18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Church of St James, Pyle with KenfigGrade I listedBridge near Llanmihangel MillGrade II listedThe Talbot InstituteGrade II listedKenfig Hill War MemorialGrade II listedMile marker on A48, Pyle to Margam RoadGrade II listed+4See all photos

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c. 1804

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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).

The first 3 entries were listed in 1963, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1998. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

2 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).

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.

The official list counts 18 listed buildings in Pyle, 1 of them Grade I, including St James's Church. Only 104 of the 566 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. The big year was 1998, when 12 of the 18 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.