II*House · listed 1976Penrhyn Old HallOn the list as Penrhyn Old Hall, including forecourt wall, steps and mounting blockPhoto: NoelWalley at en · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Penrhyn Bay · Cadw
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Penrhyn Bay’s built-up area, 24 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Penrhyn Bay grades C for history: #28 of 39 in Clwyd.
Listed buildings
10
24 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
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Penrhyn Bay
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 Penrhyn Bay’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.
10 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*9 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 Penrhyn Bay
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
9 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 9 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew
More than half of Penrhyn Bay’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 9
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 9 came in 1976. 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).
Chapel at Penrhyn Old HallPost Medieval/Modern; Chapel
History Grade
Penrhyn Bay 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 (13 points, 31 per 10,000 residents)More than 42% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 32% 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 Penrhyn Bay
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn Bay | 4,201 | 10 | 0 | C |
| Llandudno | 14,699 | 357 | 1 | A+ |
| Colwyn Bay | 29,273 | 117 | 0 | A− |
| Conwy | 15,706 | 220 | 7 | A− |
| Llansanffraid Glan Conwy | 1,663 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Mynydd Marian | 1,351 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Dwygyfylchi | 1,403 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Llanddulas | 1,097 | 11 | 0 | B |
In brief
Penrhyn Bay in brief
Penrhyn Bay has 10 listed buildings. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1976: 9 of 10. 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 it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Penrhyn Bay’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Penrhyn Bay?
Cadw lists 10 buildings inside Penrhyn Bay’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Penrhyn Bay?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Chapel at Penrhyn Old Hall.
When were Penrhyn Bay’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 9, in 1976.
How old are the homes in Penrhyn Bay?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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