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History of Waunfawr · Cadw

Old homes in Waunfawr: 57% built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Waunfawr has 4 times the share. Cadw lists 9 buildings inside Waunfawr’s built-up area, 97 for every 10,000 residents.

Listed buildings
9
97 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
57%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Waunfawr’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.

9 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*9 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

9 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 9 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age

57% of Waunfawr’s homes were built before 1919

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

56%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
1.1%
1930s
6%
1945–54
3.6%
1955–64
7.3%
1965–72
8.5%
1973–82
3.6%
1983–92
1.1%
1993–99
3.6%
2000–08
7.3%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
WaunfawrEngland & Wales

56% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 8.5% 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 Waunfawr

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Waunfawr92890—
Llanrug1,53700C−
Caernarfon9,8312507A+
Llanberis1,838130A−
Bethel1,09140B−
Clwt-y-bont1,38520B−
Y Felinheli2,333190A−
Penygroes1,79380B
In brief

Waunfawr in brief

Old houses are part of Waunfawr’s character: 57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 9 listed buildings. The rest is about typical: John Evans (1770) and David Thomas (1759) were born here before 1900; and all its entries went on the list in 1999.

Questions about Waunfawr’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Waunfawr?

Cadw lists 9 buildings inside Waunfawr’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.

How old are the homes in Waunfawr?

57% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Waunfawr 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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