IChurch · listed 1957Church of Saint GermoePhoto: Sheila Russell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Nathan Stazicker · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Praa Sands · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Praa Sands’s built-up area, 607 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
25
607 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Praa Sands
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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 Praa Sands’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I1 Grade II*21 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Praa Sands
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.
IPublic · listed 1957Pengersick CastlePhoto: Ken Ballinger · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1987St Germoe's ChairPhoto: Sheila Russell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Praa Sands
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Walls & gates · listed 1987Outbuildings and Adjoining Walls at Approximately 30 Metres North West of Pengersick Castle
What’s protected
The largest group of Praa Sands’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Walls, gates & bridges8
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
9 entries (36%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 3 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BosinneyBridge, South of Church of Saint GermoeCarter Chest Tomb at Approximately 16 Metres South of Church of Saint GermoeChimney at SW580288, Sidney Godolphin Mine (East)Church CottageEarth Closet East of the CottageFarm Buildings and Adjoining Walls at 50 Metres South East of Pengersick CastleFarm Buildings and Adjoining Yard Walls at Approximately 100 Metres South East of Pengersick CastleGweal Booth (North of Gweal Drogoe)Hubbard Chest Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of Saint GermoeMilestone at SW5760329159Pengersick FarmhousePiggery and Adjoining Outbuildings at Approximately 10 Metres West of Pangersick CastleRose CottageStile, Gate Piers and Gate South of Church of Saint GermoeStile, Gate Piers and Gate, West of Church of Saint GermoeThe Churchyard Walls at Church of Saint GermoeThe CottageThe Old Vicarage and Front Garden WallsTyacke Chest Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres North East of Church of Saint GermoeWash House East of Bosinney
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 9.8% of Praa Sands
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Germoe 19904 ha
Pengersick 19893 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 80 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Pengersick, was designated in 1989; the newest, Germoe, in 1990. 23 of the 25 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.
How the list grew
More than half of Praa Sands’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 22
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1957, 2 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 22 came in 1987, 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 |
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.
Homes by age
27% of Praa Sands’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
11%
1930s
6.5%
1945–54
5.1%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
2.8%
1993–99
7.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
9.2%
2016–25
Praa SandsEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 11% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Praa Sands
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praa Sands | 412 | 25 | 3 | — |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 28 | 0 | A− |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 71 | 0 | A+ |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 31 | 1 | A |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 3 | 0 | B− |
| Helston | 11,366 | 209 | 2 | A |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 12 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Praa Sands in brief
Old houses are part of Praa Sands’s character: 27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 25 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1989. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 22 of 25. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Praa Sands’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Praa Sands?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Praa Sands’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Praa Sands?
3, including Church of Saint Germoe, Pengersick Castle and St Germoe's Chair.
Are there scheduled monuments in Praa Sands?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Pengersick Castle and associated building platform.
Is Praa Sands a World Heritage Site?
Part of Praa Sands lies within the area Historic England maps for Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Praa Sands?
2, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest are Germoe and Pengersick.
When were Praa Sands’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 22, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Praa Sands?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Praa Sands has no History Grade.
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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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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