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History of Glanaman · Cadw

Old homes in Glanaman: 54% built before 1919

The typical town has 15%: Glanaman has 4 times the share. Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Glanaman’s built-up area, 7.8 for every 10,000 residents. Glanaman grades C+ for history: #18 of 23 in Dyfed.

1Grade II*

Listed buildings

7.8 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

54%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Glanaman

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Capel BrynseionGrade II* listed

Capel BethaniaGrade II listed

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 Glanaman’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.

3 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I1 Grade II*2 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 Glanaman

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

Church · listed 1998Bryn Seion Welsh Independent ChapelOn the list as Capel BrynseionPhoto: Jeremy Bolwell · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II

2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Capel Bethania Jims Barber Shop and 207

History Grade

Glanaman grades C+ for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (4 points, 10 per 10,000 residents)More than 19% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (54%)More than 98% 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

54% of Glanaman’s homes were built before 1919

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

24%

Before 1900

31%

1900–18

5.3%

1919–29

2.9%

1930s

4.7%

1945–54

5.9%

1955–64

0.9%

1965–72

5.8%

1973–82

4.5%

1983–92

1993–99

4.8%

2000–08

1.8%

2009–15

1.8%

2016–25

GlanamanEngland & Wales

24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 31% 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 Glanaman

Town	People	Listed	History
Glanaman	3,866	3	C⁺
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen	2,744	3	B⁻
Brynamman	2,636	3	C⁺
Ammanford	8,282	16	B
Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen	1,354	0	C
Llandybie	2,563	14	B⁺
Penybanc	1,165	0	D
Tycroes	2,480	0	D

In brief

Glanaman in brief

Old houses are part of Glanaman’s character: 54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 3 listed buildings, including Bryn Seion Welsh Independent Chapel. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 19% of UK towns. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; William Rees (1899) was born here before 1900; and all its entries went on the list in 1998.

Questions about Glanaman’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Glanaman?

Cadw lists 3 buildings inside Glanaman’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.

How old are the homes in Glanaman?

54% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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