Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Old homes in Cynwyd: 45% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Cynwyd has 3 times the share. Cadw lists 8 buildings inside Cynwyd’s built-up area, 131 for every 10,000 residents.
Where Cynwyd’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
8 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.
1 conservation area covers 4.5% of Cynwyd
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
8 of the 8 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
45% of Cynwyd’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
46% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Cynwyd
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynwyd | 610 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Y Bala | 1,993 | 74 | 0 | A+ |
| Llangollen | 3,048 | 170 | 1 | A+ |
| Ruthin | 5,700 | 196 | 3 | A |
Cynwyd in brief
Old houses are part of Cynwyd’s character: 45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 8 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1990 and 2004.
Questions about Cynwyd’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cynwyd?
Cadw lists 8 buildings inside Cynwyd’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Cynwyd?
1, covering about 1 hectares of the town. The largest is Cynwyd.
How old are the homes in Cynwyd?
45% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cynwyd 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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