IChurch · listed 1962St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Cilcain · Cadw
5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Cadw counts them inside Cilcain’s built-up area, 127 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Cilcain, 4 are Grade II. 37% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
5
127 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cilcain
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 Cilcain’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*4 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Cilcain
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 17% of Cilcain
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cilcain 19753 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 21 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 5 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
Homes by age
37% of Cilcain’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
3.7%
1900–18
3.7%
1919–29
2.1%
1930s
2.1%
1945–54
9.4%
1955–64
9.4%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
9.4%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
2.1%
2016–25
CilcainEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 14% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cilcain
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cilcain | 394 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Mold | 9,890 | 63 | 1 | B |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Northop | 1,030 | 19 | 1 | A− |
| Pentre Halkyn | 1,082 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Mynydd Isa | 4,738 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Ruthin | 5,700 | 196 | 3 | A |
| Flint | 12,776 | 11 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Cilcain in brief
Old houses are part of Cilcain’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Edwyn Cynrig Roberts (1837) and Hugh Beaver Roberts (1820) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1962 and 1998.
Questions about Cilcain’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cilcain?
Cadw lists 5 buildings inside Cilcain’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cilcain?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Cilcain?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Cilcain.
How old are the homes in Cilcain?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cilcain 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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