IWalls & gates · listed 1985St Mawes CastleOn the list as St Mawes Castle, Gatehouse, Blockhouse, Magazine and Outer DefencesPhoto: Claudiu Bichescu · CC BY-SA 3.0
St Mawes Castle, Gatehouse, Blockhouse, Magazine and Outer Defences · Photo: Claudiu Bichescu · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of St Mawes · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside St Mawes’s built-up area, 575 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
37
575 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where St Mawes’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*35 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 Mawes
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in St Mawes
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1967Braganza House
What’s protected
Most of St Mawes’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Walls, gates & bridges4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
26 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bay Cottage, Seacliffe Warren and West WarrenBohella Cottage, Adjoining House, Garden Wall and Gate to SouthCartref Including Front Garden WallChurch of St MawesCobblers the TiddlerDrinking Fountain on South Side of RoadEdmonds and SonGlebe HouseGrove Hill PenleeGulls NestHarbour Cottage Les Ferris Sailing School Manor CottageHoly Well CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Lloyds BankKimberley HouseMarine House and CobblestonesMethodist ChurchMilton MinorMorland CottagePilchards Smugglers CornerPilots CottagePilots CottagePink CottageSea WallThe Harbour QuayThe Old Court HouseThe Victory BookshopThe Victory InnTreblokVictory CottageWaterside Midships and South CottageWell of Saint Mawes or Saint Mauditus22, Chapel Terrace6 and 7, The Square7, Commercial Road8, The Square, including raised pavement
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 22% of St Mawes
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Mawes 198315 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 37 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 Mawes’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 201967 · 15
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The first 15 entries were listed in 1967. 20 came in 1985, 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.
3 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
35% of St Mawes’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
2.8%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
8.5%
1945–54
5.6%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
3.6%
1993–99
6.4%
2000–08
4.2%
2009–15
3.6%
2016–25
St MawesEngland & Wales
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around St Mawes
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mawes | 643 | 37 | 1 | — |
| Falmouth | 24,066 | 209 | 0 | A |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 210 | 0 | A |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 24 | 0 | A− |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 54 | 0 | A+ |
| Truro | 23,060 | 316 | 1 | A |
In brief
St Mawes in brief
More of St Mawes’s homes are old than in most places: 35% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1983.
Of the whole list, 70% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 20 of 37. Beyond that, it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about St Mawes’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Mawes?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside St Mawes’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in St Mawes?
One: St Mawes Castle, Gatehouse, Blockhouse, Magazine and Outer Defences.
Are there scheduled monuments in St Mawes?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle, Holy well of St Mawes, 80m east of St Mawes Methodist Church and St Mawes Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in St Mawes?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is St Mawes.
When were St Mawes’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1985.
How old are the homes in St Mawes?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
St Mawes 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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