Bridge over Afon Ewenni · Photo: FruitMonkey · CC BY-SA 4.08 listed buildings
Cadw counts them inside Pencoed’s built-up area, 8.8 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Pencoed is Grade II. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Pencoed grades C− for history: #27 of 32 in Mid Glamorgan.
Pencoed in 7 photos and old views
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Photos 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.
Pencoed from 1800 to 1864
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1800
c. 1820
c. 1864
c. 1864Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Pencoed’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
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. 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).
8 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.
Pencoed grades C− 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Pencoed
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pencoed | 9,119 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 8,106 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Bridgend | 51,751 | 91 | 2 | C+ |
| Llanharry | 3,747 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Sarn | 11,867 | 67 | 0 | A− |
| Pen-y-fai | 2,301 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Llangeinor | 1,016 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Hendreforgan | 2,445 | 0 | 0 | C |
Pencoed in brief
Pencoed has 8 listed buildings, including Bridge over Afon Ewenni. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 23% of UK towns. Beyond that, the list grew between 1991 and 1998; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Pencoed’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pencoed?
Cadw lists 8 buildings inside Pencoed’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
Are there old photos of Pencoed?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1800 to 1864, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Pencoed?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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