II*Church · listed 1962St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Caerwys · Cadw
15 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Caerwys’s built-up area, 157 for every 10,000 residents. 13 of Caerwys’s listed buildings are Grade II. 41% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
157 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
41%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Caerwys
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 Caerwys’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*13 Grade II
Cadw lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest, Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, and Grade II for buildings of special interest. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on Cadw’s register of listed buildings 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Caerwys
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1952Old CourtPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Berwyn CottageCaerwys PinfoldCaerwys Welsh Presbyterian Church, including forecourt wall and gatesCoach House with stable & privy at The RectoryGablesideGlasfryn LodgeManor Court (also known as Sessions House)Manor HouseNW coach house at The RectorySundial in Caerwys churchyardThe Rectory1 North Street2 North Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 37% of Caerwys
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Caerwys 197514 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 15 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
How the list grew
More than half of Caerwys’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2002
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2002 · 13
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 13 came in 2002. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
41% of Caerwys’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
1.7%
1930s
1.7%
1945–54
4.8%
1955–64
9.5%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
7.9%
1983–92
9.5%
1993–99
6.4%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
CaerwysEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 11% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Caerwys before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Wynne
John Wynne
Angharad Llwyd
Rowland Ellis
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Angharad Llwyd1780–1866 · Welsh antiquarian (1780–1866)
TW
Thomas Wynne1627–1692 · Welsh-American physician and politician (1627-1692)
John Wynne1667–1743 · Welsh Principal of Jesus College, Oxford and bishop
RE
Rowland Ellis1841–1911 · British bishop (1841-1911)
Everyone born in Caerwys → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Caerwys
In brief
Caerwys in brief
Old houses are part of Caerwys’s character: 41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 15 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Angharad Llwyd (1780), Thomas Wynne (1627) and John Wynne (1667). The big year was 2002, when 13 of the 15 went on the list.
Questions about Caerwys’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Caerwys?
Cadw lists 15 buildings inside Caerwys’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Caerwys?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Caerwys.
When were Caerwys’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 13, in 2002.
Who was born in Caerwys?
Among people born before 1900: Angharad Llwyd (1780), Thomas Wynne (1627), John Wynne (1667) and Rowland Ellis (1841).
How old are the homes in Caerwys?
41% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Caerwys 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 · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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