II*Church · listed 1999Leek Seed ChapelPhoto: Mutney · CC0
Tregrehan · Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of St Blazey · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside St Blazey’s built-up area, 37 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. St Blazey grades B for history: #25 of 35 in Cornwall.
Listed buildings
24
37 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
St Blazey in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Leek Seed ChapelGrade II* listed
Church of St BlaizeGrade II* listed
Britannia InnGrade II listed
The Cornish Arms InnGrade II listed
Engine Sheds, Stack and TurntableGrade II* listed+2See 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 St Blazey’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 37% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*20 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The 4 Grade II* listed buildings in St Blazey
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1950Church of St BlaizePhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1974Engine Sheds, Stack and TurntablePhoto: Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
II*Church · listed 1974Church of St MaryPhoto: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of St Blazey’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
11 entries (46%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bluegate HouseBritannia InnChurchyard Wall and GatewayCross Shaft Immediately South of St Mary's ChurchFormer Count House at Former Par Consols MineLeek Seed Chapel Stephens Tomb North West of ChapelLodge South of Tregrehan HouseMilestone at Milestone Cottage, St Blazey GateMilestone in garden wall of GlenroydOld RoselyonSt Blazey FoundrySt Blazey War MemorialThe Cornish Arms InnThe Old Market HouseThe Pack Horse Public HouseThe Vicarage2, Station Road33 and 35, St Austell Road51 and 53, St Austell Road8 and 10, Fore Street
How the list grew
More than half of St Blazey’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 17
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1950. 17 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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 |
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
TregrehanGrade II*
History Grade
St Blazey 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 (34 points, 52 per 10,000 residents)More than 60% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 57% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around St Blazey
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Blazey | 6,569 | 24 | 0 | B |
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Carlyon Bay | 1,174 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 103 | 1 | B+ |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 103 | 2 | A+ |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 85 | 2 | A+ |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
St Blazey in brief
St Blazey has 24 listed buildings, including Tregrehan. The big year was 1974, when 17 of the 24 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about St Blazey’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Blazey?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside St Blazey’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in St Blazey?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par and Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par.
Is St Blazey a World Heritage Site?
Part of St Blazey lies within the area Historic England maps for Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
When were St Blazey’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 17, in 1974.
How old are the homes in St Blazey?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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