IHouse · listed 1986Outer Gatehouse To Laugharne Castle,market St.On the list as Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne CastlePhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Laugharne · Cadw
Laugharne: 52% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Laugharne has 4 times the share. Cadw lists 48 buildings inside Laugharne’s built-up area, 676 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
48
676 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
52%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Laugharne in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne CastleGrade I listed
Castle HouseGrade II* listed
Great HouseGrade II* listed
Island HouseGrade II* listed
Parish Church of St. MartinGrade II* listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Laugharne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
48 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*42 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Laugharne
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.
Grade II*
The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Laugharne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1966Castle HousePhoto: David Thomas - Davidgareththomas · Public domain
II*House · listed 1966Great House, King StreetOn the list as Great HousePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1986Island HousePhoto: Stuart Logan · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1966St Martin's ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St. MartinPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1951Laugharne Town HallOn the list as Town HallPhoto: Karen Sawyer · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Laugharne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas32
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges1
32 entries (67%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
42 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 42 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abercoran HouseBall CourtBoundry Wall to Island HouseBoundry Wall to W of Castle House,including gated entranceBrown's HotelChurchyard at St. Martin's ParishClifton HouseCoran BridgeCorran Books (Formerly The Ship & Castle PH)Cross, The GristDragon ParkElm HouseExeter House including Oriel Evans BokshopFen Hill, The ButtsFernhill cottageGainsford HouseGarage to Island HouseGlobe House (including SB & RB Gleed, Butcher's Shop)Gosport HouseGrove HouseGwaliaManchester HouseManseMinervaMoir HouseNew Three Mariners P.H.Osbourne HousePelicanRedford HouseRosettaSea ViewSection of boundry walls around Castle grounds running SW.from outer GatehouseStrand HouseTelephone Call-boxTemperance HouseThe LimesThe Pines including Oriel Evans BookshopThe StrandVicarageVictoria House2 Market Street3 Market Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 74% of Laugharne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Laugharne 197127 ha
27 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
48 of the 48 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 Laugharne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 361966 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 36 came in 1986. 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Laugharne CastleMedieval; Castle
1 registered park or garden
Laugharne Castle & Castle HouseGrade II · Reinstated early nineteenth century garden, with earlier features within the castle wards and defensive walls
Homes by age
52% of Laugharne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
52%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
13%
1945–54
1.5%
1955–64
1.5%
1965–72
8%
1973–82
6.5%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
4.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
LaugharneEngland & Wales
52% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 13% 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.
Born here
7 notable people born in Laugharne before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
James Augustus St. John
Arnold Wienholt
Edward Wienholt
Agnes Mason
Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford
William Charles Fuller
William Thomas David
175017751800182518501875190019251950
AM
Agnes Mason1849–1941 · British founder of the Community of the Holy Family (1849-1941)
JJ
James Augustus St. John1795–1875 · British writer (1795-1875)
William Charles Fuller1884–1974 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1884-1974)
AW
Arnold Wienholt1826–1895 · Politician in Queensland, Australia
EW
Edward Wienholt1833–1904 · Queensland politician
JB
Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford1861–1952 · Senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy
WD
William Thomas David1886–1948 · British Professor
Everyone born in Laugharne → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Laugharne
In brief
Laugharne in brief
Old houses are part of Laugharne’s character: 52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 48 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. Of the whole list, 67% are houses, terraces and villas.
Agnes Mason (1849), James Augustus St. John (1795) and William Charles Fuller (1884) are among the 7 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 36 of 48. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Laugharne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Laugharne?
Cadw lists 48 buildings inside Laugharne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 42 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Laugharne?
One: Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle.
Are there scheduled monuments in Laugharne?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Laugharne Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Laugharne?
1, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest is Laugharne.
When were Laugharne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 36, in 1986.
Who was born in Laugharne?
Among people born before 1900: Agnes Mason (1849), James Augustus St. John (1795), William Charles Fuller (1884), Arnold Wienholt (1826) and Edward Wienholt (1833).
How old are the homes in Laugharne?
52% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Laugharne 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 · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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