97 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I

Felinfoel BreweryGrade II* listedParish Church of St. EllywGrade II* listedThe Post OfficeGrade II listedMoriah Baptist ChapelGrade II listedRaby's FurnaceScheduled monument+4See 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.

c. 1811

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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).

Vaughan St / Bridge St holds 3 entries, 3 of them Grade I: more of the top grade than any other street. Of the 97 entries, 18 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

The first 8 entries were listed in 1964. 68 came in 1992. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

4 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).

Capel Dewi, LlwynhendyMedieval; Chapel

Capel Isaf CemeteryMedieval; Cemetery

Glynea CollieryPost Medieval/Modern; Coal Mine

Raby's FurnacePost Medieval/Modern; Iron forge

2 registered parks and gardens

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.

20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 18% 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.

David Bowen

John Graham Chambers

Francis Jayne

Alfred Daniell

Evan Roberts

Buckley Roderick

Charles Green

Harry Bowen

Owen Badger

David Morgan

Ben Davies

Dai Davies

James Dickson Innes

Frank Curtis

James Conway Davies

Ivor Rees

Gareth Hughes

Albert Jenkins

Dai Davies

Gwladys Yvonne McKeon

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James Dickson Innes1887–1914 · British painter (1887-1914)

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John Graham Chambers1843–1883 · British sports administrator (1843-1883)

Gareth Hughes1894–1965 · British actor (1894-1965)

Francis Jayne1845–1921 · British Anglican clergyman (1845-1921)

Charles Green1864–1944 · Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Bangor; Bishop of Monmouth (1864–19…

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Dai Davies1880–1944 · Welsh rugby union, rugby league, and association footballer (1880-194…

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Frank Curtis1890–1957 · Footballer (1890-1957)

Alfred Daniell1853–1937 · Scientist, jurist and university teacher (1853-1937)

Everyone born in Llanelli → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

More of Llanelli’s homes are old than in most places: 38% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 97 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 5 of them stand within 400 m of Llanelly House. Only 23 of the 262 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. James Dickson Innes (1887), John Graham Chambers (1843) and Gareth Hughes (1894) are among the 39 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1992, when 68 of the 97 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 4 scheduled monuments.