IChurch · listed 1951St Grwst's ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St GrwstPhoto: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Llanrwst · Cadw
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Llanrwst’s built-up area, 150 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 36 of Llanrwst’s listed buildings. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. Llanrwst grades A for history.
Listed buildings
37
150 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Llanrwst
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 Llanrwst’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*36 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 Llanrwst
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of Llanrwst’s listed buildings is inns, shops and warehouses
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Inns, shops & warehouses13
Houses, terraces & villas10
Public & civic buildings7
Walls, gates & bridges4
Churches, chapels & priories3
10 entries (27%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Agricultural Range at Cae Melwr FarmAlbion InnBron DerwBryn Drug Store (formerly Apothecaries' Hall)Cae-Melwr FarmhouseCapel SeionCharlton's Stores, Pet & Aquatic CentreContessaCornucopia HotelEagles HotelFormer Schoolmaster's House at the Old Grammar SchoolGateway ro Parish ChurchyardInfants' SchoolJesus Hospital (Llanrwst Almshouses)Junior SchoolLlanrwst InstituteNational Westminster BankNorth Llanrwst Station (Building on East Platform)North Llanrwst Station (Main Building)Old Grammer SchoolOld LibraryOld PrioryOld SchoolOld School HousePen-y-Bont InnPied PiperPont Cae-MelwrSchool HouseSiop Sian (also known as "The Central")Stables as Bron DerwThe CarltonThe New InnThe Sexton's HouseTollhouse (Brynamlwg)Tyn-y-Ffynwent40 Station Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.2% of Llanrwst
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Llanrwst 19768 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 111 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 37 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 Llanrwst’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1993
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1993 · 301951 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 30 came in 1993. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Llanrwst 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 (39 points, 158 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 79% 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
27% of Llanrwst’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
2.4%
1919–29
14%
1930s
10%
1945–54
1.9%
1955–64
8.5%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
6%
1983–92
9.2%
1993–99
3.2%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
1.9%
2016–25
LlanrwstEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 14% 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
Llanrwst has the 94th most Grade I buildings of 1,339 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Llanrwst1
#270 of 1,339for listed buildings per resident (150 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
93 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Llanrwst
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanrwst | 2,463 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Llansanffraid Glan Conwy | 1,663 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Penmaenmawr | 2,762 | 7 | 0 | B |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 220 | 7 | A− |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Llanfairfechan | 3,547 | 70 | 0 | A+ |
| Bethesda | 3,757 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 117 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Llanrwst in brief
More of Llanrwst’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 75% of UK towns. Only 93 of the 1,339 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1993: 30 of 37. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: N. E. Yorke Davis (1841) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Llanrwst’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llanrwst?
Cadw lists 37 buildings inside Llanrwst’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Llanrwst?
One: Parish Church of St Grwst.
How many conservation areas are there in Llanrwst?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Llanrwst.
When were Llanrwst’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 30, in 1993.
How old are the homes in Llanrwst?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% 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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