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History of Trefor · Cadw

Old homes in Trefor: 60% built before 1919

For Trefor, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Cadw lists 4 buildings inside Trefor’s built-up area, 89 for every 10,000 residents.

Listed buildings
4
89 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
60%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Trefor’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.

4 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*4 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

4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 8.4% of Trefor

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

Trefor 19862 ha
2 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.

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

Homes by age

60% of Trefor’s homes were built before 1919

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

51%
Before 1900
7.8%
1900–18
4.7%
1919–29
5.4%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
1.2%
1955–64
1.2%
1965–72
2.3%
1973–82
4.7%
1983–92
1.2%
1993–99
4.7%
2000–08
4.7%
2009–15
3.5%
2016–25
TreforEngland & Wales

51% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 7.8% 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 Trefor

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Trefor44840—
Nefyn1,29130B−
Penygroes1,79380B
Pwllheli3,6221210A+
Criccieth1,737290A
In brief

Trefor in brief

More of Trefor’s homes are old than in most places: 60% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 4 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1986. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1971 and 1999.

Questions about Trefor’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Trefor?

Cadw lists 4 buildings inside Trefor’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Trefor?

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

How old are the homes in Trefor?

60% of homes were built before 1919 and 71% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Trefor 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.

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