Photo: Sheila Russell · CC BY-SA 2.0Pendeen is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
In Pendeen, 46% of homes date from before 1919. Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Pendeen’s built-up area, 55 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Where Pendeen’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
4 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.
2 conservation areas cover 69% of Pendeen
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
The first, Pendeen and Trewellard, were designated in 2002; the newest, Trewellard, in 2002. 3 of the 4 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.
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
World Heritage
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining LandscapeUNESCO World Heritage Site, partly or wholly inside the town |
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.
46% of Pendeen’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 9.7% 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Pendeen
Pendeen in brief
Part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site, lies in Pendeen. All told, the list holds 4 listed buildings. Its housing is old: 46% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 2002. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1973 and 2018; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Pendeen’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pendeen?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Pendeen’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Pendeen?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church.
Is Pendeen a World Heritage Site?
Pendeen is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.
How many conservation areas are there in Pendeen?
2, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest are Pendeen and Trewellard.
How old are the homes in Pendeen?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Pendeen 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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