Old homes in Treherbert: 78% built before 1919

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.

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

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.

63% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, 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.

Rosina Davies

Alfred Francis

Gomer Gunn

David John Bowen

Gwyn Thomas

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David John Bowen1891–1912 · British boxer

Rosina Davies1863–1949 · Welsh evangelist

AF

Alfred Francis1885–1968 · Welsh rugby league footballer

GG

Gomer Gunn1885–1935 · Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1885–1935)

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Gwyn Thomas1892–1984 · Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

Everyone born in Treherbert → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Old houses are part of Treherbert’s character: 78% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 5 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975.

David John Bowen (1891), Rosina Davies (1863) and Alfred Francis (1885) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 23% of UK towns. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and the list grew between 1972 and 1996.