171 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I

Priory Church of St MaryGrade I listedCastle HouseGrade I listedThe Priory GatehouseGrade I listedBridge Street, rear wingGrade II* listedMin Yr AfonGrade II* listed+5See 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.

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.

Of the 171 entries, 59 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

Search the rest on Cadw’s records →

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

The first 1 entry was listed in 1950. 66 came in 1974. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

2 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).

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.

15% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 20% 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.

Elizabeth Mortimer

Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March

Sydenham Edwards

Thomas Prothero

William Evans

William Creese

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RM

Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March1374–1398 · Heir presumptive to Richard II of England between 1385 and 1398

Sydenham Edwards1768–1819 · Welsh botanist, author, editor, and scientific illustrator (1768-1819)

EM

Elizabeth Mortimer1371–1417 · English noblewoman (1371-1417)

WE

William Evans1853–1919 · Welsh footballer, born 1853

WC

William Creese1870–1918 · Umpire (1870-1918)

TP

Thomas Prothero1780–1853 · British businessman (1780-1853)

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

Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Usk: per resident it has more than 96% of UK towns. In all there are 171 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Its housing is old: 26% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Castle House sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m.

Only 14 of the 1,389 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On Maryport Street alone there are 17 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.