II*Church · listed 1949St Catherine's ChurchOn the list as Church of St CatherinePhoto: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Criccieth · Cadw
Old homes in Criccieth: 44% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Criccieth has 3 times the share. Cadw lists 29 buildings inside Criccieth’s built-up area, 167 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Criccieth grades A for history.
Listed buildings
29
167 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
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Criccieth
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 Criccieth’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.
29 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*28 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 Criccieth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Criccieth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Churches, chapels & priories6
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
18 entries (62%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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.
Grade II
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bryn HenllanBryn HirBryn Hir Arms including Archway to yardCafe CwrtCapel BereaCapel MawrCapel y TraethCemlynChurch of Saint DeiniolFormer Haybarn at Parciau MawrGates, Wall and Railings at Capel SeionGeorge IV HotelHafod y BrynMemorial HallMorannedd CafeNant y FelinNational Westminster BankPenpaledRectoryStable Block at Bryn HirTrefanTy MawrWalls, Gatepiers and Gates enclosing the Memorial Garden at Bryn Awelon25 Castle Street / Ffordd Castell27 Castle Street / Ffordd Castell4 Castle Street / Ffordd Castell5 Wellington Terrace6 Wellington Terrace
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 20% of Criccieth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Criccieth 197417 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 87 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 29 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 Criccieth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1994
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1994 · 191949 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1949. 19 came in 1994. 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).
Criccieth Castle, Outer Bank DefencesMedieval; Castle
History Grade
Criccieth 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 (32 points, 184 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (44%)More than 96% 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
44% of Criccieth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
3.2%
1900–18
3.2%
1919–29
4.3%
1930s
9.6%
1945–54
6.4%
1955–64
6.4%
1965–72
6.4%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
4.3%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
4.3%
2016–25
CricciethEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 9.6% 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 Criccieth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criccieth | 1,737 | 29 | 0 | A |
| Porthmadog | 2,579 | 90 | 0 | A+ |
| Harlech | 1,261 | 22 | 1 | A |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 1,463 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Pwllheli | 3,622 | 121 | 0 | A+ |
| Penygroes | 1,793 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Nefyn | 1,291 | 3 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Criccieth in brief
Old houses are part of Criccieth’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 29 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974.
Of the whole list, 62% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1994: 19 of 29. 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 Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894) and Olwen Elizabeth Lloyd George (1892) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Criccieth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Criccieth?
Cadw lists 29 buildings inside Criccieth’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Criccieth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Criccieth Castle, Outer Bank Defences.
How many conservation areas are there in Criccieth?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Criccieth.
When were Criccieth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 19, in 1994.
How old are the homes in Criccieth?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% 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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