II*Church · listed 1964Church of St. FfraedPhoto: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Bjenks · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Llanon · Cadw
Old homes in Llanon: 45% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Llanon has 3 times the share. Cadw lists 32 buildings inside Llanon’s built-up area, 481 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
32
481 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
45%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Llanon
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 Llanon’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.
32 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*30 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Llanon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1996Llanon CottagePhoto: Jason.nlw · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Llanon’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories4
Walls, gates & bridges1
27 entries (84%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AfallonArdwynBarbaraBramleyBrechfaBrynllysCapel MawrCartrefChapel HouseDolforGlancledanGlandwrGlyn CottageLevantLlainlwydLlwyntegMaesllynMilestone on A487Morgan Enclosure at Church of St. FfraedNoddfaPenlanfairPrioryRhiwlasRose VillaThe BakeryThe GreenThe MountTy'n CwmWerndegWomen's Institute Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.9% of Llanon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Llansantffraed 19935 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 54 ha inside the built-up area.
2 of the 32 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 Llanon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1996
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1996 · 27
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1964. 27 came in 1996. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
45% of Llanon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36%
Before 1900
8.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
1.5%
1945–54
8.5%
1955–64
5.6%
1965–72
8.5%
1973–82
8.5%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
2.9%
2000–08
7%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
LlanonEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, 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 Llanon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanon | 665 | 32 | 0 | — |
| Aberaeron | 1,040 | 246 | 0 | A+ |
| New Quay | 1,046 | 89 | 0 | A+ |
| Llanbadarn Fawr | 1,766 | 13 | 1 | B+ |
| Aberystwyth | 14,646 | 269 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Llanon in brief
Old houses are part of Llanon’s character: 45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 32 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993. Most entries on the list, 84%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1996, when 27 of the 32 went on the list.
Questions about Llanon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llanon?
Cadw lists 32 buildings inside Llanon’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Llanon?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Llansantffraed.
When were Llanon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 27, in 1996.
How old are the homes in Llanon?
45% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Llanon 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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