Coelbren: 39% of homes built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Coelbren has 3 times the share. Cadw lists no buildings inside Coelbren’s built-up area.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Coelbren

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

Town	Distance	Listed	Grade I	History
Baglan	21 km	17	1	B
Llandovery	24 km	106	1	A⁺
Bettws	25 km	1	1	D

Homes by age

39% of Coelbren’s homes were built before 1919

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

32%

Before 1900

5.8%

1900–18

7.3%

1919–29

20%

1930s

13%

1945–54

5.1%

1955–64

2.9%

1965–72

2.2%

1973–82

2.2%

1983–92

2.2%

1993–99

4.4%

2000–08

2.2%

2009–15

2016–25

CoelbrenEngland & Wales

32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 20% 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.

In brief

Coelbren in brief

Old houses are part of Coelbren’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Coelbren has nothing on the list; Baglan, 21 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings.

Coelbren has no History Grade.

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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