II*Church · listed 1961Church of St BarrwgPhoto: johngriffiths · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bedwas Churchyard Cross · Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Bedwas · Cadw
10 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Bedwas’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Bedwas grades B− for history: #14 of 38 in Gwent.
Listed buildings
10
15 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bedwas
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St BarrwgGrade II* listed
The White Hart InnGrade II listed
Bedwas Workmen's Hall and InstituteGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Bedwas’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 58% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
10 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*8 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. 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).
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Bedwas
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Inns & shops · listed 1999Bryngwyn Colliery Engine House
Grade II
8 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 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew
5 of Bedwas’s 10 listed buildings were added in 1999
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1999 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1961. 5 came in 1999. 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Bedwas Churchyard CrossMedieval; Cross
Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn CollieryPost Medieval/Modern; Engine House
History Grade
Bedwas grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (16 points, 25 per 10,000 residents)More than 41% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 77% of UK towns
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.
Homes by age
26% of Bedwas’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
17%
Before 1900
9.2%
1900–18
2.3%
1919–29
7.8%
1930s
8.8%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
9.7%
1973–82
2.6%
1983–92
6.3%
1993–99
5.6%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
7.7%
2016–25
BedwasEngland & Wales
17% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 10% 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 Bedwas
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedwas | 6,463 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Trethomas | 1,713 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Llanbradach | 3,766 | 10 | 0 | B |
| Caerphilly | 33,104 | 17 | 1 | C |
| Cwmfelinfach | 1,353 | 4 | 0 | B− |
| Machen | 1,985 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 5,639 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Maesycwmmer | 2,095 | 2 | 0 | C |
In brief
Bedwas in brief
More of Bedwas’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 10 listed buildings, including Church of St Barrwg. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Bedwas’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bedwas?
Cadw lists 10 buildings inside Bedwas’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bedwas?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Bedwas Churchyard Cross and Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery.
When were Bedwas’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 5, in 1999.
How old are the homes in Bedwas?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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