II*Inns & shops · listed 1995Bersham Colliery No 2 HeadframePhoto: Chris Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bersham Colliery No 2 Headframe · Photo: Chris Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0B−History Grade
History of Rhostyllen · Cadw
10 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Rhostyllen’s built-up area, 36 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Rhostyllen grades B− for history: #21 of 39 in Clwyd.
Listed buildings
10
36 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rhostyllen
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 Rhostyllen’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 I2 Grade II*8 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Rhostyllen
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1963Esless Hall
Grade II
8 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.2% of Rhostyllen
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bersham 19756 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 84 ha inside the built-up area.
2 of the 10 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
5 of Rhostyllen’s 10 listed buildings were added in 1995
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1995 · 5
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1963. 5 came in 1995. 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).
Bersham Colliery: No 2 Winding GearPost Medieval/Modern; Colliery
History Grade
Rhostyllen grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (14 points, 51 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 61% 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 Rhostyllen
In brief
Rhostyllen in brief
Rhostyllen has 10 listed buildings, including Bersham Colliery No 2 Headframe. 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 it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Rhostyllen’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rhostyllen?
Cadw lists 10 buildings inside Rhostyllen’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Rhostyllen?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bersham Colliery: No 2 Winding Gear.
How many conservation areas are there in Rhostyllen?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Bersham.
When were Rhostyllen’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 5, in 1995.
How old are the homes in Rhostyllen?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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