IChurch · listed 1953Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dolforgan Hall · Photo: Percy Benzie Abery · CC0–Not graded
History of Kerry · Cadw
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Kerry’s built-up area, 189 for every 10,000 residents. 13 of Kerry’s listed buildings are Grade II. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
189 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kerry
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 Kerry’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*13 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 Kerry
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Kerry
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1953Dolforgan HallPhoto: Percy Benzie Abery · CC0
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
ArhosfaCoachhouse at Dolforgan HallCounty Primary SchoolDolforgan Lodge (East)Dolforgan Lodge (West) with gate screen, piers and gate formerly to Dolforgan HallDolforgan sawmillFormer Malthouse at The Herbert ArmsFountain in S garden at Dolforgen HallMorris monument in churchyard, Church of St MichaelNo 1, Old School HouseReading RoomSunnycroftThe Herbert Arms
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.6% of Kerry
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kerry3 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 15 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 Kerry’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1996
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1996 · 12
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1953, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1996. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
34% of Kerry’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
0%
1930s
2%
1945–54
4.1%
1955–64
8.1%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
6.1%
1983–92
9.9%
1993–99
8.9%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
KerryEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kerry
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry | 795 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 194 | 0 | A− |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 82 | 0 | A+ |
In brief
Kerry in brief
More of Kerry’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1996: 12 of 15.
Questions about Kerry’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kerry?
Cadw lists 15 buildings inside Kerry’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kerry?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Kerry?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Kerry.
When were Kerry’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 12, in 1996.
How old are the homes in Kerry?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Kerry has no History Grade.
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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