II*Church · listed 1952Church Of Saint Mary, Church StreetOn the list as Church of Saint MaryPhoto: Pauline Eccles · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Trevor Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Newport · Cadw
Old homes in Newport: 47% built before 1919
For Newport, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Cadw lists 50 buildings inside Newport’s built-up area, 888 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments.
Listed buildings
50
888 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
4
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
47%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Newport
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 Newport’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.
50 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*48 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 Newport
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1992Ebeneser Welsh Independent ChapelOn the list as Ebenezer Congregational Chapel (Capel Ebenezer)Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Newport’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas38
Inns, shops & warehouses7
Churches, chapels & priories5
38 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abertawe House, including back cottageArosfaAwel y MynyddBank TerraceBank TerraceBank TerraceBerriman TerraceBerriman TerraceBethlehem Baptist Chapel, including forecourt walls, gates & railings,Bryn CoedCastle GreenCastle GreenCastle MillCotham LodgeCromlech HouseFfynnon FelinFronlasGatepiers at Cotham LodgeGwaunfaHighway FarmhouseIvy House (The Cnapan Restaurant)Kiln CottageLluestLlys MeddygMain Limekiln on NW.Side of Parrog Car ParkMajor HouseMajor LodgeMelrose (D.B.Davies, Pharmacy)Mount ViewOndara HouseParrog House, including Front Walls, Gates & RailingsRoadside Wall at Cotham LodgeSmall Limekiln on NW.Side of Carrog Car ParkSpring HillSpring HillStores adjacent to Kiln Cottage and the lime kilnSunnymeade, including front Walls, Gates & RailingsTelephone Call-box opposite Parrog House & SunnymeadeTemple TerraceTemple TerraceThe Church ChapelThe Llwyngwair ArmsThe Sessions HouseThe White CottageTrem y donVictoria LodgeWalls of Churchyard of Church of St MaryWestleigh
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Newport
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Newport 199926 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 74 ha inside the built-up area.
47 of the 50 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 Newport’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1992
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1992 · 422005 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 42 came in 1992. 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.
4 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Carreg Coetan Arthur Chambered TombPrehistoric; Chambered Tomb
MedievalMedieval Pottery Kiln, Newport Memorial HallMedieval; Pottery Kiln
Pillar Cross 140m SE of Newport ChurchEarly Medieval; Cross-marked stone
Pillar Cross in Newport ChurchyardEarly Medieval; Cross-marked stone
Homes by age
47% of Newport’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
47%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
2.7%
1930s
6.6%
1945–54
1.2%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
5.1%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
7.8%
2016–25
NewportEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 14% 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 Newport
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 563 | 50 | 0 | — |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 114 | 0 | A+ |
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 13 | 0 | A− |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 25 | 1 | A |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 95 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Newport in brief
More of Newport’s homes are old than in most places: 47% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 50 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1999.
Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1992, when 42 of the 50 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has 4 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Newport’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Newport?
Cadw lists 50 buildings inside Newport’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Newport?
Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Carreg Coetan Arthur Chambered Tomb, Medieval Pottery Kiln, Newport Memorial Hall, Pillar Cross 140m SE of Newport Church and Pillar Cross in Newport Churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Newport?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Newport.
When were Newport’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 42, in 1992.
How old are the homes in Newport?
47% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Newport 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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