Pwllheli Railway Station · Photo: mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0121 listed buildings
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Pwllheli’s built-up area, 334 for every 10,000 residents. All of Pwllheli’s listed buildings are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. Pwllheli grades A+ for history: #2 of 13 in Gwynedd.
Pwllheli in 9 photos and old views
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Capel SalemGrade II listed
Crown HotelGrade II listed
Town HallGrade II listed
Parish Church of St. PeterGrade II listed
Midland BankGrade II listed+4See 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.
Pwllheli from 1834 to 1920
An old map and 2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1834
c. 1860
c. 1920Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Pwllheli’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Of the 121 entries, 64 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
Most of Pwllheli’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
62 entries (51%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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.
121 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 121 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 13% of Pwllheli
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
117 of the 121 listed buildings stand in one.
Cadw’s conservation areas via DataMapWales. Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
More than half of Pwllheli’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 10 entries were listed in 1949. 110 came in 1989. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Pwllheli grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
43% of Pwllheli’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 15% 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.
3 notable people born in Pwllheli before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Pwllheli → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Pwllheli
Pwllheli in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Pwllheli: per resident it has more than 91% of UK towns. In all there are 121 listed buildings, including Pwllheli Railway Station. Its housing is old: 43% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. High Street alone has 13 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1986. Of the whole list, 51% are houses, terraces and villas. Albert Evans-Jones (1895), William Tudor Howell (1862) and Eleazar Roberts (1825) were all born here before 1900.
Questions about Pwllheli’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pwllheli?
Cadw lists 121 buildings inside Pwllheli’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 121 Grade II.
Which street in Pwllheli has the most listed buildings?
High Street (13), Kings Head Street (12) and Ala Uchaf (9) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Pwllheli?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Pwllheli.
When were Pwllheli’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 110, in 1989.
Are there old photos of Pwllheli?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1860 to 1920, and an old map from 1834, all on this page.
Who was born in Pwllheli?
Among people born before 1900: Albert Evans-Jones (1895), William Tudor Howell (1862) and Eleazar Roberts (1825).
How old are the homes in Pwllheli?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% 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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