IChurch · listed 1962St Cyngar's ChurchOn the list as Church of St CyngarPhoto: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Cyngar · Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0A−History Grade
History of Hope · Cadw
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Hope’s built-up area, 50 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 5 scheduled monuments. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Hope grades A− for history: #10 of 39 in Clwyd.
Listed buildings
22
50 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
5
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hope
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 Hope’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 37% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*19 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 Hope
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 Hope
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1962Plas-yn-Bwl
House · listed 1962Rhydyn Hall
What’s protected
The largest group of Hope’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories7
Houses, terraces & villas7
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Street furniture3
Walls, gates & bridges1
7 entries (32%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge End BridgeCastellated Gateway and Walls at Rhydyn HallFormer Llay Hall Collery Engine HouseFormer Llay Hall Colliery Chimney and FlueFormer Llay Hall Colliery Washery BuildingFormer Llay Hall Colliery WorkshopsGroup of Three Vault Structures immediately N of St Cyngar's ChurchHope CottageLilac CottagePair of Railed Tombs to S of St Cyngar's ChurchParapetted Steps and Churchyard Walls to SW of St Cyngar's ChurchRailed Tomb Monument 30m NW of St Cyngar's ChurchRailed Vault Structure immediately N of the Tower at St Cyngar's ChurchRailed and Raised Tomb immediately W of St Cyngar's ChurchRock CottageSarn HouseSteps, Gates and Gatepiers to W of St Cyngar's ChurchSundial Base at St Cyngar's ChurchTy Gwyn, including attached wall and outbuildings
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Hope
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Caergwrle 199519 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 190 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 22 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
10 of Hope’s 22 listed buildings were added in 1998
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1998 · 10
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1998. 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.
5 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Wat's Dyke: Section E of HopeEarly Medieval; Linear Earthwork
Wat's Dyke: Section N of Bryn EstynEarly Medieval; Linear Earthwork
Wat's Dyke: Section N of Carlton GrangeUnknown; Linear Earthwork
Wat's Dyke: Section N of Rhydyn FarmEarly Medieval; Linear Earthwork
Wat's Dyke: Section N of the Rectory, HopeEarly Medieval; Linear Earthwork
History Grade
Hope 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 (36 points, 81 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% 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 Hope’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
20%
Before 1900
6.3%
1900–18
4%
1919–29
7.2%
1930s
13%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
7.7%
1973–82
2.6%
1983–92
7.3%
1993–99
3.7%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
1.4%
2016–25
HopeEngland & Wales
20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 13% 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
Hope has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 992 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Hope1
#416 of 992for listed buildings per resident (50 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hope
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 4,422 | 22 | 1 | A− |
| Llay | 4,666 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Leeswood | 1,948 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 14 | 0 | B |
In brief
Hope in brief
More of Hope’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Cyngar's Church. Only 88 of the 992 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1995. It also has 5 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Robert Davies (1869) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Hope’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hope?
Cadw lists 22 buildings inside Hope’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hope?
One: Church of St Cyngar.
Are there scheduled monuments in Hope?
Yes, 5 scheduled monuments, including Wat's Dyke: Section E of Hope, Wat's Dyke: Section N of Bryn Estyn, Wat's Dyke: Section N of Carlton Grange and Wat's Dyke: Section N of Rhydyn Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Hope?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Caergwrle.
When were Hope’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 10, in 1998.
How old are the homes in Hope?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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