War Memorial · Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.02 listed buildings
Cadw counts them inside Nelson’s built-up area, 4.7 for every 10,000 residents. All of Nelson’s listed buildings are Grade II. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. Nelson grades C for history: #32 of 38 in Gwent.
Landmarks of Nelson
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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.
Where Nelson’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 3.4% of Nelson
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
2 of the 2 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
Nelson grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
28% of Nelson’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 18% 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Nelson
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | 4,235 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Trelewis | 2,022 | 2 | 1 | C+ |
| Treharris | 5,042 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Gelligaer | 1,436 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Abercynon | 6,376 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Pen-pedair-heol | 3,787 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Ystrad Mynach | 11,856 | 15 | 0 | B− |
| Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant | 1,411 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
Nelson in brief
Old houses are part of Nelson’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 2 listed buildings, including Handball Court. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 11% of UK towns. Beyond that, the list grew between 1988 and 2001.
Questions about Nelson’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Nelson?
Cadw lists 2 buildings inside Nelson’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Nelson?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Nelson.
How old are the homes in Nelson?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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