63 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

The Bailey Hill, MoldScheduled monumentBethesda Welsh Presbyterian Chapel and SchoolroomGrade II* listedFormer Market Hall & Assembly RoomsGrade II listedDolphin Hotel (south part only)Grade II listedFormer Prison Gatehouse & Governor's Residence (now Greystones & St. David's)Grade II listed+5See all photos

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.

c. 1825

c. 1849

c. 1860

c. 1876

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

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).

Of the 63 entries, 16 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

The first 4 entries were listed in 1953, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 45 came in 1987. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

1 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).

The Bailey Hill, MoldMedieval; Motte and Bailey

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.

Jane Brereton

George Wightwick

Thomas Henry Blythe

Daniel Owen

Wilfred Trubshaw

Mary Silyn Roberts

Walter Davis

James Roberts

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Daniel Owen1836–1895 · Welsh novelist (1836–1895)

JB

Jane Brereton1685–1740 · Welsh writer (b. Flintshire 1685)

JR

James Roberts1891– · Welsh footballer, born 1891

GW

George Wightwick1802–1872 · British architect (1802-1872)

WD

Walter Davis1888–1937 · Welsh footballer (1888-1937)

TB

Thomas Henry Blythe1822–1883 · Welsh-born American businessman

WT

Wilfred Trubshaw1870–1944 · British chief constable (1870–1944)

MR

Mary Silyn Roberts1877–1972 · Womens rights activist (1877-1972)

Everyone born in Mold → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Mold has 63 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Church. Only 98 of the 674 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 51%, are houses, terraces and villas.

Of the 8 people born here before 1900, the best known include Daniel Owen (1836), Jane Brereton (1685) and James Roberts (1891). The big year was 1987, when 45 of the 63 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.