II*Church · listed 1963Church of SS Marcella and DeiniolPhoto: Outwivcamera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: John Haynes · CC BY-SA 2.0C−History Grade
History of Marchwiel · Cadw
3 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Marchwiel’s built-up area, 29 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Marchwiel, 2 are Grade II. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Marchwiel grades C− for history.
Listed buildings
3
29 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Marchwiel
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 Marchwiel’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
3 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*2 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 Marchwiel
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 6.4% of Marchwiel
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Marchwiel 19754 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 59 ha inside the built-up area.
3 of the 3 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
History Grade
Marchwiel grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (4 points, 39 per 10,000 residents)More than 33% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 26% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Marchwiel
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 157 | 1 | B+ |
| Rhostyllen | 2,760 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 12 | 0 | C+ |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 40 | 1 | A− |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 14 | 0 | B |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 5 | 0 | D |
In brief
Marchwiel in brief
Marchwiel has 3 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1963 and 2016.
Questions about Marchwiel’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Marchwiel?
Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Marchwiel’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Marchwiel?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Marchwiel.
How old are the homes in Marchwiel?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% 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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