IChurch · listed 1963Church of St MaryPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Newcastle Castle · Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Bridgend · Cadw
91 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Bridgend’s built-up area, 18 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 7 scheduled monuments. 7.8% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 12 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. Bridgend grades C+ for history: #14 of 32 in Mid Glamorgan.
Listed buildings
91
18 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
7
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.8%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Bridgend in 18 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.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Castell CoetyScheduled monument
Ogmore ClubGrade II listed
Former Castle HotelGrade II listed
Bridgend Railway Station (W.Platform Building)Grade II listed+13See 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
Bridgend from 1789 to 1905
5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1789
1903
1905
1905
1905Public 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 Bridgend’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 33neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 53% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
91 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I7 Grade II*82 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Bridgend
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1963Church of St CralloPhoto: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Bridgend
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1986Newcastle CastlePhoto: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1986St Illtyd's ChurchOn the list as Church of St IlltydPhoto: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1997Churchyard Cross in Coychurch ChurchyardPhoto: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1986Newcastle HousePhoto: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1986Old BridgePhoto: Chris Andrews · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1952St John's HospicePhoto: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1963Tŷ MawrOn the list as Ty MawrPhoto: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Bridgend’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas39
Inns, shops & warehouses20
Public & civic buildings13
Churches, chapels & priories13
Walls, gates & bridges4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
39 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings.
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
82 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 82 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Administrive Block at former Preswylfa Children's HomeAnglian Windows CentreAshfieldAstley Samuel LeederBarclay's BankBridgend Railway Station (W.Platform Building)Bridgend Railway Station Pedestrian BridgeBritannia Building SocietyBroadlands HouseBrynffrwdBrynffrwd Entrance and LodgeCae CourtClay TravelCoach House at GlanogwrCoed Parc (HQ of Mid-Glamorgan County Libraries)Community Health Clinic at Bridgend General Hospital (Former Union Offices)Dental SurgeryDunraven ArcadeDunraven ArcadeDunraven ArcadeDunraven ArcadeDunraven ArcadeFarmyard Buildings (NW Farmhouse & NE sides) at Newbridge FarmFormer Castle HotelFormer Coach House to the Old Police StationFormer Fire Station & Post Office Van DepotFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeFormer Preswylfa Childrens HomeGarage & Outhouse range at Newcastle HouseGarth CelynGlanogwr (including Glanogwr cottage) (Environmental Health Department)Group of 3 table tombs in Coychurch churchyard adjoining S porchHermon ChapelHeronsbridge SchoolHope Baptist Chapel including attached vestry and schoolroomHut 9 at former Prisoner of War Camp (198) and Special Camp XI, Island FarmMilepost outside New Cords & Zenith Windows LtdNO.1 & Parallel Range to rearNO.11 & parallel range to rearNO.3 & parallel range to rearNO.5 & parallel range to rearNO.7 & parallel range to rearNO.9 & parallel range to rearNational Westminster BankNazareth Apostolic ChurchNewbridge FarmhouseNewcastle CottageNolton CottageNolton CourtNolton Tithe BarnOgmore ClubPair of Telephone Call-boxes on the pavement outside the Head Post OfficeProperty to right of former Castle HotelPublic LibraryRandall Memorial Drinking FountainRiversdaleRossie AttireSaron Welsh Congregationalist ChapelSt Mary Nolton ChurchThe Jolly BrewerThe Old Police StationThe Old Workhouse, Bridgend General HospitalThe Star Inn P HThe Victoria PHThe Welsh ConnectionTombstone of Thomas Richards in Coychurch churchyardTreoes FarmhouseUnitarian Chapel (Elim Pentecostal Church)War MemorialWest CottageWest Skeal OverbridgeWestfieldWyndham HotelYork Tavern PH10 Dunraven Place
Conservation areas
5 conservation areas cover 2.2% of Bridgend
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Coity 197310 ha
Bridgend Town Centre 199910 ha
Newcastle Hill 197510 ha
Merthyr Mawr Road 19803 ha
Preswylfa 20182 ha
36 hain conservation areas, of 1,631 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Coity, was designated in 1973; the newest, Preswylfa, in 2018. 67 of the 91 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 Bridgend’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 601987 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 60 came in 1986. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
7 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Bridgend Old BridgeMedieval; Bridge
Bridgend Standing StonePrehistoric; Standing Stone
Castell CoetyMedieval; Castle
Coychurch Churchyard CrossMedieval; Cross
MedievalEarly Medieval Composite Pillar-Crosses at St Crallo’s Church, CoychurchEarly Medieval; Cross shaft
Newcastle CastleMedieval; Castle
Royal Ordnance Factory Bridgend Dual-storey PillboxPost Medieval/Modern; Pillbox
History Grade
Bridgend grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (116 points, 22 per 10,000 residents)More than 62% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.8%)More than 18% 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
7.8% of Bridgend’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.8%
Before 1900
3%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
5.3%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
17%
1955–64
6.4%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
7.7%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
7.3%
2009–15
7.6%
2016–25
BridgendEngland & Wales
4.8% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 17% 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.
Born here
7 notable people born in Bridgend before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Morgan
Walter Coffin
John Thomas
Benjamin Gronow
Clem Lewis
Horace Thomas
Wyndham Emery
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William Morgan1750–1833 · Welsh physician, physicist, statistician and actuary
John Thomas1826–1913 · Welsh composer and harpist, called Pencerdd Gwalia (1826-1913)
WC
Walter Coffin1784–1867 · British coal owner
Benjamin Gronow1887–1967 · Welsh rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer
CL
Clem Lewis1890–1944 · Welsh rugby union player
HT
Horace Thomas1890–1916 · Welsh rugby union player
WE
Wyndham Emery1897–1969 · Welsh rugby league footballer
Everyone born in Bridgend → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Bridgend has the 44th most Grade I buildings of 219 towns its size
Places of 31,000–83,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bridgend2
#97 of 219for listed buildings per resident (18 per 10,000). Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury and Chichester lead.
43 have more. The typical town its size has 1.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bridgend
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgend | 51,751 | 91 | 2 | C+ |
| Pen-y-fai | 2,301 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Sarn | 11,867 | 67 | 0 | A− |
| Pencoed | 9,119 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Cefn Cribwr | 1,379 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 1,356 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Bettws | 2,237 | 1 | 1 | D |
| Llangeinor | 1,016 | 1 | 0 | C |
In brief
Bridgend in brief
The official list counts 91 listed buildings in Bridgend, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 43 of the 219 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 5 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973. William Morgan (1750), John Thomas (1826) and Walter Coffin (1784) are among the 7 people born here before 1900.
Its homes are mostly newer: 7.8% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. It also has 7 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. The big year was 1986, when 60 of the 91 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Bridgend’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bridgend?
Cadw lists 91 buildings inside Bridgend’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 82 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bridgend?
2, including Church of St Crallo and Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bridgend?
Yes, 7 scheduled monuments, including Bridgend Old Bridge, Bridgend Standing Stone, Castell Coety and Coychurch Churchyard Cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Bridgend?
5, covering about 36 hectares of the town. The largest are Coity and Bridgend Town Centre.
When were Bridgend’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 60, in 1986.
Are there old photos of Bridgend?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1789 to 1905, all on this page.
Who was born in Bridgend?
Among people born before 1900: William Morgan (1750), John Thomas (1826), Walter Coffin (1784), Benjamin Gronow (1887) and Clem Lewis (1890).
How old are the homes in Bridgend?
7.8% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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