II*Church · listed 1952Church Of St. LlawddogOn the list as Church of St LlawddogPhoto: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Cilgerran · Cadw
Old homes in Cilgerran: 50% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Cilgerran has 3 times the share. Cadw lists 13 buildings inside Cilgerran’s built-up area, 134 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
13
134 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
50%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cilgerran
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 Cilgerran’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.
13 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*12 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 Grade II* listed building in Cilgerran
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
12 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.
How the list grew
More than half of Cilgerran’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1994
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1994 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 12 came in 1994. 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.
3 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Castell CilgerranMedieval; Castle
Cilgerran Castle Additional AreaMedieval; Castle
Inscribed Stone in ChurchyardEarly Medieval; Inscribed Stone
Homes by age
50% of Cilgerran’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
47%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
1.1%
1930s
3%
1945–54
1.9%
1955–64
5.7%
1965–72
6.8%
1973–82
7.8%
1983–92
8.7%
1993–99
8.7%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
4.9%
2016–25
CilgerranEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, which added 8.7% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cilgerran
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cilgerran | 971 | 13 | 0 | — |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 95 | 1 | A+ |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 25 | 1 | A |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 31 | 0 | A |
In brief
Cilgerran in brief
Old houses are part of Cilgerran’s character: 50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 13 listed buildings. The big year was 1994, when 12 of the 13 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Cilgerran’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cilgerran?
Cadw lists 13 buildings inside Cilgerran’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cilgerran?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Castell Cilgerran, Cilgerran Castle Additional Area and Inscribed Stone in Churchyard.
When were Cilgerran’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1994.
How old are the homes in Cilgerran?
50% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cilgerran has no History Grade.
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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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