II*Church · listed 1962St Mary's Church, Overton-on-DeeOn the list as Church of Saint MaryPhoto: Spicke01 · Public domain
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Overton · Cadw
53 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Overton’s built-up area, 581 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Overton, 52 are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
53
581 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Overton
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 Overton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
53 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*52 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 Overton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Overton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas39
Inns, shops & warehouses8
Street furniture3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
39 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
52 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 52 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bryn Cottage, including iron forecourt railingsBryn-y-Pys Estate OfficeBryn-y-Pys LodgeCandlewick CottageChurch CottageCintraDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowDispensary RowFairfieldFerndaleFormer Lloyd's Bank PremisesGate Piers and Gates to former Bryn-y-Pys HallGwydyr House (former RS & P Garden Machinery Specialists)House, including iron forecourt railings.Jubilee PumpKew CottageMetcalfe BuildingMetcalfe BuildingOutbuildings attached to rear of FairfieldPark ViewPen DyffrynPen-y-Llan HousePendas HouseQuinta CottageRailings and Gates (to 16, 17 & 18)Saint Mary's HouseTelephone Call-boxThe BrowThe Old Smithy, including iron forecourt railingsThe QuintaTy GwernenWall with two former OutbuildingsWar MemorialWhite CottageWhite Horse Public House1 High Street16 Salop Road17 High Street17 Salop Road18 High Street18 Salop Road1st Outbuilding to Gwydyr House2 High Street26 Salop Road2nd outbuilding to Gwydyr House3 High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 39% of Overton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Overton 197113 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
52 of the 53 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 Overton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1994
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1994 · 351962 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 13 entries were listed in 1962. 35 came in 1994. 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 registered park or garden
St. Mary's Churchyard, OvertonGrade II · Churchyard
Homes by age
31% of Overton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
2.2%
1919–29
0%
1930s
6.5%
1945–54
1.2%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
9.8%
1973–82
6.5%
1983–92
8.6%
1993–99
8.6%
2000–08
9.8%
2009–15
2.2%
2016–25
OvertonEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 Overton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overton | 912 | 53 | 0 | — |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 1 | 0 | C |
| St Martins | 2,692 | 6 | 1 | C |
| Ruabon | 3,414 | 40 | 1 | A− |
| Ellesmere | 4,268 | 106 | 1 | A |
| Chirk | 3,930 | 29 | 1 | B |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 12,789 | 12 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Overton in brief
Old houses are part of Overton’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 53 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.
Of the whole list, 74% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1994: 35 of 53. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: R. K. Penson (1815) and Edward Welch (1806) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Overton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Overton?
Cadw lists 53 buildings inside Overton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 52 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Overton?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Overton.
When were Overton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 35, in 1994.
How old are the homes in Overton?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Overton 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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