IChurch · listed 1964Church of St NonnaPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Pelynt · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Pelynt’s built-up area, 184 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 20 of Pelynt’s listed buildings. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. Pelynt grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
21
184 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Pelynt
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 Pelynt’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*20 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 Pelynt
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 Pelynt’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories14
Houses, terraces & villas5
Public & civic buildings2
5 entries (24%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Fair HouseGroup of 9 Headstones of Clogg Family 5-10 Metres to South West of Tower of Church of St NonnaHall Barton FarmhouseHeadstone of Hanna Giles 15 Metres to South of West Tower of Church of St NonnaHeadstone of Peter Hamby and Alan Dreik 5 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St NonnaHeadstone of Phillip and Jane Hawke 5 Metres to West of Church of St NonnaHeadstone of Susanna May 5 Metres to South of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St NonnaHeadstone of W Pinch 9 Metres to South of Tower of Church of St NonnaHeadstones of Dorothy Hunking and Riginald Hunking 1 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St NonnaHeadstones of Elizabeth Pyne and John Deeble 8-10 Metres to South of South Porch of Church of St NonnaHeadstones of Henry and Mary Hack and Charles Hicks 8 Metres to South of Vestry of Church of St NonnaHeadstones of John Tregenna and Jane May 4 and 5 Metres to North of North Aisle of Church of St NonnaPelynt HouseShute CottageThe Old School HouseTombchest 25 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St NonnaTombchest 6 Metres to South of Vestry of Church of St NonnaTombchest of Jonathan K Werry and Jonathan Werry Blake 5 Metres to East of Chancel of St NonnaWar Memorial in the Churchyard of St Nonna's ChurchWindsor House
How the list grew
More than half of Pelynt’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 18
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 18 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Pelynt grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (23 points, 201 per 10,000 residents)More than 71% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (24%)More than 72% 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.
Homes by age
24% of Pelynt’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.4%
1930s
4.5%
1945–54
6.7%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
24%
1973–82
2.2%
1983–92
3.4%
1993–99
3.4%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
PelyntEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 24% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Pelynt has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 2,018 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Pelynt1
#600 of 2,018for listed buildings per resident (184 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pelynt
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelynt | 1,144 | 21 | 1 | A− |
| Looe | 5,314 | 102 | 0 | A |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 103 | 2 | A+ |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 167 | 0 | A |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 85 | 2 | A+ |
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| St Blazey | 6,569 | 24 | 0 | B |
In brief
Pelynt in brief
Old houses are part of Pelynt’s character: 24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 87 of the 2,018 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Of the whole list, 67% are churches, chapels and priories. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 18 of 21. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and John Grigson (1893) and Wilfrid Grigson (1896) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Pelynt’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pelynt?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Pelynt’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Pelynt?
One: Church of St Nonna.
When were Pelynt’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 18, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Pelynt?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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