The Royal Oak · Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0

History of Fishguard · Cadw

114 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Fishguard’s built-up area, 333 for every 10,000 residents. 36% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. Fishguard grades A+ for history: #3 of 23 in Dyfed.

1Grade II*13on High Street

Listed buildings

114

333 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

36%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Fishguard in 15 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.

The Town HallGrade II listed

Parish Church of St MaryGrade II listed

Sail CottageGrade II listed

Bank HouseGrade II listed

Seaways BookshopGrade II listed+10See all photos

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.

Through time

Fishguard from 1814 to 1925

8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

GeorgianGoodwych Pier : near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire/ Novr 1 1814Photo: Daniell, William, 1769-1837 Daniell, William, 1769-1837 · Public domain

GeorgianView of the entrance to Fishguard, from Goodwych sands Octr 1st 1814Photo: Daniell, William, 1769-1837 Daniell, William, 1769-1837 · Public domain

GeorgianEntrance of the Harbour, Fishguard, PembrokeshirePhoto: Gastineau, Henry G., 1791-1876 Adlard, H. (Henry), fl. 1828-1869 · Public domain

GeorgianUpper & Lower Town of Fishguard, PembrokeshirePhoto: Gastineau, Henry G., 1791-1876 Adlard, H. (Henry), fl. 1828-1869 · CC0

Between the warsFISHGUARD HARBOUR c1915 PEMBROKESHIRE POSTCARDPhoto: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Wales Fishguard Bay Hotel Postcard Under the Management of Great Western Railway 1922 — Between the warsWales Fishguard Bay Hotel Postcard Under the Management of Great Western Railwa…Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Between the warsFishguard. Aerial View - 29651 by Aerofilms. PEMBROKESHIRE POSTCARD 1925Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Old viewCwmyreglwys near Fishguard RP pc unused Y585 PEMBROKESHIRE POSTCARDPhoto: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Public 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 Fishguard’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Grade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

114 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I1 Grade II*113 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 Fishguard

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1978Hermon Welsh Baptist ChurchOn the list as Hermon Baptist Church including forecourt walls and stepsPhoto: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0

Historic streets

High Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

High Street13 listed

Main Street8 listed

West Street6 listed

Hill Terrace5 listed

Hamilton Street4 listed

Of the 114 entries, 54 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Fishguard’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas80

Inns, shops & warehouses26

Churches, chapels & priories5

Memorials, crosses & tombs1

Walls, gates & bridges1

Public & civic buildings1

80 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories.

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

113 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 113 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Ardwyn and railings to front Bank House Bennett's Navy Tavern Black Fox Bar Bodlondeb Bridge Cottages Bryn Haulwen Capel Pentour, including forecourt railings and gates Cartref Hotel Cartshed at Maesgwynne Cottage occupied by St John's Fishguard Nursing Division Court House, front railings and gatepiers to right Elim Lodge Emscote Former store building Greenwood House Halifax Building Society Hill House Inscribed stone in St Mary's Churchyard Kensington House Lime Kilns Llys Mair Llys-Teg Maesgwynne Manor House Hotel Mileplate in forecourt wall of Hermon Chapel Moonstone Mount Pleasant Nevern House Old Pump House Parish Church of St Mary Park House Premises occupied by The Dragon House Prospect House Railings to churchyard of Church of St Mary Range of outbuildings at Maesgwynne Sail Cottage Sally Port Seaways Bookshop Sycamore Lodge Tabernacle Independent Chapel Talarfor The Farmer's Arms The Fishguard Arms The Globe Inn The Monthly Tutor's Cottage The Old Post Office The Royal Oak The Town Hall Tower House Ty Rhos Ty Twt Victoria Wine Vincent House Walter Brearley House 1 Hill Terrace 1 Hottipass Street 1 Main Street 1 The Slade, including front garden walls & gates 11 Hamilton Street including area railings 11 High Street 11a High Street 12 High Street 12 Kensington Street 13 Hamilton Street including area railings 13 High Street 14 High Street 14 West Street 15&16 Market Square 16 High Street 16 Main Street 16 West Street 16/18 Kensington St 17 Kensington Street 17&18 Market Square 18 Main Street 2 Hill Terrace 2 Park Street 2 The Slade, including front garden walls & gates 20 Main Street 20 Market Square, including Boots the Chemists.21 High Street 21a High Street 22 Main Street 26 Main Street 29 Wallis Street 3 Hamilton Street 3 Hottipass Street 3 Main Street 30a Main Street 32 Main Street, including area railings.37 West Street 39 West Street 4 Hill Terrace 4 Park Street 41 West Street 43 High Street 47 High Street 5 Hamilton Street 5 High Street 5 Hill Terrace 5 Main Street 5 West Street 52 High Street 61 High Street, including forecourt railing 7 Hamilton Street 7 High Street 7 Main Street including area railings 73 High Street, including forecourt railings.79 High Street 8 Hill Terrace 9 Hamilton Street 9 High Street

Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 13% of Fishguard

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Fishguard 197615 ha

Lower Town 19761 ha

16 hain conservation areas, of 123 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Fishguard and Lower Town, were designated in 1976; the newest, Lower Town, in 1976. 106 of the 114 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 Fishguard’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1978

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1978 · 992002 · 10

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 4 entries were listed in 1951. 99 came in 1978. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Fishguard 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 (115 points, 336 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (36%)More than 91% 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.

Homes by age

36% of Fishguard’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

28%

Before 1900

8.7%

1900–18

2.7%

1919–29

1.6%

1930s

9.3%

1945–54

6.6%

1955–64

11%

1965–72

7.7%

1973–82

6.6%

1983–92

4.4%

1993–99

7.7%

2000–08

1.1%

2009–15

4.4%

2016–25

FishguardEngland & Wales

28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 11% 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 Fishguard

Town	People	Listed	History
Fishguard	3,422	114	A⁺
Goodwick	2,017	13	A⁻
Crundale	1,065	0	D

In brief

Fishguard in brief

Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Fishguard: per resident it has more than 91% of UK towns. In all there are 114 listed buildings, including The Royal Oak. Its housing is old: 36% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. On High Street alone there are 13 listed buildings.

Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1976. Of the whole list, 70% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1978: 99 of 114. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and Arthur Wade-Evans (1875) and Willie Thomas (1866) were born here before 1900.

Questions about Fishguard’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Fishguard?

Cadw lists 114 buildings inside Fishguard’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 113 Grade II.

Which street in Fishguard has the most listed buildings?

High Street (13), Main Street (8) and West Street (6) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Fishguard?

2, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest are Fishguard and Lower Town.

When were Fishguard’s buildings listed?

The first in 1951; the most, 99, in 1978.

Are there old photos of Fishguard?

Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1814 to 1925, all on this page.

How old are the homes in Fishguard?

36% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

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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