40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

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c. 1794

c. 1795

c. 1944

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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.

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 1952. 26 came in 1995. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

2 scheduled monuments

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.

23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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.

Griffith Arthur Jones

Walter Clopton Wingfield

Llewelyn Kenrick

William Williams

John Price Davies

Ted Hughes

William Ellis Bailiff

Howard Saint

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Walter Clopton Wingfield1833–1912 · Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern …

WW

William Williams1856– · Footballer born in 1856

JD

John Price Davies1862–1955 · Welsh footballer (1862-1955)

Llewelyn Kenrick1847–1933 · Football administrator (1847-1933)

Ted Hughes1876– · Welsh footballer (1876-?)

WB

William Ellis Bailiff1882–1972 · Welsh footballer (1882-1972)

GJ

Griffith Arthur Jones1827–1906 · British priest (1827–1906)

Howard Saint1893–1976 · British flying ace

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

Old houses are part of Ruabon’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Ruabon Railway Station. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 76% of UK towns. Only 94 of the 1,154 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

On Park Street alone there are 18 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 65% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.