IChurch · listed 1988St Buryan's ChurchOn the list as Church of Saint BuryanPhoto: Mammal4 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of Saint Buryan · Photo: Mammal4 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of St Buryan · Historic England
Old homes in St Buryan: 52% built before 1919
For St Buryan, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 29 buildings inside St Buryan’s built-up area, 444 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
29
444 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
52%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where St Buryan’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*28 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 St Buryan
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of St Buryan’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories13
Houses, terraces & villas12
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture2
12 entries (41%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Addicote Headstones at Approximately 11 Metres South of Church of St BuryanBelmont HouseBuryan HouseChest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West Church of St BuryanChurchtown FarmhouseChurchyard Walls and Adjoining War MemorialCoachhouse Stables and Adjoining Outbuilding at Approximately 25 Metres North East of Lefra FarmhouseCross at Approximately 6 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St BuryanCross at Approximately 60 Metres South of Church of St BuryanGlass Studio, Leys Cottage and Adjoining HouseGroup of 11 Headstones at Approximately 2 Metres North of Church of St BuryanHeadstone to Ai at Approximately 10 Metres North of East End of Church of St BuryanHeadstone to Rd at Approximately 10 Metres South of East End of Church of St BuryanJeffery Headstone at Approximately 8 Metres North of East End of Church of St BuryanK6 Telephone Kiosk, St BuryanLisbon TerraceMounting Block near South Gateway of Churchyard of Church of St BuryanOlds Headstone at Approximately 2 Metres North of West End of Church of Church of St BuryanPremises Occupied by John Cain, ButcherStables and Trap-House with Granary and Adjoining Lamp-House with Earth Closet Immediately East of Lefra FarmhouseSteps, Gate-Piers, Gates and Adjoining Walls Flanking Path to South Doorway of Church of St BuryanThe AcademyThe Corner HouseThe Old RectoryWeymouth Tombs at Approximately 2 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St BuryanWills Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres North of East End of Church of St Buryan3 Headstones at Approximately 2 Metres North East of Church of St Buryan3 Headstones at Approximately 8 Metres South of Church of St Buryan
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of St Buryan
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Buryan 19906 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
26 of the 29 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 Buryan’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 28
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The first 28 entries were listed in 1988, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 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.
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.
Homes by age
52% of St Buryan’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
51%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
2.2%
1919–29
3.6%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
6.1%
1955–64
5.6%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
6.7%
1983–92
1.9%
1993–99
5%
2000–08
3.3%
2009–15
6.7%
2016–25
St BuryanEngland & Wales
51% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 6.7% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around St Buryan
In brief
St Buryan in brief
More of St Buryan’s homes are old than in most places: 52% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 28 of 29. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about St Buryan’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Buryan?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside St Buryan’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in St Buryan?
One: Church of Saint Buryan.
Are there scheduled monuments in St Buryan?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard and St Buryan churchtown cross.
How many conservation areas are there in St Buryan?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is St Buryan.
When were St Buryan’s buildings listed?
The first in 1988; the most, 28, in 1988.
How old are the homes in St Buryan?
52% of homes were built before 1919 and 58% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
St Buryan 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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