Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal W of Penrhiw · Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.082 listed buildings
Cadw counts them inside Risca’s built-up area, 54 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Risca is Grade II. 40% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. Risca grades A for history: #3 of 38 in Gwent.
Risca in 8 photos and old views
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Bethany English Baptist Church and attached Sunday SchoolGrade II listed
Former Risca Palace CinemaGrade II listed
Church of St Mary RiscaGrade II listed
Jubilee Statue in Tredegar GroundsGrade II listed
Former Risca Collieries Workmen's InstituteGrade II listed+3See 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.
Risca from 1905 to 1905
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1905
1905Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Risca’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
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. 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).
Most of Risca’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
60 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by Cadw’s broad class for each building, else by words in its name; an entry named only by its address counts as a house.
82 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 82 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 0.7% of Risca
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
61 of the 82 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
40 of Risca’s 82 listed buildings were added in 1993
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 40 entries were listed in 1993. Only 4 have been added in the last 15 years.
Risca grades A 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.
40% of Risca’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
19% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 21% 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.
5 notable people born in Risca before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Risca → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Risca
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risca | 15,194 | 82 | 0 | A |
| Machen | 1,985 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Rogerstone | 7,546 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Abercarn | 5,123 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Trethomas | 1,713 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Cwmfelinfach | 1,353 | 4 | 0 | B− |
| Cwmbrân | 47,075 | 28 | 0 | C− |
| Bedwas | 6,463 | 10 | 0 | B− |
Risca in brief
Old houses are part of Risca’s character: 40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 82 listed buildings, including Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal W of Penrhiw. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993.
Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. William Brace (1865), Jehoida Hodges (1876) and James Winstone (1863) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Risca’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Risca?
Cadw lists 82 buildings inside Risca’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 82 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Risca?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Garden Suburbs.
When were Risca’s buildings listed?
The first in 1993; the most, 40, in 1993.
Are there old photos of Risca?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1905 to 1905, all on this page.
Who was born in Risca?
Among people born before 1900: William Brace (1865), Jehoida Hodges (1876), James Winstone (1863), Archie Brown (1894) and Tom Roberts (1897).
How old are the homes in Risca?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% 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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