Photo: Eva K. / Eva K. · CC BY-SA 2.58 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Portreath’s built-up area, 66 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Portreath is Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. Portreath grades B for history.
Portreath from 1908 to 1908
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1908
1908Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Portreath’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.
8 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.
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 |
Portreath grades B 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.
29% of Portreath’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Portreath
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portreath | 1,218 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 80 | 0 | A |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 54 | 1 | A− |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Troon | 1,402 | 3 | 0 | B− |
Portreath in brief
Old houses are part of Portreath’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 8 listed buildings. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and all its entries went on the list in 1989.
Questions about Portreath’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Portreath?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Portreath’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
Is Portreath a World Heritage Site?
Part of Portreath lies within the area Historic England maps for Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
Are there old photos of Portreath?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1908 to 1908, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Portreath?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% 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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