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History of Rosudgeon · Historic England

Rosudgeon is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Historic England lists 1 building inside Rosudgeon’s built-up area, 46 for every 10,000 residents. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
1
46 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Rosudgeon’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.

1 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*1 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 II

1 Grade II listed building

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
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, partly or wholly inside the town
Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Rosudgeon

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Rosudgeon21610—
Goldsithney1,34670C+
Marazion1,350710A+
Crowlas1,05430B−
St Erth1,128311A
Longrock1,98360B+
Hayle9,0401010A
Penzance14,9572112A+
In brief

Rosudgeon in brief

Part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site, lies in Rosudgeon. In all there are 1 listed building. The rest is about typical: its only entry went on the list in 1954; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Rosudgeon’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Rosudgeon?

Historic England lists 1 building inside Rosudgeon’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.

Is Rosudgeon a World Heritage Site?

Rosudgeon is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.

How old are the homes in Rosudgeon?

17% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Rosudgeon has no History Grade.

© 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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