Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Pensilva is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
31% of Pensilva’s homes were built before 1919. Historic England lists no buildings inside Pensilva’s built-up area. Pensilva grades C− for history.
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 |
Pensilva grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
31% of Pensilva’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 23% 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 (29 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Pensilva
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 16 | 2 | A− |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 167 | 0 | A |
| Callington | 4,665 | 27 | 1 | B |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
Pensilva in brief
Pensilva holds part of a World Heritage Site, Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. Of its homes, 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Pensilva’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pensilva?
Historic England lists no buildings inside Pensilva’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary). Listed buildings nearby may sit just outside it.
Is Pensilva a World Heritage Site?
Pensilva is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.
How old are the homes in Pensilva?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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