How many listed buildings are in Plymouth? 786 listed buildings

Is a home in Plymouth likely to be in a conservation area?

About as likely as anywhere: about 6.8% of homes in Plymouth are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.

In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.

What does it mean if a home is listed?

A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.

This page shows how common listed buildings are in Plymouth. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Plymouth?

Plymouth has 23 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.

Each name links to its official list entry.

Which conservation areas are in Plymouth?

Plymouth has 16 conservation areas. Stoke has the most homes, about 1,686, and was designated in 1985.

Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.

Are there scheduled monuments in Plymouth?

Yes, Plymouth has 33 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.

• Agaton fort
• Austin Fort and section of military road
• Bowden Battery
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe
• Crownhill Fort
• Eastern King battery
• Efford Fort and Efford Emplacement
• Eggbuckland Keep
• Ernesettle battery
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Fort Stamford
• Knowle battery
• Laira Battery
• Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery
• Lee Moor Tramway Bridge
• Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains
• Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Plymouth Castle (remains of)
• Plympton Castle
• Plympton Priory
• Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court
• Round barrow on Burrow Hill
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• Western Kings artillery tower
• Woodland fort
• Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves

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