IChurch · listed 1967St Probus and St Grace's ChurchOn the list as Church of St ProbusPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Hawkins Arms · Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Probus · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Probus’s built-up area, 47 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 11 of Probus’s listed buildings. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. Probus grades B for history: #28 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
12
47 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Probus
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St ProbusGrade I listed
Probus War MemorialGrade II listed
Vine CottageGrade II listed+1See 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 Probus’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
12 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*11 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 Grade I listed building in Probus
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.
Grade II
11 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Probus
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Probus 199113 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 62 ha inside the built-up area.
11 of the 12 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 Probus’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 7
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 7 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Probus grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (14 points, 55 per 10,000 residents)More than 49% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 66% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Probus before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John Stackhouse
John Hawkins
Joseph Charles Brennan
William Tresawna
170017501800185019001950
John Stackhouse1742–1819 · British botanist (1742-1819)
John Hawkins1761–1841 · English geologist, traveller and writer ; (1761-1841)
Joseph Charles Brennan1818–1872 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1818-1872)
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William Tresawna1880–1945 · English cricketer (1880-1945)
Everyone born in Probus → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Probus has the 94th most Grade I buildings of 1,306 towns its size
Places of 2,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Probus1
#687 of 1,306for listed buildings per resident (47 per 10,000). Painswick, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
93 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Probus
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probus | 2,565 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 1 | 0 | C |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 9 | 0 | B |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Truro | 23,060 | 316 | 1 | A |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Probus in brief
The official list counts 12 listed buildings in Probus, 1 of them Grade I, including St Probus and St Grace's Church. Only 93 of the 1,306 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991.
John Stackhouse (1742), John Hawkins (1761) and Joseph Charles Brennan (1818) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 7 of 12. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 22% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Probus’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Probus?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Probus’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Probus?
One: Church of St Probus.
How many conservation areas are there in Probus?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Probus.
When were Probus’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 7, in 1984.
Who was born in Probus?
Among people born before 1900: John Stackhouse (1742), John Hawkins (1761), Joseph Charles Brennan (1818) and William Tresawna (1880).
How old are the homes in Probus?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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