The Conservative Club · Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.026 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Wadebridge’s built-up area, 46 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Wadebridge grades B for history: #24 of 35 in Cornwall.
Wadebridge in 11 photos and old views
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Late medieval and 19th century bridge at WadebridgeScheduled monument
The Molesworth Arms HotelGrade II listed
Wadebridge StationGrade II listed
1 and 2, Whiterock TerraceGrade II listed
LawrenceGrade II listed+6See all photosPhotos 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.
Wadebridge from 1890 to 1914
5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890
1904
1914
Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Wadebridge’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Most of Wadebridge’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
16 entries (62%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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.
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 11% of Wadebridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
13 of the 26 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.
More than half of Wadebridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1969. 23 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
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.
Wadebridge grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Wadebridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 26 | 0 | B |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 25 | 1 | A− |
| Rock | 1,156 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 132 | 2 | A+ |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 111 | 1 | B+ |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Roche | 2,311 | 11 | 0 | B |
| St Columb Major | 3,663 | 82 | 1 | A |
Wadebridge in brief
The official list counts 26 listed buildings in Wadebridge, including Late medieval and 19th century bridge at Wadebridge. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1992. Of the whole list, 62% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 23 of 26. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has 3 scheduled monuments; and 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Wadebridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wadebridge?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Wadebridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Wadebridge?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House, Dovecote 90m SSE of Trevanion House and Late medieval and 19th century bridge at Wadebridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Wadebridge?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Wadebridge.
When were Wadebridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1969; the most, 23, in 1988.
Are there old photos of Wadebridge?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1914, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Wadebridge?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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