IPublic · listed 1951Haverfordwest CastlePhoto: Cered · CC BY-SA 2.0
Warehouse adjoining former Agricultural Co-op Warehouse · Photo: M J Roscoe · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Haverfordwest · Cadw
321 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I
Cadw counts them inside Haverfordwest’s built-up area, 266 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 16 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. 21% of its homes were built before 1919. Haverfordwest grades A for history: #6 of 23 in Dyfed.
Listed buildings
321
266 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
23
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Haverfordwest in 25 photos and old views
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Haverfordwest CastleGrade I listed
Remains of Priory of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the MartyrGrade I listed
The Shire HallGrade II* listed
Castle HotelGrade II listed
Dragon HouseGrade II listed+20See 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
Haverfordwest from 1790 to 1943
8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1790s
c. 1816
c. 1817
c. 1829
1900
c. 1910
1943
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 Haverfordwest’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 8neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 61% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
321 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I23 Grade II*295 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The 3 Grade I listed buildings in Haverfordwest
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.
IChurch · listed 1974Haverfordwest PrioryOn the list as Remains of Priory of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the MartyrPhoto: ceridwen · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1951St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of Saint MaryPhoto: Wici Rhuthun 1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The 23 Grade II* listed buildings in Haverfordwest
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 10 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1951Shire HallOn the list as The Shire HallPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1975Bethesda English Baptist ChurchOn the list as Bethesda Baptist Church including vestry block attached to leftPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1951Church of Saint Martin of ToursPhoto: Dylan Moore · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Foley HousePhoto: Deborah Tilley · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1974Forecourt dwarf wall and railings to Tabernacle Church and to Tabernacle Church SchoolPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1974New Bridge and four lamp standardsPhoto: PJMarriott · CC BY 3.0
II*Public · listed 1974Palace CinemaOn the list as Palace Cinema and No. 2 Hill StreetPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1974Tabernacle Church SchoolPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1974Tabernacle English Congregational ChurchOn the list as Tabernacle Congregational ChurchPhoto: Wici Rhuthun 1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1951The Old BridgePhoto: Wici Rhuthun 1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1951Hermon's Hill House
House · listed 1974Hillborough House and area railings
Show the other 11
House · listed 1951Nos. 36 and 38 High Street
Public · listed 1974Railings, gates, steps and retaining wall to the Shire Hall
Church · listed 1951The Crypt
House · listed 1974Williamston House including area railings
House · listed 197410 Goat Street
House · listed 197412 High Street
Inns & shops · listed 195115 High Street
House · listed 197422 High Street
House · listed 195129 Hill Street
Inns & shops · listed 195140 High Street
House · listed 19518 Goat Street
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 Street25 listed · 4 II*
Dew Street16 listed
Hill Street16 listed · 1 II*
Victoria Place10 listed
City Road8 listed
Gloucester Terrace8 listed
Goat Street7 listed · 2 II*
Market Street7 listed
Dark Street6 listed
Old Bridge6 listed
Quay Street6 listed
Bridge Street4 listed
Of the 321 entries, 140 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Haverfordwest’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas192
Inns, shops & warehouses78
Churches, chapels & priories28
Public & civic buildings15
Street furniture3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
192 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 28 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 3 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
295 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.
The first 150 of 295 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
(including Hylton John Boys Shop)Albany United Reformed ChurchAllied HouseAshgrove and railingsAshleigh HouseBalfour Conservative Club and railingsBarclay's BankBelsize, No 13 Gloucester TerraceBorough HouseBoundary wall enclosing grounds to Hermon's Hill House on W, S and E sidesBoundary wall to Foley HouseBuilding to W of Foley HouseBulmer House and railingsCartlett House including low front wall and railingsCastle HotelCemetery Gates, Gatepiers and adjoiniing railingsChurch CottageChurch of Saint DavidChurch of Saint Thomas a BecketChurchyard gates and railings, Church of Saint Thomas a BecketChurchyard wall at St. David's Church, enclosing churchyard on S & E sidesChurchyard wall, gates and gatepiers to demolished Machpelah ChurchChurchyard walls and gates to Saint Martin's ChurchChurchyard walls, gates, gatepiers and railings at Church of Saint MaryCleeve House including area railingsClive House including area railingsCollege House and railingsCromwell House, Nos. 1 and 3 City RoadDragon HouseDwarf wall, railings and gates before the Ebenezer ChapelEbenezer ChapelEgerton HouseElm Cottage and front railingsEmlyn HouseForecourt walls, railings and gates to the Albany ChurchFormer County GaolFormer StablesFormer Stables attached to No 6 Dark StreetFormer Temperance HallFormer Town Council officesFormer Wesleyan Methodist ChapelFormer Wesleyan Methodist Sunday SchoolFriars Vaults InnGates and railings at Bethesda Baptist ChurchGazebo to NE of No. 33 Hill LaneGlanafonGrove End and railingsHSBC BankHanover QuayHaverfordwest TavernHill Park Baptist ChurchHillsideHillside CottageHilltopHotel MarinersKent House and railingsLloyds BankLoo ChooMaesteg House, No 14 Gloucester TerraceMilestoneMore HouseNelson HouseNichol memorial adjoining No 10 High StreetNo 1 Spring GardensNo 14 Albany Terrace and outbuilding to rearNo 15 Perrot's TerraceNo 17 Perrot's TerraceNo 19 Perrot's TerraceNo 2 Spring GardensNo 21 Perrot's TerraceNo 23 Hill Street and railingsNo 23 Perrot's TerraceNo 25 Perrot's TerraceNo 27 Perrot's TerraceNo 29 Perrot's TerraceNo 3 Spring GardensNo 31 Perrot's TerraceNo 33 Perrot's TerraceNo 35 Perrot's TerraceNo 37 Perrot's TerraceNo 4 Spring GardensNo 5 Spring Gardens including area railingsNo 9 Spring Gardens, including area railingsNo. 1 Castle TerraceNo. 10 Gloucester TerraceNo. 11 Gloucester TerraceNo. 12 Gloucester TerraceNo. 16 Goat Street and garage to leftNo. 17 and area railingsNo. 2 Castle TerraceNo. 22 and archway to left with railingsNo. 3 Castle TerraceNo. 4 Castle TerraceNo. 43 Dew Street (formerly the Dew Street Infants School)No. 5 Castle TerraceNo. 6 Castle TerraceNo. 7 Castle TerraceNo. 9 Gloucester TerraceNos 13 and 15Nos 25 and 27 Hill StreetNos 6 and 6a Goat StreetNos 6, 8, 10, 12 including the wing to rear of No 6Nos 8 and 10 and area railingsNos 8 and 8A Spring Gardens, including area railingsNos 9 & 10 Dark StreetNos. 1 and 3 Victoria PlaceNos. 18 and 20 Hill StreetNos. 5 and 7 Quay StreetOrielton HousePembroke House Hotel including area railingsPenrhiwllanPicton HousePlas GwynPlymouth HousePriory CourtRailings in front of Nos 1-6 Gloucester TerraceRailings, gates and gatepiers to Hill Park Baptist ChapelRetaining wall, railings and pavement before Nos, 1-7 Castle TerraceRock HouseRoman Catholic Church of Saint David and Saint PatrickSchoolroom to Albany ChapelSomerset HouseSummerhouse to rear of Nos 5-9 Spring GardensSummerville HouseSunday School to Hill Park Baptist ChurchTelephone Call-box adjoining Dyfed County Council OfficesTelephone Call-box on NW abutment of Old BridgeTelephone Call-box outside Shoemakers Court (01437 762413)The Assembly RoomsThe Bristol Trader InnThe Candle StoresThe Carmarthen Arms InnThe County HotelThe Fishguard Arms InnThe Former Masonic HallThe George's InnThe Governor's HouseThe Greyhound InnThe Kings ArmsThe Liberal ChambersThe Millford Arms InnThe Oak Inn P.H.The Old GranaryThe Old St. Mary's VicarageThe Old Wool MarketThe Olde Three CrownsThe Pembrokeshire YeomanThe Post OfficeThe StudioThe War Memorial
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.3% of Haverfordwest
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Haverfordwest 197545 ha
45 hain conservation areas, of 617 ha inside the built-up area.
305 of the 321 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 Haverfordwest’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 256
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 20 entries were listed in 1951, 2 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 256 came in 1974. 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Haverfordwest CastleMedieval; Castle
Haverfordwest PrioryMedieval; Priory
1 registered park or garden
Haverfordwest PrioryGrade I · Medieval monastic gardens
History Grade
Haverfordwest 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 (357 points, 295 per 10,000 residents)More than 95% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (21%)More than 65% 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
10 notable people born in Haverfordwest before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Sir Thomas Picton
John Sylvester John Gardiner
Thomas Davis
Walter W. Thomas
Richard Summers
Alexander Bland
Gwen John
Henry Baird
Ivor Morgan
George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne
175017751800182518501875190019251950
Gwen John1876–1939 · Welsh painter (1876-1939)
Sir Thomas Picton1758–1815 · Welsh general who served in the British Army (1758-1815)
John Sylvester John Gardiner1765–1830 · Clergyman
George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne1894–1960 · British politician (1894-1960)
WT
Walter W. Thomas1849–1912 · British architect (1849-1912)
HB
Henry Baird1878–1950 · Welsh cricketer and British Army officer (1878-1950)
Ivor Morgan1884–1943 · Welsh rugby union player
TD
Thomas Davis1837–1919 · Welsh Union Army officer in the American Civil War, recipient of the …
Everyone born in Haverfordwest → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Haverfordwest has the 35th most Grade I buildings of 616 towns its size
Places of 7,000–19,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Haverfordwest3
#21 of 616for listed buildings per resident (266 per 10,000). Brecon, Ludlow and Richmond lead.
34 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Haverfordwest
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverfordwest | 12,088 | 321 | 3 | A |
| Merlin's Bridge | 2,220 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Crundale | 1,065 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Johnston | 1,766 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Neyland | 3,250 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Milford Haven | 14,251 | 112 | 2 | A− |
| Pembroke Dock | 9,659 | 106 | 1 | A+ |
| Pembroke | 7,963 | 138 | 4 | A |
In brief
Haverfordwest in brief
For its size, Haverfordwest has more listed heritage than 95% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 321 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I, including Haverfordwest Castle. Only 34 of the 616 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 25 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 60%, are houses, terraces and villas. Gwen John (1876), Sir Thomas Picton (1758) and John Sylvester John Gardiner (1765) are among the 10 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Haverfordwest’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Haverfordwest?
Cadw lists 321 buildings inside Haverfordwest’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 23 Grade II* and 295 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Haverfordwest?
3, including Church of Saint Mary, Haverfordwest Castle and Remains of Priory of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr.
Which street in Haverfordwest has the most listed buildings?
High Street (25), Dew Street (16) and Hill Street (16) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Haverfordwest?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Haverfordwest Castle and Haverfordwest Priory.
How many conservation areas are there in Haverfordwest?
1, covering about 45 hectares of the town. The largest is Haverfordwest.
When were Haverfordwest’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 256, in 1974.
Are there old photos of Haverfordwest?
Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1790 to 1943, all on this page.
Who was born in Haverfordwest?
Among people born before 1900: Gwen John (1876), Sir Thomas Picton (1758), John Sylvester John Gardiner (1765), George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne (1894) and Walter W. Thomas (1849).
How old are the homes in Haverfordwest?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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.
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