Photo: Engraved from a drawing by G Samuel · Public domain15 listed buildings
Cadw counts them inside Llanfair Caereinion’s built-up area, 154 for every 10,000 residents. All of Llanfair Caereinion’s listed buildings are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Llanfair Caereinion’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 10% of Llanfair Caereinion
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
14 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.
More than half of Llanfair Caereinion’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1996
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 2 entries were listed in 1953. 12 came in 1996. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
43% of Llanfair Caereinion’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 11% 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Llanfair Caereinion
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llanfair Caereinion | 973 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Welshpool | 5,460 | 203 | 1 | A+ |
| Guilsfield | 1,160 | 22 | 1 | A− |
| Llanfyllin | 1,118 | 80 | 0 | A+ |
| Newtown | 10,882 | 194 | 0 | A− |
Llanfair Caereinion in brief
Old houses are part of Llanfair Caereinion’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1996: 12 of 15. The rest is about typical: John Griffiths (1837) and Thomas John Jehu (1871) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Llanfair Caereinion’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Llanfair Caereinion?
Cadw lists 15 buildings inside Llanfair Caereinion’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Llanfair Caereinion?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Llanfair Caereinion.
When were Llanfair Caereinion’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 12, in 1996.
How old are the homes in Llanfair Caereinion?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Llanfair Caereinion 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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