II*Church · listed 1964St Tysul's ChurchOn the list as Church of St TysulPhoto: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Llandysul · Cadw
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Llandysul’s built-up area, 197 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 25 of Llandysul’s listed buildings. 43% of its homes were built before 1919. Llandysul grades A for history.
Listed buildings
26
197 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Llandysul
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 Llandysul’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.
26 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*25 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 Llandysul
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Llandysul’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories7
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges2
11 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge StreetCaerglynCarreg Llys, Wesley HillChurchyard at St Tysul ChurchDinarth HallFormer Chapel HouseFormer Ebenezer ChapelLlandysul Bridge (partly in Llanfihangel-ar Arth community, Carmarthenshire)Lychgate to Churchyard of Church of St TysulNo 1 Richmong HouseNo 2 Richmond HousePont Llandysul (Partly in Llandysul Community)Range attached to left of the Porth HotelRanges to rear of the Porth HotelRock HouseRockleeSeion Independent ChapelShop adjoining Carreg Llys, Wesley HillTabernacle ChapelThe Old VicarageThe Porth Hotel1 Bridge Street1 Wind Street3 Lincoln Street5 Barley Mow
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Llandysul
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Llandysul 198816 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 103 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 26 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 Llandysul’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1993
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1993 · 23
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1964. 23 came in 1993. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Llandysul 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 (27 points, 204 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (43%)More than 96% 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
43% of Llandysul’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
3.8%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
1.4%
1930s
2.7%
1945–54
2.8%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
8%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
6.4%
2000–08
0.6%
2009–15
3.6%
2016–25
LlandysulEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 16% 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 Llandysul
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llandysul | 1,321 | 26 | 0 | A |
| Pencader | 1,061 | 3 | 0 | B |
| Newcastle Emlyn | 1,842 | 31 | 0 | A |
| Llanybydder | 1,182 | 6 | 0 | B |
| Lampeter | 2,505 | 27 | 0 | A |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 89 | 0 | A+ |
| Aberporth | 1,075 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Llandysul in brief
Old houses are part of Llandysul’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 26 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. The big year was 1993, when 23 of the 26 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and David Bevan Jones (1807) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Llandysul’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llandysul?
Cadw lists 26 buildings inside Llandysul’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Llandysul?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Llandysul.
When were Llandysul’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 23, in 1993.
How old are the homes in Llandysul?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% 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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