89 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*

Crane Street Baptist ChurchGrade II* listedPontypool ParkGrade II* park or gardenManchester House, including Mayberry Pharmacy and the Good Job ClubGrade II listedTramroad and leat tunnels, Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalGrade II listedCanal Bridge at Coed-y-GricGrade II listed+4See 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. 1793

c. 1860

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

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).

Of the 89 entries, 12 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

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

The first 6 entries were listed in 1962. 59 came in 1997. Only 4 have been added in the last 15 years.

1 registered park or garden

Pontypool ParkGrade II* · Landscape park with shell hermitage; arboretum; walled kitchen 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.

19% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 13% 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.

Morgan Edwards

Watkin George

Thomas Barker

William Henry Powell

John Cargill Brough

Evan Daniel

T. H. Thomas

Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin

Seth Joshua

John Ballinger

Tudor Walters

George Rowles

Bert Dauncey

Herbert Buckler

Cliff Pritchard

James Phillips Jones

William Dowell

George Oliver

Sydney Hinam

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Thomas Barker1769–1847 · Welsh painter (1769-1847)

Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin1843–1936 · British Baron and Lord Chief Justice (1843–1936)

Tudor Walters1866–1933 · British politician (1868–1933)

Bert Dauncey1871–1955 · British rugby union and tennis player (1871–1955)

JB

John Cargill Brough1834–1872 · British science writer and lecturer (1834-1872)

T. H. Thomas1839–1915 · Welsh artist (1839–1915)

John Ballinger1860–1933 · British librarian (1860–1933)

ME

Morgan Edwards1722–1795 · British historian and minister (1722-1795)

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

More of Pontypool’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 89 listed buildings, including Crane Street Baptist Chapel. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1984.

Of the 19 people born here before 1900, the best known include Thomas Barker (1769), Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin (1843) and Tudor Walters (1866). The big year was 1997, when 59 of the 89 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.