II*Church · listed 1967Church of St AgnesPhoto: Niki Walton · CC BY-SA 2.0
St Agnes Hotel · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of St Agnes · Historic England
St Agnes is home to a World Heritage Site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
In St Agnes, 32% of homes date from before 1919. Historic England lists 77 buildings inside St Agnes’s built-up area, 237 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. St Agnes grades A+ for history: #5 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
77
237 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
St Agnes in 10 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St AgnesGrade II* listed
Chimney at SW717515Grade II listed
Corner CottageGrade II listed
The Driftwood SparsGrade II listed
The Railway InnGrade II listed+5See 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.
Through time
St Agnes from 1907 to 1926
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1907
1911
1926
Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where St Agnes’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
77 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*76 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*
The Grade II* listed building in St Agnes
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of St Agnes’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas46
Walls, gates & bridges18
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
46 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
76 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 76 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank HouseBramble CottageCastle HouseCastle Villa, Including Front Garden WallsChimney at SW717515Chimney at SW725506Churchtown StoresChurchyard Walls and LychgateChygwins Including Forecourt WallsCoach House Immeadiately West of Castle VillaCoastgaurds Rocket HouseCorner CottageCross by West End of Church of St AgnesDeep DeneDry House Immediately North West of Wheal Friendly Engine HouseFarm Buildings Immediately North of Penwinnick FarmhouseFern VillaFormer Chapel of Ease including gate piers and gates at road entrance in frontFormer Chimney of West Wheal Kitty MineFormer Coastgaurds' CottageFormer Pumping Engine House and Chimney of West Wheal Kitty MineFow Goth Wren's RoostFronting Onto Pengrath RoadGarden Walls, Earth Closets and Wash House at Rear of Former Coastguards' CottageGate Piers and Flanking Walls at Road Entrance South West of VicarageGoonglaze CottagesGooninnis CottageGooninnis FarmhouseGooninnis HouseGrove Cottage, Including Front Garden WallsHetherbell Trewinnard Wheal DreamLantern CottageLittle Orchard CottageLychgateMethodist ChapelMilestone Approx 12M West of Dales YardMiners and Mechanics Institute, Including Boundary Walls, Gate-Piers and RailingsNo 2, Including Front Garden Walls and Gate-PiersNos 10, 11 and 12, Including Front Garden WallsNos 32, 33 and 34, Including Front Garden Walls and Gate-PiersNos 44-47, Including Front Garden WallNos 52 and 53, Including Front Garden WallsNumbers 2,3 and 4 (Behind Number 46)Penwinnick FarmhousePorthvean HotelPresingol FarmhouseProspect House Including Front Garden WallsRose and Coombe CottagesRosemundy CottageRosemundy HotelRosemundy VillaSea ThatchSt Agnes HotelSt Angnes (Old) School, Including Rear Courtyard Walls, Railings and GateStippy-Stappy Including Front Garden WallsSunshineThe Church HallThe Driftwood SparsThe FragmentThe Old Manse Including Front Garden WallsThe Railway InnTintenTrevaunance HouseTrevaunance House, Including Gate-Piers and Flanking WallsTuckaway CottageVerbinaVicarageWar MemorialWayside CottagesWheal Friendly Engine House at SW7201511511 and 12, Goonown Road12 Churchtown12 and 13, Peterville Square20 and 216, Churchtown9 Churchtown
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.8% of St Agnes
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Agnes 198713 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 165 ha inside the built-up area.
43 of the 77 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 St Agnes’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 591967 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1967. 59 came in 1988, 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, partly or wholly inside the town |
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.
History Grade
St Agnes 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 (80 points, 246 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (32%)More than 86% 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
32% of St Agnes’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
2.9%
1930s
3.2%
1945–54
5.4%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
5%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
4.9%
2000–08
7.2%
2009–15
7.8%
2016–25
St AgnesEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 16% 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 St Agnes
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Agnes | 3,253 | 77 | 0 | A+ |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Perranporth | 2,752 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| St Day | 1,432 | 32 | 0 | A |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 80 | 0 | A |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 7 | 0 | B |
In brief
St Agnes in brief
Part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site, lies in St Agnes. In all there are 77 listed buildings, including Church of St Agnes. Its housing is old: 32% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 59 of 77. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about St Agnes’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Agnes?
Historic England lists 77 buildings inside St Agnes’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 76 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in St Agnes?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wayside cross in St Agnes' churchyard.
Is St Agnes a World Heritage Site?
St Agnes is home to part or all of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, inscribed by UNESCO.
How many conservation areas are there in St Agnes?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is St Agnes.
When were St Agnes’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 59, in 1988.
Are there old photos of St Agnes?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1907 to 1926, all on this page.
How old are the homes in St Agnes?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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