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History of St Erth · Historic England
31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside St Erth’s built-up area, 275 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 40% of its homes were built before 1919. St Erth grades A for history.
Listed buildings
31
275 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
40%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where St Erth’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.
31 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*30 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 Erth
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
Most of St Erth’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories16
Houses, terraces & villas8
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings1
8 entries (26%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anvil HouseBarons Headstone at Approximately 4 Metres South East of Church of St ErthBlacksmith's Shop, Adjoining East of Anvil HouseCarpenter's Shop at Approximately 8 Metres South West of Porch CottagesCross at Approximately 3 Metres South East of Church of St ErthCross at Approximately 60 Metres North of Church of St ErthDavies Tomb at Approximately 1 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St ErthEllis Headstone at Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St ErthEllis and Ellis-Pool Headstones at Approximately 13 Metres North of Doorway of Church of St ErthGallaway Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St ErthGoodman Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres North of East End of Church of St ErthHawkins tombs approximately 1 metre east of south aisle of Church of St ErthHuthnance Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St ErthJacka Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St ErthJenkin Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St ErthLanouthnoe CottageLych Gate and Churchyard Walls West and South of Church of St ErthPorch CottagesRock Close TerraceSnips and Brian's DelicatessenSt Erth BridgeThe Star InnThe Village HallTrebartha Place Including Front Garden Walls and Gate PiersTreloweth HouseVivian Headstone at Approximately 4 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St ErthWar Memorial at Approximately 20 Metres North of Church of St ErthWest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St ErthWoodbine1 and 3, Tredrea Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of St Erth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Erth 19907 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 26 ha inside the built-up area.
30 of the 31 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 Erth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 31
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The first 31 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.
History Grade
St Erth 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 (37 points, 328 per 10,000 residents)More than 80% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (40%)More than 94% 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
40% of St Erth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
3.3%
1930s
0.9%
1945–54
5%
1955–64
6.6%
1965–72
6.6%
1973–82
17%
1983–92
3.3%
1993–99
3.3%
2000–08
4.2%
2009–15
9.9%
2016–25
St ErthEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 17% 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in St Erth before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Davies Gilbert
David Morley Charleston
Bernard Rawlings
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Davies Gilbert1767–1839 · Scientist and mathematician, President of the Royal Society, M.P.
Bernard Rawlings1889–1962 · Royal Navy admiral (1889-1962)
David Morley Charleston1848–1934 · Australian politician (1848-1934)
Everyone born in St Erth → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
St Erth has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 2,019 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
St Erth1
#387 of 2,019for listed buildings per resident (275 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around St Erth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Erth | 1,128 | 31 | 1 | A |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 101 | 0 | A |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 3 | 0 | B− |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 71 | 0 | A+ |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 12 | 0 | A− |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 2 | 0 | C− |
In brief
St Erth in brief
Old houses are part of St Erth’s character: 40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 80% of UK towns. Only 86 of the 2,019 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. Most entries on the list, 52%, are churches, chapels and priories. Davies Gilbert (1767), Bernard Rawlings (1889) and David Morley Charleston (1848) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about St Erth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Erth?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside St Erth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in St Erth?
One: Church of Saint Erth.
Are there scheduled monuments in St Erth?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard and St Erth Churchtown cross.
How many conservation areas are there in St Erth?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is St Erth.
When were St Erth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1988; the most, 31, in 1988.
Who was born in St Erth?
Among people born before 1900: Davies Gilbert (1767), Bernard Rawlings (1889) and David Morley Charleston (1848).
How old are the homes in St Erth?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% 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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