II*Church · listed 1967Church of St PeterPhoto: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lamerton · Historic England
Lamerton: 60% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Lamerton has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Lamerton’s built-up area, 270 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
24
270 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
60%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lamerton
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 Lamerton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*23 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 Lamerton
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 Lamerton’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories14
Houses, terraces & villas8
Walls, gates & bridges2
8 entries (33%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baker Monument in the Churchyard About 1M North of Tower of Church of St PeterBloy Monument in the Churchyard About 6M South of South Aisle of Church of St PeterBotterell Monument in the Churchyard About 5M North of North Aisle of Church of St PeterEdgecombe Monument in the Churchyard Adjacent to South Aisle of Church of St PeterFair ViewGate-Piers, Wall and Railings Attached to North of the VicarageGreenhill and HomelfigiHilltown FarmhousePair of Gate-Piers at Eastern Entrance to Belgrove HouseParish RoomRobins Monuments and Railings in the Churchyard About 2M South of South Aisle of Church of St PeterRow of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard About 9M North of North Aisle of Church of St PeterRow of 4 Monuments to Frise and Mayjor Families in the Churchyard About 5M South of South Aisle of Church of St PeterRow of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard About 9M North of North Aisle of Church of St PeterRow of 7 Monuments in the Churchyard About 2M East of Chancel of Church of St PeterSignpost at Sx 444 645Sleman and Stephens Monuments in the Churchyard About 8M South of South Aisle of Church of St PeterTerrell Monument and Railings in the Churchyard About 4M South of the South Aisle of Church of St PeterThe VicarageVigars and Bickell Monuments in the Churchyard About 3M South of South Aisle of Church of St PeterWilliams and Davey Monuments in the Churchyard About 3M North of North Aisle of Church of St PeterYe Olde Priest's House2 Pairs of Gate-Piers at South West and South East Entrances to Camplehay
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.3% of Lamerton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lamerton 19931 ha
1 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 24 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 Lamerton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 23
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967. 23 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
60% of Lamerton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
60%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
2.7%
1930s
5.7%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
1.4%
1965–72
2.7%
1973–82
8.4%
1983–92
4.3%
1993–99
7%
2000–08
1.4%
2009–15
2.7%
2016–25
LamertonEngland & Wales
60% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 8.4% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lamerton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamerton | 888 | 24 | 0 | — |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 163 | 5 | A |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 6 | 1 | B− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Callington | 4,665 | 27 | 1 | B |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 1 | 0 | C |
In brief
Lamerton in brief
More of Lamerton’s homes are old than in most places: 60% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 24 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993. Most entries on the list, 58%, are churches, chapels and priories. The big year was 1987, when 23 of the 24 went on the list.
Questions about Lamerton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lamerton?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Lamerton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Lamerton?
1, covering about 1 hectares of the town. The largest is Lamerton.
When were Lamerton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 23, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Lamerton?
60% of homes were built before 1919 and 64% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lamerton 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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