II*Church · listed 1957Church of Saint StedianOn the list as Church of St StythianPhoto: Dave Dunstan · Public domain
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History of Stithians · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Stithians’s built-up area, 124 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 38% of its homes were built before 1919. Stithians grades A for history.
Listed buildings
20
124 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
38%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Stithians
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Stithians’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.
20 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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 Stithians
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 Stithians’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges4
Houses, terraces & villas4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
4 entries (20%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bath Headstone at Approximately 8 Metres South of West End of Church of St StedianChest Tomb at Approximately 4 Metres South of West End of Church of St StedianChest Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St StedianChurchyard Walls to West, North and East of Church of St StedianCrellow HouseCross at East End of Church of St StedianFrancis Headstone at Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of St StedianGate Piers and Flanking Walls at Road Entrance to the White Cottage (Former Vicarage)Gate Piers, Gates and Walls Flanking Gateway at Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of St StedianGate Piers, Gates and Walls Flanking Gateway at Approximately 30 Metres North West of Church of St StedianGuide Post at SW735366Hendra Cottage Mabel's CottageHendra FarmhouseMartin Headstones at Approximately 6 Metres North West of Church of St StedianReed and Hocker Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres South of South Doorway of Church of St StedianSeven Stars Public HouseTregonning MillVestry at Approximately 50 Metres South West of Church of St StedianWar Memorial at Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of St Stedian
How the list grew
More than half of Stithians’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 17
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1957. 17 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.
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
Stithians 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 (25 points, 155 per 10,000 residents)More than 69% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (38%)More than 93% 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
38% of Stithians’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
3.2%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
8.3%
1965–72
22%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
4.2%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
StithiansEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 22% 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Stithians before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
James Martin
Richard Randall Knuckey
Henry Charles Seppings Wright
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James Martin1821–1899 · South Australian politician (1821–1899)
Henry Charles Seppings Wright1850–1937 · English painter and writer (1849–1937)
RK
Richard Randall Knuckey1842–1914 · Surveyor on the Overland Telegraph Line
Everyone born in Stithians → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Stithians
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stithians | 1,613 | 20 | 0 | A |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 5 | 0 | B− |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 5 | 0 | B− |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 7 | 0 | B |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 54 | 0 | A+ |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 210 | 0 | A |
| St Day | 1,432 | 32 | 0 | A |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 80 | 0 | A |
In brief
Stithians in brief
Old houses are part of Stithians’s character: 38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 20 listed buildings. Of the whole list, 50% are churches, chapels and priories.
James Martin (1821), Henry Charles Seppings Wright (1850) and Richard Randall Knuckey (1842) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 17 of 20. The rest is about typical: 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 Stithians’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stithians?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Stithians’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Stithians?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Cross in the Vicarage Garden and Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard.
When were Stithians’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 17, in 1988.
Who was born in Stithians?
Among people born before 1900: James Martin (1821), Henry Charles Seppings Wright (1850) and Richard Randall Knuckey (1842).
How old are the homes in Stithians?
38% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% 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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