IChurch · listed 1963St Chad's ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St ChadPhoto: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Holt · Cadw
17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Holt’s built-up area, 157 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. Holt grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
17
157 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Holt
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 Holt’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
17 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*15 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 Holt
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Holt
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1963Holt CastlePhoto: Peter Craine · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Deeside FarmhouseFormer Baptist Chapel (including forecourt walls, gates and railings)Former Wages Office at Bellis' FarmGates, Gate-piers and Railings at W entrance to churchyard at Parish Church of St ChadPate GatePresbyterian Church (including forecourt walls and railings)Puddleducks (including forecourt walls and railings)Smithfield HouseStrawberry Pickers' Barracks at Bellis' FarmSundial in churchyard at Parish Church of St ChadVillage CrossWar Memorial (including railings)1 Holt Hall (including the Peking Garden)2 Frog Lane2 Holt Hall (including the Peking Garden)
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 59% of Holt
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Holt 197526 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 17 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 Holt’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1996
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1996 · 11
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 11 came in 1996. 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).
Holt CastleMedieval; Castle
History Grade
Holt grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (22 points, 203 per 10,000 residents)More than 71% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 76% of 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.
Homes by age
26% of Holt’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
1.9%
1930s
15%
1945–54
3.8%
1955–64
3.8%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
13%
1993–99
5.7%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
3.8%
2016–25
HoltEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 15% 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.
Towns its size
Holt has the 85th most Grade I buildings of 2,066 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Holt1
#758 of 2,066for listed buildings per resident (157 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
84 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Holt
In brief
Holt in brief
More of Holt’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 84 of the 2,066 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1996: 11 of 17. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Leigh Richmond Roose (1877) and Roger Edgeworth (1485) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Holt’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Holt?
Cadw lists 17 buildings inside Holt’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Holt?
One: Parish Church of St Chad.
Are there scheduled monuments in Holt?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Holt Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Holt?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Holt.
When were Holt’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 11, in 1996.
How old are the homes in Holt?
26% 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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