IChurch · listed 1961Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryPhoto: Neil Lewin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Week St Mary · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Week St Mary’s built-up area, 111 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Week St Mary, 4 are Grade II. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
8
111 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Week St Mary
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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryGrade I listed
The Old College, Outbuilding Adjoining Left Gable End of College, Wall Adjoining Right Front of CollegeGrade II* listed
Well House About 4 Metres East of the Old CollegeGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Week St Mary’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*4 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 Week St Mary
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Week St Mary
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1961The Old College, Outbuilding Adjoining Left Gable End of College, Wall Adjoining Right Front of CollegePhoto: John of Reading · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1984Well House About 4 Metres East of the Old CollegePhoto: John of Reading · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1961Burdenwell Manor and Cottage Adjoining North-East
Grade II
4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Week St Mary
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Week St Mary 199711 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 23 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
Homes by age
37% of Week St Mary’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
2.5%
1930s
5.8%
1945–54
0.9%
1955–64
4%
1965–72
7.4%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
8.9%
2000–08
5.8%
2009–15
8.3%
2016–25
Week St MaryEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Week St Mary
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week St Mary | 722 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Stratton | 1,928 | 36 | 1 | A− |
| Bude | 7,347 | 19 | 0 | B |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 17 | 0 | B− |
| Launceston | 8,431 | 205 | 7 | A+ |
| Withnoe | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 23 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Week St Mary in brief
Old houses are part of Week St Mary’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1997. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1961 and 2015.
Questions about Week St Mary’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Week St Mary?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Week St Mary’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Week St Mary?
One: Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Week St Mary?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Week St Mary.
How old are the homes in Week St Mary?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Week St Mary has no History Grade.
© 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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