II*Church · listed 1967Church of St DigainPhoto: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: myself · Public domain–Not graded
History of Llangernyw · Cadw
Llangernyw: 59% of homes built before 1919
For Llangernyw, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Cadw lists 15 buildings inside Llangernyw’s built-up area, 432 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
15
432 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
59%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Llangernyw
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 Llangernyw’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*14 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Llangernyw
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bryn CoroniadGeneral StoreGroup of 2 Monuments in churchyard to Church of St DigainIvy CottageLlys AlawLychgate to Church of St DigainPen Uchar LlanPont FaenRaised Slab Monument to Harry Lloyd in churchyard of Church of St DigainSandbach Mausoleum in churchyard of Church of St DigainSiop UchaSir Henry Jones Memorial Cottages and garden wallsTy'r YsgolYouth Club
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Llangernyw
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Llangernyw 19755 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 15 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 Llangernyw’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1999
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1999 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1967. 11 came in 1999. 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).
Two Cross-Incised Stones in St Digain's Churchyard, LlangernywEarly Medieval; Cross-marked stone
Homes by age
59% of Llangernyw’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
59%
Before 1900
3.3%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
3.3%
1955–64
3.3%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
3.3%
1983–92
1.3%
1993–99
4.6%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
LlangernywEngland & Wales
59% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Llangernyw
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llangernyw | 347 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Llanrwst | 2,463 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Mynydd Marian | 1,351 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Llansanffraid Glan Conwy | 1,663 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Llanddulas | 1,097 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 117 | 0 | A− |
| Abergele | 8,531 | 26 | 0 | C+ |
| Pensarn | 1,329 | 5 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Llangernyw in brief
More of Llangernyw’s homes are old than in most places: 59% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 15 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. The big year was 1999, when 11 of the 15 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Henry Jones (1852) and Robert Griffith (1847) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Llangernyw’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llangernyw?
Cadw lists 15 buildings inside Llangernyw’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Llangernyw?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Two Cross-Incised Stones in St Digain's Churchyard, Llangernyw.
How many conservation areas are there in Llangernyw?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Llangernyw.
When were Llangernyw’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 11, in 1999.
How old are the homes in Llangernyw?
59% of homes were built before 1919 and 64% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Llangernyw has no History Grade.
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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