Grade I listed building · Cadw

Old College

On the list as University College of Wales Old College Building

Listed Grade I since 196165 years · Grade I is the top 1.6% of Wales’s listed buildings

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About

About Old College

Old College, listed as University College of Wales Old College Building, is one of 1 Grade I listed buildings in Aberystwyth and about 494 in Wales. It was among the first 48 buildings in Aberystwyth to be listed, on 21 July 1961. It stands in the Aberystwyth conservation area, designated in 1981. Within 400 metres are 194 other listed buildings.

CadwRead the official list entryCadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 10251↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings in Wales. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 2 listed buildings in about 5 minutes

Aberystwyth · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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1Old CollegeStart here
2Staff HouseGrade II* · 0.1 mi on

Farther afield

Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments in WalesGrade II*0.3mi

Edward Davies BuildingGrade II*0.5mi

National Library of WalesGrade II*0.8mi The Great Hall, Aberystwyth UniversityGrade II*1.1mi

CrugiauGrade II*1.6mi

Around it

68 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

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Questions about Old College

Is Old College listed?

Yes. University College of Wales Old College Building is listed Grade I on Cadw’s register (record 10251), first listed on 21 July 1961.

Can you visit Old College?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Old College in a conservation area?

Yes, the Aberystwyth conservation area, designated in 1981.

Listed buildings: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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