II*Church · listed 1953St Cadoc's ChurchOn the list as Church of St CadocPhoto: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Raglan · Cadw
13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Raglan’s built-up area, 111 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. Raglan grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
13
111 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Raglan
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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.
The map
Where Raglan’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*12 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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Raglan
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
12 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Raglan
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Raglan 197613 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 13 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 Raglan’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2001
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2001 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1953. 10 came in 2001. 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).
Raglan Churchyard CrossMedieval; Cross
History Grade
Raglan grades A− 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, 136 per 10,000 residents)More than 62% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (28%)More than 81% 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
28% of Raglan’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
3.2%
1900–18
3.2%
1919–29
3.2%
1930s
3.2%
1945–54
7.6%
1955–64
26%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
3.2%
1983–92
2.1%
1993–99
8.7%
2000–08
4.2%
2009–15
2.1%
2016–25
RaglanEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Raglan
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan | 1,176 | 13 | 0 | A− |
| Usk | 2,310 | 171 | 3 | A+ |
| Penperlleni | 1,396 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 377 | 4 | A |
| Llanfoist | 2,007 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Abergavenny | 13,689 | 241 | 2 | A+ |
| Pontypool | 29,070 | 89 | 0 | A− |
| Abersychan | 7,495 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Raglan in brief
Old houses are part of Raglan’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 13 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. The big year was 2001, when 10 of the 13 went on the list. 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 a scheduled monument.
Questions about Raglan’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Raglan?
Cadw lists 13 buildings inside Raglan’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Raglan?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Raglan Churchyard Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Raglan?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Raglan.
When were Raglan’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 10, in 2001.
How old are the homes in Raglan?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% 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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