IChurch · listed 1950Church Of St. AelhaiarnOn the list as Church of St Aelhaiarn including Outbuilding to W end of N Aisle and outbuilding on W side of PorchPhoto: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Guilsfield · Cadw
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Guilsfield’s built-up area, 190 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. Guilsfield grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
22
190 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
2 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Guilsfield
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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.
The map
Where Guilsfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Guilsfield
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.
What’s protected
Most of Guilsfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Churches, chapels & priories4
Street furniture1
17 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abercrombie House (Post Office and Stores)Bod-IsaBod-Isa CottageCalcott HouseCemetery ChapelChurchyard Wall and Gates at Chruch of St AelhaiarnCil HaulClematis CottageGlebe HouseJones Monument, close to the south gatesof the churchyardPorchesPublic Water FountainTHe Red HouseThe PorchesThe PorchesThe SquareTrawscoed CottageTrawscoed HouseVicarageWhite Ash (Nos 1 and 2 Onnen Wen/White Ash)Yew Tree
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Guilsfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Guilsfield5 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 47 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 22 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 Guilsfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1981 · 17
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 came in 1981. Only 0 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Welsh Government (Cadw).
Guilsfield Moated SiteMedieval; Moated Site
2 registered parks and gardens
St.Aelhaiarn Churchyard, GuilsfieldGrade II* · Village churchyard with high arboricultural interest, trees planted in a designed scheme
The GarthGrade II · Relict site, ornamental park and garden, ruined house
History Grade
Guilsfield grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (29 points, 250 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 68% 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
23% of Guilsfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
0.9%
1930s
4.7%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
20%
1965–72
5.5%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
9.1%
1993–99
13%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
5.5%
2016–25
GuilsfieldEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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.
Towns its size
Guilsfield has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 2,005 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Guilsfield1
#571 of 2,005for listed buildings per resident (190 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Guilsfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 22 | 1 | A− |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 203 | 1 | A+ |
| Four Crosses | 1,469 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Llanymynech | 1,040 | 17 | 0 | B+ |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 80 | 0 | A+ |
| Pant | 1,173 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Minsterley | 1,719 | 16 | 0 | B |
| Morda | 1,976 | 5 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Guilsfield in brief
More of Guilsfield’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 75% of UK towns. Only 89 of the 2,005 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1981: 17 of 22. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Guilsfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Guilsfield?
Cadw lists 22 buildings inside Guilsfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Guilsfield?
One: Church of St Aelhaiarn including Outbuilding to W end of N Aisle and outbuilding on W side of Porch.
Are there scheduled monuments in Guilsfield?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Guilsfield Moated Site.
How many conservation areas are there in Guilsfield?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Guilsfield.
When were Guilsfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 17, in 1981.
How old are the homes in Guilsfield?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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