II*Church · listed 1997Beersheba ChapelOn the list as Capel Mawr Presbyterian ChapelPhoto: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
Capel Mawr Presbyterian Chapel · Photo: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0A−History Grade
History of Menai Bridge · Cadw
28 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Cadw counts them inside Menai Bridge’s built-up area, 92 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 26 of Menai Bridge’s listed buildings. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. Menai Bridge grades A− for history: #10 of 13 in Gwynedd.
Listed buildings
28
92 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Menai Bridge in 10 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The CambriaGrade II* listed
Princes Pier WharfGrade II listed
St. Mary's ChurchGrade II listed
Former Police StationGrade II listed
Victoria HotelGrade II listed+5See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Menai Bridge from 1826 to 1840
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1826
c. 1830
c. 1830
c. 1840Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Menai Bridge’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*26 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Menai Bridge
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1967The CambriaPhoto: Huwpritchard · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Menai Bridge’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
15 entries (54%) 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bron MenaiBryn LwydCapel Mawr Chapel HouseCarreg LwydCarreg Lwyd gatepiersCottage on W side of Beach RoadCraig yr HalenEnglish Presbyterian ChapelFormer Police StationHawthorn HouseMenai Courthouse ChurchMenai VilleMilestoneNew StreetNew StreetNo 1 Tan BrynNo 2 Tan BrynPrinces Pier WharfSt. George's Pier Booking Office and gatesSt. Mary's ChurchTelford Milestone (22), Mona RoadThe FoundryTrinity HouseVictoria HotelWarehousesY Craig Wen
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 26% of Menai Bridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Porthaethwy 200431 ha
31 hain conservation areas, of 121 ha inside the built-up area.
26 of the 28 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 Menai Bridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1997
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1997 · 20
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1967. 20 came in 1997. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Menai Bridge 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 (30 points, 99 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (24%)More than 72% 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
24% of Menai Bridge’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
18%
Before 1900
6%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
3.6%
1930s
3.6%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
20%
1973–82
7.8%
1983–92
3.6%
1993–99
4.8%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
2.4%
2016–25
Menai BridgeEngland & Wales
18% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Menai Bridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menai Bridge | 3,045 | 28 | 0 | A− |
| Bangor | 16,994 | 187 | 2 | A |
| Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll | 2,905 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Y Felinheli | 2,333 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Beaumaris | 1,120 | 234 | 24 | A+ |
| Tregarth | 1,252 | 10 | 0 | A− |
| Gaerwen | 1,277 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Bethel | 1,091 | 4 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Menai Bridge in brief
Old houses are part of Menai Bridge’s character: 24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings, including Beersheba Chapel. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2004.
Most entries on the list, 54%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1997, when 20 of the 28 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Menai Bridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Menai Bridge?
Cadw lists 28 buildings inside Menai Bridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Menai Bridge?
1, covering about 31 hectares of the town. The largest is Porthaethwy.
When were Menai Bridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1997.
Are there old photos of Menai Bridge?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1826 to 1840, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Menai Bridge?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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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