138 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I

Parish Church of Saint MaryGrade I listedMonkton Old HallGrade I listedThe Town HallGrade II listedThe Mill BridgeGrade II listedThe Lion HotelGrade II listed+14See 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. 1607

c. 1778

c. 1785

c. 1810

c. 1824

1940s

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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).

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

The first 10 entries were listed in 1951, 4 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 80 came in 1981. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

2 scheduled monuments

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

Pembroke CastleMedieval; Castle

Pembroke Town WallMedieval; Town Wall

2 registered parks and gardens

Monkton Old Hall & Vicarage, PembrokeGrade II* · Walled and compartmented garden, with a series of terraces

111 Main Street, PembrokeGrade II · Walled and terraced formal garden

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.

Isabel Marshal

Eva Marshal

Henry VII of England

William Mansel

Edward Lord

William Bowen

Richard Watkins Richards

Henry Davies

W. J. A. Davies

Mervyn Johns

120013501500165018001950

Henry VII of England1457–1509 · King of England from 1485 to 1509

Isabel Marshal1200–1240 · Medieval English countess

Mervyn Johns1899–1992 · Welsh actor (1899–1992)

Eva Marshal1203–1246 · Welsh noble

William Mansel1753–1820 · British bishop (1753-1820)

HD

Henry Davies1865–1934 · Welsh cricketer (1865-1934)

William Bowen1862–1925 · Welsh rugby union player

EL

Edward Lord1781–1859 · Early figure in the history of Van Diemen's Land

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

Measured per resident, Pembroke has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. In all there are 138 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I. Pembroke Castle sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m. Only 26 of the 752 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

On Main Street alone there are 15 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 54% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.