Grade I listed building · Historic England

Prideaux Place

Listed Grade I since 195373 years · Grade I is the top 2.5% of England’s listed buildings

HHouse1953Listed

DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗Its website ↗

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

★ Then & now

Prideaux Place, 1906 and today

Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.

1906Today

1906: Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain. Today: Photo: Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0.

About

About Prideaux Place

Prideaux Place is one of 2 Grade I listed buildings in Padstow and about 9,341 in England. It was listed on 24 April 1953. Within 400 metres are 1 more Grade I building and 66 other listed buildings. We have 1 public-domain view of it from before 1950.

What it isGrade I listed historic house museum in Padstow, United Kingdom. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

HERead the official list entryHistoric England’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry 1212008↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings in England. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

In old photographs

1 old view of Prideaux Place

Public domain, made before 1950, from 1906. Tap one to see it full screen.

Prideaux Place Padstow 1906 Postcard 200aCORNWALL

From Wikimedia Commons (public domain or CC0), copied to our own server; each credit is in the viewer.

Visit

Make it a walk: 4 listed buildings in about 15 minutes

Padstow · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Directions Walk the tour in Google Maps

Around it

14 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

II*Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place38 m II*Footbridge over Lane to Estate Yard and Flanking Walls Forming North End of Mock Fortifications to North East of Prideaux Place49 m IIThe Rink, To the South East of the Estate Yard59 m II*The Stables59 m II*Dairy and Grotto65 m IIHorse Trough and Grotto Niche on East Side of Estate Yard74 m IIThe Dower House82 m II*South Terrace with Grotto Niche to South of Prideaux Place83 m IIWalls Enclosing the Gardens to South and East of Prideaux Place, Flanking the South Entrance and Continuing South from the Mock Fortifications91 m IIFentonluna Well101 m II*Garden Feature at South End of South Terrace of Prideaux Place119 m II40, High Street119 m IIGarden Walls Between Fentonluna Lane and High Street to West of No 7 and East of the Zoological Bird Gardens Garden Walls Between High Street and Fentonluna Lane to East of Zoological Bird Gardens138 m II31, High Street145 m

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Questions about Prideaux Place

Is Prideaux Place listed?

Yes. Prideaux Place is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England (list entry 1212008), first listed on 24 April 1953.

Can you visit Prideaux Place?

Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

Are there old photos of Prideaux Place?

Yes: 1 public-domain view from before 1950, on this page.

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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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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