II*House · listed 1955St Anne's HousePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: WelshDave · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Tintern · Cadw
6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Tintern’s built-up area, 178 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 39% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
6
178 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
39%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Tintern
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 Tintern’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.
6 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*5 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 Tintern
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
5 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 5 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 66% of Tintern
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Tintern 197617 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 6 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
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).
Tintern Abbey, Precinct WallMedieval; Wall
Homes by age
39% of Tintern’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
35%
Before 1900
4.4%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
1.3%
1945–54
8.2%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
5.7%
1983–92
5.7%
1993–99
5.7%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
TinternEngland & Wales
35% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tintern
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintern | 337 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 3,618 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 197 | 3 | A− |
| Bream | 3,117 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| Lydney | 9,655 | 52 | 1 | B |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Tintern in brief
More of Tintern’s homes are old than in most places: 39% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 6 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1955 and 2000; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Tintern’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tintern?
Cadw lists 6 buildings inside Tintern’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Tintern?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tintern Abbey, Precinct Wall.
How many conservation areas are there in Tintern?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Tintern.
How old are the homes in Tintern?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Tintern has no History Grade.
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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