II*Inns & shops · listed 1999Carpenters Shop, Workshops and Forge at Robinsons Shaft, South Crofty MinePhoto: Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevenson House · Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Pool and Illogan · Historic England
43 listed buildings, 8 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area, 50 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings. Pool and Illogan grades A− for history: #19 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
43
50 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
8
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Pool and Illogan in 11 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Carpenters Shop, Workshops and Forge at Robinsons Shaft, South Crofty MineGrade II* listed
Tower of Former Church of St IlloganGrade II* listed
East Pool MineScheduled monument
Pool Methodist ChurchGrade II listed
Church of St IlloganGrade II listed+6See 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.
The map
Where Pool and Illogan’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 53% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
43 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I8 Grade II*35 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 II*
The 8 Grade II* listed buildings in Pool and Illogan
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 7 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1951Tower of Former Church of St IlloganPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1989Boiler House Immediately to North East of Pump Engine House to Robinsons Shaft at South Crofty MinePhoto: Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1975Chimney Stack Approx. 30 Metres East of Pump Engine House at Taylor's Shaft of New East Pool MinePhoto: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1999Compressor House, Chimney, Whim Engine House and Electricity Substation at Robinsons Shaft, South Crofty MinePhoto: Partonez · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1989Pump Engine House to Robinsons Shaft at South Crofty MinePhoto: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1989Vogue Beloth Methodist Church with Forecourt Walls and RailingsPhoto: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
Street furniture · listed 1975Pump Engine House at Taylor's Shaft of New East Pool Mine
What’s protected
The largest group of Pool and Illogan’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Churches, chapels & priories9
Street furniture5
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
18 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Basset Monument Approximately 15 Metres South-East of Tower of Former Church of St IlloganCals Meyne LodgeChurch of St IlloganCornish Cross Approximately 20 Metres South of Tower of Former Church of St IlloganEast Pool Mine Engine HouseEastern Lodge with Associated Gate PiersFormer Miners Dry, Bickfords and Palmers Shafts, South Crofty MineFormer Stables and School Now the Design and Making CentreGatepiers, Gates, And Railings at North Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St IlloganGlasgow House WoodhouseHendrea HouseIllogan Highway Methodist ChurchIllogan Highway Methodist Church HallIllogan Highway Methodist Church Sunday SchoolKarenzaKeepers CottageManninghamMilepost at Sw 663 402Milestone Immediately North of Number 49Milestone Outside Pool Methodist ChapelMounting Block on Pavement Close to North End of Churchyard WallNorth ViewPerkersPool Basset InstitutePool Methodist ChurchPool SchoolSeventh Day Adventist ChurchStable Block Forming North Side of Farmyard at Treloweth FarmThe Gunpowder Magazine, Robinson's ShaftTolgus CotTrevenson ChurchTrevenson Conservative Club and School HouseTrevenson HouseTrevithick Monument20 and 22, Chuch Road
How the list grew
More than half of Pool and Illogan’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 29
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 29 came in 1989, 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.
World Heritage
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining LandscapeUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
2 scheduled monuments
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
Pool and Illogan 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 (55 points, 64 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 70% 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
23% of Pool and Illogan’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
0.5%
1900–18
0.1%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
0.8%
1945–54
8.6%
1955–64
8.9%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
8.9%
1993–99
7.7%
2000–08
5%
2009–15
9.6%
2016–25
Pool and IlloganEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 14% 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 (44 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pool and Illogan
In brief
Pool and Illogan in brief
More of Pool and Illogan’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 43 listed buildings, including Carpenters Shop, Workshops and Forge at Robinsons Shaft, South Crofty Mine. The big year was 1989, when 29 of the 43 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Richard Trevithick (1771) and Richard Tangye (1833) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Pool and Illogan’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pool and Illogan?
Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 8 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Pool and Illogan?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross in St Illogan churchyard and East Pool Mine.
Is Pool and Illogan a World Heritage Site?
Part of Pool and Illogan lies within the area Historic England maps for Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
When were Pool and Illogan’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 29, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Pool and Illogan?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% 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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