II*Church · listed 1966SS Mael and Sulien's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mael and St SilienPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Corwen · Cadw
Old homes in Corwen: 50% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Corwen has 3 times the share. Cadw lists 30 buildings inside Corwen’s built-up area, 696 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
30
696 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
50%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Corwen
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mael and St SilienGrade II* listed
Churchyard CrossGrade II* listed
Coleg y Groes (The College)Grade II* listed
Corwen Manor (Old Workhouse)Grade II* listedPhotos 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 Corwen’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
30 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I5 Grade II*25 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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Corwen
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1966Churchyard Cross, High Street (s Side)On the list as Churchyard CrossPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1966Coleg y GroesOn the list as Coleg y Groes (The College)Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1966Corwen ManorOn the list as Corwen Manor (Old Workhouse)Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Corwen’s listed buildings is inns, shops and warehouses
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Inns, shops & warehouses12
Houses, terraces & villas9
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
9 entries (30%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by Cadw’s broad class for each building, else by words in its name; an entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Attached Sorting OfficeCapel SeionCentral HotelCommerce HouseCommerce HouseCorwen Court (Old Police Station and Courthouse)Former Laundry at Corwen Manor (Old Workhouse)Gates and Railings at Capel SeionHarp HotelLondon HouseMidland BankNational Westminster BankOwain Glyndwr HotelPost OfficeThe Crown Public HouseThe TerraceThe TerraceThe TerraceThe TerraceThe TerraceThe TerreceThe TerreceThe TerreceWar Memorial GatesWaterloo House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 20% of Corwen
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Corwen Town 19855 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
29 of the 30 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 Corwen’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1995
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1995 · 25
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 25 came in 1995. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Corwen Churchyard CrossMedieval; Cross
Homes by age
50% of Corwen’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
48%
Before 1900
3.2%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
14%
1930s
0%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
3.2%
1965–72
4.6%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
16%
1993–99
3.2%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
CorwenEngland & Wales
48% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, which added 16% 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 Corwen
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corwen | 431 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Llangollen | 3,048 | 170 | 1 | A+ |
| Ruthin | 5,700 | 196 | 3 | A |
| Y Bala | 1,993 | 74 | 0 | A+ |
| Trevor | 1,397 | 8 | 0 | B |
In brief
Corwen in brief
More of Corwen’s homes are old than in most places: 50% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 30 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1985. The big year was 1995, when 25 of the 30 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Corwen’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Corwen?
Cadw lists 30 buildings inside Corwen’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Corwen?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Corwen Churchyard Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Corwen?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Corwen Town.
When were Corwen’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 25, in 1995.
How old are the homes in Corwen?
50% of homes were built before 1919 and 64% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Corwen 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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