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History of Llanfechell · Cadw

Old homes in Llanfechell: 46% built before 1919

For Llanfechell, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Cadw lists 6 buildings inside Llanfechell’s built-up area, 98 for every 10,000 residents.

Listed buildings
6
98 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Llanfechell

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 Llanfechell’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Church of St Mechell, Grade II*
Grade II*

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 Llanfechell

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1970St Mechell's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MechellPhoto: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0
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 9% of Llanfechell

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Llanfechell 19722 ha
2 hain conservation areas, of 27 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.

Homes by age

46% of Llanfechell’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

43%
Before 1900
2.6%
1900–18
2.6%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
5.1%
1945–54
1.3%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
5.1%
2016–25
LlanfechellEngland & Wales

43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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 Llanfechell

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Llanfechell61460—
Cemaes1,02310C
Amlwch3,148240A−
Llanerchymedd1,15530B−
Bodedern1,19340B−
Valley2,00330C−
Holyhead11,753532A−
Benllech2,07210C−
In brief

Llanfechell in brief

Old houses are part of Llanfechell’s character: 46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 6 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. The rest is about typical: William Bulkeley (1691) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1970 and 2001.

Questions about Llanfechell’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Llanfechell?

Cadw lists 6 buildings inside Llanfechell’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Llanfechell?

1, covering about 2 hectares of the town. The largest is Llanfechell.

How old are the homes in Llanfechell?

46% of homes were built before 1919 and 50% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Llanfechell 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.