II*Church · listed 1964Church of Saint IlarPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of Saint Ilar · Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Llanilar · Cadw
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Llanilar’s built-up area, 151 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 44% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
11
151 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Llanilar
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 Llanilar’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
11 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*10 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 Llanilar
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
10 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.
How the list grew
More than half of Llanilar’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2003
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2003 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1964. 8 came in 2003. 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).
Castle Hill Sculptured Stone (Moved into Llanilar Church)Early Medieval; Inscribed Stone
Homes by age
44% of Llanilar’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
3.2%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
6.4%
1945–54
2%
1955–64
5.3%
1965–72
9.6%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
6.4%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
LlanilarEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 11% 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 Llanilar
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanilar | 730 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 13 | 1 | B+ |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 269 | 1 | A+ |
| Penrhyn-coch | 1,378 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Bow Street | 1,101 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Borth | 1,115 | 5 | 0 | B |
In brief
Llanilar in brief
Old houses are part of Llanilar’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 11 listed buildings. The big year was 2003, when 8 of the 11 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Llanilar’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llanilar?
Cadw lists 11 buildings inside Llanilar’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Llanilar?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Castle Hill Sculptured Stone (Moved into Llanilar Church).
When were Llanilar’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 8, in 2003.
How old are the homes in Llanilar?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Llanilar 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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