Historic England said at the height of the Temperance movement, between 1880 and 1914, there were as many as 500 Temperance hotels nationwide but most of the buildings vanished from from both the landscape and collective memory.
It said many of the movement’s buildings were demolished, numerous examples survived in adapted uses such as village halls, community centres, churches, even private homes.
It added their Temperance heritage was often unknown to current users.
Historic England’s Andrew Davison said: “The Temperance movement was strongest in industrial parts of the country. Cornwall, with its mines and quarries, was a stronghold of the movement.
“Temperance halls survive in several places in Cornwall and Devon, with a fine example, the uniquely named Teetotal Hall of 1852, now owned by Penryn Town Council.”