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History of Bwlchgwyn · Cadw

Old homes in Bwlchgwyn: 40% built before 1919

For Bwlchgwyn, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Cadw lists no buildings inside Bwlchgwyn’s built-up area.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Bwlchgwyn

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

TownDistanceListedGrade IHistory
Hope5.9 km221A−
Wrexham8.1 km1571B+
Gresford9.4 km531B+
Ruabon10 km401A−
Mold11 km631B
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr11 km82B−
Homes by age

40% of Bwlchgwyn’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

39%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
4.2%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
2%
1955–64
2%
1965–72
23%
1973–82
6.1%
1983–92
6.1%
1993–99
6.1%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
2%
2016–25
BwlchgwynEngland & Wales

39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 23% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

In brief

Bwlchgwyn in brief

More of Bwlchgwyn’s homes are old than in most places: 40% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Nothing in Bwlchgwyn is on the list; the nearest place with Grade I buildings is Hope, 5.9 km away.

Bwlchgwyn has no History Grade.

Listed buildings, scheduled monuments and historic parks and gardens: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales.

Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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