II*Church · listed 1967Church of St MichaelPhoto: Tom Jolliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Princetown · Historic England
Old homes in Princetown: 51% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Princetown has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Princetown’s built-up area, 132 for every 10,000 residents. Princetown grades A for history.
Listed buildings
19
132 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
2 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Princetown
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 Princetown’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
19 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Princetown
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Gate Piers and Churchyard Wall Approximately 20 Metres East-North-East of Church of St MichaelH M Prison Dartmoor: A and B WingsH M Prison Dartmoor: C and D WingsH M Prison Dartmoor: E WingH M Prison Dartmoor: F and G WingsH M Prison Dartmoor: Former Chapel and Service Building ComplexH M Prison Dartmoor: Former InfirmaryH M Prison Dartmoor: Inner Gateway, Former Guard's Rooms, Carriage Way and Perimeter WallH M Prison Dartmoor: Obelisk in the French Prisoner of War CemeteryH M Prison Dartmoor: Outer Gateway with Walls, Flanking Houses and northern outbuildingH M Prison Dartmoor: Polygonal buildings, former officers' mess and former steward's house, now admin building and visits buildingH M Prison Dartmoor: The Old KitchenH M Prison Dartmoor: former Petty Officer's Block, now Chapel, Primary Care Unit and Segregation UnitH M Prison Dartmoor: wall enclosing the former marketplaceJubilee Lamp StandardKimbereley GrangePlume of Feathers InnPrincetown War Memorial
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 62% of Princetown
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Princetown 199326 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 42 ha inside the built-up area.
19 of the 19 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 Princetown’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2016
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2016 · 101987 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1967. 10 came in 2016. Only 11 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 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Princetown 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 (22 points, 153 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (51%)More than 98% 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
51% of Princetown’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
11%
1900–18
2.9%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
17%
1945–54
2.9%
1955–64
1.5%
1965–72
2.9%
1973–82
1.5%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
2.9%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
PrincetownEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Princetown
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princetown | 1,442 | 19 | 0 | A |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 6 | 1 | B− |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 163 | 5 | A |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Buckfastleigh | 2,720 | 83 | 0 | A+ |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 199 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Princetown in brief
Old houses are part of Princetown’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 19 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993. More than half went on the list in a single year, 2016: 10 of 19. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Princetown’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Princetown?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Princetown’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Princetown?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Princetown.
When were Princetown’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 10, in 2016.
How old are the homes in Princetown?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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