Palace Social Club (former Plaza Cinema) · Photo: Dominic Nelson · CC BY-SA 4.011 listed buildings
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Flint’s built-up area, 8.6 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. 9.2% of its homes were built before 1919. Flint grades C− for history: #30 of 39 in Clwyd.
Flint in 11 photos and old views
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Town HallGrade II listed
St Mary ChurchGrade II listed
War Memorial (CENOTAPH)Grade II listed
34Grade II listed+7See all photosPhotos 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.
Flint from 1610 to 1883
An old map and 5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1610
c. 1742
1770s
1782
c. 1813
1883Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Flint’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
11 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 0.9% of Flint
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
5 of the 11 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
4 of Flint’s 11 listed buildings were added in 1995
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1972. 4 came in 1995. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Flint grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
9.2% of Flint’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.7% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 22% 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.
4 notable people born in Flint before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Flint → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Flint
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint | 12,776 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| Northop | 1,030 | 19 | 1 | A− |
| Pentre Halkyn | 1,082 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Bagillt | 5,943 | 18 | 1 | C+ |
| Northop Hall | 1,826 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Soughton | 1,697 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Holywell | 7,741 | 94 | 1 | B+ |
Flint in brief
The official list counts 11 listed buildings in Flint, including Palace Social Club (former Plaza Cinema). A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. William Jackson (1876), P. Ellis Eyton (1827) and Thomas Bartley (1874) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 9.2% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Flint’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Flint?
Cadw lists 11 buildings inside Flint’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Flint?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Croes Atti Roman Site and Pentre Bridge Roman Site.
How many conservation areas are there in Flint?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Flint.
When were Flint’s buildings listed?
The first in 1972; the most, 4, in 1995.
Are there old photos of Flint?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1742 to 1883, and an old map from 1610, all on this page.
Who was born in Flint?
Among people born before 1900: William Jackson (1876), P. Ellis Eyton (1827), Thomas Bartley (1874) and Enoch William Bagshaw (1884).
How old are the homes in Flint?
9.2% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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