IChurch · listed 1955St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Mrs Blorenge · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: KamrynMatika2 at English Wikipedia · Public domainC−History Grade
History of Caldicot · Cadw
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
4.9% of Caldicot’s homes were built before 1919. Cadw counts them inside Caldicot’s built-up area, 10 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Caldicot grades C− for history: #35 of 38 in Gwent.
Listed buildings
10
10 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
4.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Caldicot in 6 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. 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.
Through time
Caldicot from 1800 to 1830
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1800
c. 1800
c. 1811
c. 1830Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Caldicot’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 6neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
10 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Caldicot
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Caldicot
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1973Church FarmOn the list as Church FarmhousePhoto: KJP1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.6% of Caldicot
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Caldicot 19974 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 275 ha inside the built-up area.
3 of the 10 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 Caldicot’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 7 came in 1976. 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).
RomanChurch Farm Romano-British settlementRoman; Enclosure
History Grade
Caldicot grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (15 points, 15 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (4.9%)More than 9% 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
4.9% of Caldicot’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
3.5%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
0.7%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
2.2%
1945–54
26%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
25%
1973–82
8%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
2.9%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
5.1%
2016–25
CaldicotEngland & Wales
3.5% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 26% 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.
Towns its size
Caldicot has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 678 towns its size
Places of 6,000–16,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Caldicot1
#486 of 678for listed buildings per resident (10 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Caldicot
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 10 | 1 | C− |
| Rogiet | 1,791 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Caer-went | 1,523 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 9 | 1 | B |
| Undy and Magor | 5,742 | 12 | 1 | C+ |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 197 | 3 | A− |
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 5 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Caldicot in brief
The official list counts 10 listed buildings in Caldicot, 1 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Church. Only 95 of the 678 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1997.
Its homes are mostly newer: 4.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1976, when 7 of the 10 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; John Edwards (1605) and Rees Thomas (1882) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Caldicot’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Caldicot?
Cadw lists 10 buildings inside Caldicot’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Caldicot?
One: Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Caldicot?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Church Farm Romano-British settlement.
How many conservation areas are there in Caldicot?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Caldicot.
When were Caldicot’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 7, in 1976.
Are there old photos of Caldicot?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1800 to 1830, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Caldicot?
4.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 6.8% 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 · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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