IChurch · listed 1951St Winefride's WellOn the list as St. Winifrides's Chapel & WellPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Facade of Former Town Hall · Photo: National Assembly for Wales · CC BY 2.0B+History Grade
History of Holywell · Cadw
94 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Cadw counts them inside Holywell’s built-up area, 121 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings and 7 old views of the town. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Holywell grades B+ for history: #13 of 39 in Clwyd.
Listed buildings
94
121 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Holywell in 13 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
St. Winifrides's Chapel & WellGrade I listed
Parish Church of St. JamesGrade II* listed
Greenfield Valley MillsScheduled monument
Holywell County CourtGrade II listed
Hotel VictoriaGrade II listed+8See 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.
Through time
Holywell from 1749 to 1850
7 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1749
c. 1792
c. 1813
c. 1815
c. 1835
c. 1845
1850sPublic domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Holywell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
94 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*91 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. 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).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Holywell
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Holywell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1951Parish Church of St JamesOn the list as Parish Church of St. JamesPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1976Agricultural Range to south side of the Framyard at the Grange
What’s protected
The largest group of Holywell’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas46
Inns, shops & warehouses33
Public & civic buildings7
Churches, chapels & priories5
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
46 entries (49%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
91 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 91 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Celyn FarmhouseCrystal DesignsFacade of Former Town HallFeathers Inn Public House.Former Chapel at Lluesty HospitalFunny BusinessGatehouse to St. Winefride's Chapel & WellGlyn AbbotGroed Onen WindmillHolway HouseHolywell County CourtHotel VictoriaLluesty HospitalMaes-Y-DreMaggies KitchenMasonic HallNational Westminster BankOld Bank HouseOld VicaragePedestal & Statue of Christ (outside the former St. Winefride's school)Pillar Box on Pavement (outside no. 6 High Street)Presbytery at Catholic Church of St WinefrideRoyal Oak PHSt Winefride's Roman Catholic ChurchTabernacle English Congregational ChurchTelephone Call-box outside The Post OfficeTerritorial Army Drill HallThe King's Head PHThe MountThe Red Lion PHVron Chambers (John Morris & Co.)War Memorial Gates, Railings & Stone Piers111 Pen-y-Ball Street1 Well Street12A (including D.W. Roberts & Son)15 (Threshers)17, Midland Bank (including Bank chambers)19 Panton Place1A22220 Panton Place21 Panton Place22 Panton Place23 Panton Place24 Panton Place34556777889991011121213141516171821232525 Panton Place26 Panton Place2727 Panton Place28 Panton Place2929 Panton Place2A3 (Frank Beech)3 (The Apple Tree)4 (Exchange House)44 Well Street46 Well Street6 (Exchange House)8 (Harris & Rushton)8 Well Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4% of Holywell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Holywell 197511 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 270 ha inside the built-up area.
79 of the 94 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 Holywell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1991
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1991 · 531951 · 36
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 36 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 53 came in 1991. 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Greenfield Valley MillsPost Medieval/Modern; Watermill
St Winefride's Chapel and WellMedieval; Chapel
History Grade
Holywell grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (102 points, 132 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 31% 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.
Towns its size
Holywell has the 92nd most Grade I buildings of 768 towns its size
Places of 5,000–12,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Holywell1
#120 of 768for listed buildings per resident (121 per 10,000). Brecon, Rye and Dartmouth lead.
91 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Holywell
In brief
Holywell in brief
Per resident, Holywell has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 94 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Winefride's Well. Only 91 of the 768 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On Panton Place alone there are 11 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1991: 53 of 94. The rest is about typical: Teresa Helena Higginson (1844) and Sarah Edith Wynne (1842) were born here before 1900; it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Holywell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Holywell?
Cadw lists 94 buildings inside Holywell’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 91 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Holywell?
One: St. Winifrides's Chapel & Well.
Are there scheduled monuments in Holywell?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Greenfield Valley Mills and St Winefride's Chapel and Well.
How many conservation areas are there in Holywell?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Holywell.
When were Holywell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 53, in 1991.
Are there old photos of Holywell?
Yes: 7 public-domain photos and postcards from 1749 to 1850, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Holywell?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% 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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