II*Public · listed 1973Ty'n Llan Nursing HomePhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Towyn and Kinmel Bay Youth Club · Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0DHistory Grade
History of Kinmel Bay · Cadw
4 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Kinmel Bay’s built-up area, 4.4 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Kinmel Bay, 1 are Grade II. 1.1% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Kinmel Bay grades D for history.
Listed buildings
4
4.4 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
1.1%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kinmel Bay
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ty'n Llan Nursing HomeGrade II* listed
Catholic Church of Christ the KingGrade II listed
Church of St Mary, with churchyard wallsGrade II* listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Kinmel Bay’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 6neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
4 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*1 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 II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Kinmel Bay
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Public · listed 1973Towyn and Kinmel Bay Youth ClubPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1973St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mary, with churchyard wallsPhoto: Joe Blundell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Kinmel Bay grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (7 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 21% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (1.1%)More than 1% 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
1.1% of Kinmel Bay’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
1.1%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
13%
1930s
2.8%
1945–54
9.2%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
18%
1983–92
16%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
0.2%
2016–25
Kinmel BayEngland & Wales
1.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 18% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kinmel Bay
In brief
Kinmel Bay in brief
The official list counts 4 listed buildings in Kinmel Bay, including Ty'n Llan Nursing Home. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 21% of UK towns. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and the list grew between 1973 and 2025.
Questions about Kinmel Bay’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kinmel Bay?
Cadw lists 4 buildings inside Kinmel Bay’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
How old are the homes in Kinmel Bay?
1.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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