henver RoadMilestone at Sw 840 617Milestone at Sw 852 623Newquay Craft CentreNewquay Golf ClubNicholls Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St ColumbaPair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Trevithick ManorPair of Monuments to the Martyn Family in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St ColumbaSycamore CottageThe Old VicarageTolcarne CrossTrenance Cottages MuseumTrenance ViaductWesleyan Methodist Chapel with Attached Coach HousesWesleyan Methodist Church and Attached Church Hall2 and 3, Deer Park5, Deer Park9,10 and 11, Deer Park
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.5% of Newquay
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Columb Minor 19723 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 663 ha inside the built-up area.
10 of the 32 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 Newquay’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 24
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 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.
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.
History Grade
Newquay grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (38 points, 15 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 45% of 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.
Towns its size
Newquay has the 93rd most Grade I buildings of 405 towns its size
Places of 15,000–39,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Newquay1
#228 of 405for listed buildings per resident (13 per 10,000). Lewes, Stamford and Saffron Walden lead.
92 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Newquay
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newquay | 24,543 | 32 | 1 | C+ |
| Quintrell Downs | 1,358 | 1 | 0 | D |
| St Newlyn East | 1,038 | 12 | 0 | A− |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 82 | 1 | A |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 9 | 0 | B |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Newquay in brief
Newquay has 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Michael. Only 92 of the 405 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. The big year was 1988, when 24 of the 32 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Newquay’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Newquay?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Newquay’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Newquay?
One: Church of St Columba.
Are there scheduled monuments in Newquay?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Doublestiles Cross, at the junction of Duchy Avenue and Henver Road.
How many conservation areas are there in Newquay?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is St Columb Minor.
When were Newquay’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 24, in 1988.
Are there old photos of Newquay?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1946, and an old map from 1946, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Newquay?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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