ICathedral · listed 1962St Asaph CathedralOn the list as Cathedral Church of St. AsaphPhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Kentigern & St. Asaph Parish Church · Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of St Asaph · Cadw
52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Cadw counts them inside St Asaph’s built-up area, 149 for every 10,000 residents. 48 of St Asaph’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. St Asaph grades A− for history: #9 of 39 in Clwyd.
Listed buildings
52
149 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
St Asaph in 13 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Cathedral Church of St. AsaphGrade I listed
Talardy HotelGrade II listed
Translator's MemorialGrade II listed+10See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
St Asaph from 1610 to 1890
An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1610
c. 1786
c. 1831
c. 1831
c. 1840
c. 1859
c. 1859
c. 1890
c. 1890Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where St Asaph’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
52 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*48 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 I
The Grade I listed building in St Asaph
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in St Asaph
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1962St. Kentigern & St. Asaph Parish ChurchPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1962Esgobty Farmhouse
Church · listed 1962The Old Palace,high StreetOn the list as The Old Palace
What’s protected
The largest group of St Asaph’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Inns, shops & warehouses16
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture2
22 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April CottageBarrow Crafts (including Antiques Shop)Beulah House (K&M Massey, including St. Asaph Video)Conservative ClubDovecote at Esgonty FarmElwy Bank including D.P. NashFormer Barber ShopGarden Wall at Esgobty FarmGatepiers & Gate at the Old DeaneryGlandwr (St. Asaph Cricket & Social Club)Glasgow House including County Cleaners, Halifax Building Society & Shoe RepairsGlasgow House including County Cleaners, Halifax Building Society & Shoe Repairs)Greengrocer's ShopGreenhouse at Talardy HotelH.M. Cleaver & Co. (Solicitors)H.M.Stanley Hospital (front range plus attached cross-plan ranges & Chapel only)House at St. Asaph Auction RoomsIncluding Yu's ChineseKinmel Arms P.H.Lodge & Gatepiers at driveway to the Old PalaceMary Short Memorial Drinking FountainMidland BankMin-AfonPalace GardensPlas yn RoeRed Lion P.H.Roe GauRose Hill HouseRosslynSt. Asaph Auction RoomsSt. Asaph Diocesan OfficeSt. Asaph V.P. SchoolSuncotSundial at Kentigern HallSundial in the Churchyard to St .Kentigern & St .Asaph Parish ChurchTalardy HotelThe Barrow Arms P.H.The BrynThe Court HouseThe HendreThe Old DeaneryThe Old RectoryThe old China Shop, including China HouseTithe Barn HouseTranslator's MemorialWalled Garden at Talardy Hotel1 High Street1A High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.5% of St Asaph
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
St Asaph 197115 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 201 ha inside the built-up area.
39 of the 52 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 St Asaph’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 321962 · 121951 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1951. 32 came in 1987. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
St Asaph grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (57 points, 164 per 10,000 residents)More than 80% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 55% 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.
Born here
5 notable people born in St Asaph before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
G. W. Hemans
William Williams
Felix Powell
Sammy Brett
George Henry Powell
1800182518501875190019251950
GP
George Henry Powell1880–1951 · British, Welsh songwriter and lyricist (1880-1951)
FP
Felix Powell1878–1942 · British, Welsh composer
WW
William Williams1832–1900 · Welsh veterinary surgeon
SB
Sammy Brett1879–1939 · Association football player (1879-1939)
GH
G. W. Hemans1814–1885 · Engineer (1814-1885)
Everyone born in St Asaph → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
St Asaph has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,131 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
St Asaph1
#200 of 1,131for listed buildings per resident (149 per 10,000). Sandwich, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around St Asaph
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Asaph | 3,483 | 52 | 1 | A− |
| Rhuddlan | 3,791 | 21 | 0 | B− |
| Bodelwyddan | 1,785 | 24 | 0 | B+ |
| Dyserth | 2,038 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Rhyl | 26,982 | 99 | 0 | B+ |
| Meliden | 2,002 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Kinmel Bay | 9,016 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Denbigh | 8,072 | 191 | 7 | A+ |
In brief
St Asaph in brief
Per resident, St Asaph has more listed heritage than 80% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Asaph Cathedral. Only 95 of the 1,131 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.
George Henry Powell (1880), Felix Powell (1878) and William Williams (1832) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1987, when 32 of the 52 went on the list. The rest is about typical: 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about St Asaph’s history
How many listed buildings are there in St Asaph?
Cadw lists 52 buildings inside St Asaph’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in St Asaph?
One: Cathedral Church of St. Asaph.
How many conservation areas are there in St Asaph?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is St Asaph.
When were St Asaph’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 32, in 1987.
Are there old photos of St Asaph?
Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1786 to 1890, and an old map from 1610, all on this page.
Who was born in St Asaph?
Among people born before 1900: George Henry Powell (1880), Felix Powell (1878), William Williams (1832), Sammy Brett (1879) and G. W. Hemans (1814).
How old are the homes in St Asaph?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.