12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

Bethlehem Independent ChapelGrade II listedChurch of Saint John EvangelistGrade II listedWar MemorialGrade II listedChurch of St ThomasGrade II listedCapel Mawr (Jerusalem Welsh Presbyterian Chapel) with attached school roomGrade II listed+1See 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.

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).

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

The first 1 entry was listed in 1987. 9 came in 1996. Only 0 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).

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.

21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 19% 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.

Margaret Jones

Robert Roberts

Caradog Roberts

Edward Roberts

Noel Edwards

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Caradog Roberts1878–1935 · British musician (1878-1935)

Margaret Jones1842–1902 · Welsh travel writer (1842-1902)

RR

Robert Roberts1865–1945 · Welsh footballer, born 1865

ER

Edward Roberts1891– · Welsh footballer

NE

Noel Edwards1898– · Welsh footballer (born 1898)

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

Old houses are part of Rhosllannerchrugog’s character: 23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 12 listed buildings, including Stiwt Theatr. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976.

Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Caradog Roberts (1878), Margaret Jones (1842) and Robert Roberts (1865). The big year was 1996, when 9 of the 12 went on the list. 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.