187 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I

Bangor University Main Arts (formerly University College of North Wales main building)Grade I listedClock TowerGrade II listedTown HallGrade II listedThe British Hotel (including British Buttery Bar)Grade II listedPendref ChapelGrade II listed+11See 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.

1770s

c. 1806

1834

c. 1890

c. 1890

c. 1890

c. 1890

1905

1909

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 187 entries, 60 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

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

The first 34 entries were listed in 1949, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 123 came in 1988. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

1 scheduled monument

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.

24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 16% 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.

Anne Penny

John Davies

William Thomas Parry

Charles Warren

Charlotte Mason

Emilia Baeyertz

Humphrey Jones

Billy Lewis

Owen Jones

Joe Moran

WR Parry

Philip Bruce White

Mary Dilys Glynne

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Charles Warren1840–1927 · British army officer, archaeologist, and photographer (1840-1927)

Charlotte Mason1842–1923 · Welsh educator, editor

MG

Mary Dilys Glynne1895–1991 · Welsh plant pathologist and mountaineer (1895-1991)

OJ

Owen Jones1871–1955 · Welsh footballer (1871-1955)

JM

Joe Moran1880– · Welsh footballer (1880-?)

AP

Anne Penny1729–1784 · English poet

BL

Billy Lewis1864–1935 · Welsh footballer (1864-1935)

HJ

Humphrey Jones1862–1946 · Welsh footballer (1862-1946)

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

Old houses are part of Bangor’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 187 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Bangor Cathedral. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. Only 50 of the 513 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

Seiriol Road alone has 19 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.