IChurch · listed 1967Church of St CubyPhoto: Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Tregony · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Tregony’s built-up area, 357 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
27
357 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Tregony
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 Tregony’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.
27 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*25 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 Tregony
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 Tregony
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1985AlmshousesPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Tregony’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beggars Roost and Raised Pavement Immediately SouthCastle CottageChest Tomb at 2 Metres North of East End of Church of St CubyChest Tomb at Approximately 7 Metres South of East End of Church of St CubyClock TowerCongregational Church and Boundary WallK6 Telephone Kiosk, Main StreetKings Arms Public HouseMethodist ChurchMyrtle House and CottagePenleePenlee CottageRose CottageThe Old Town HallTregony HouseTregony Primary School, Schoolhouse, Boundary Wall and Gates13, Fore Street14, Fore Street16 and 17, Fore Street18, Fore Street35, Fore Street37, Fore Street5, Fore Street6 and 7, Fore Street8, Fore Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 45% of Tregony
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Tregony 197316 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 27 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 Tregony’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 171967 · 9
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The first 9 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 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.
1 scheduled monument
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
32% of Tregony’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
2.2%
1930s
6.5%
1945–54
3.3%
1955–64
7.9%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
2.2%
1983–92
2.2%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
4.3%
2009–15
21%
2016–25
TregonyEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 21% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tregony
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tregony | 756 | 27 | 1 | — |
| Probus | 2,565 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Mevagissey | 1,878 | 122 | 0 | A+ |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Truro | 23,060 | 316 | 1 | A |
In brief
Tregony in brief
Old houses are part of Tregony’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Fore Street alone has 9 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Of the whole list, 59% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 17 of 27. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Tregony’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tregony?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Tregony’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tregony?
One: Church of St Cuby.
Are there scheduled monuments in Tregony?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Holy well of St Cuby, 25m south west of Brookfield.
How many conservation areas are there in Tregony?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Tregony.
When were Tregony’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 17, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Tregony?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Tregony 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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