IChurch · listed 1950St Andrew's ChurchPhoto: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Presteigne · Cadw
120 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Cadw counts them inside Presteigne’s built-up area, 622 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 114 of Presteigne’s listed buildings. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Presteigne grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
120
622 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Presteigne
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
St Andrew's ChurchGrade I listed
Radnorshire Arms HotelGrade II* listed
Shire Hall including Branch Library and MuseumGrade II* listed
The Manor House (formerly The Rectory)Grade II* listedPhotos 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 Presteigne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
120 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*114 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 Presteigne
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Presteigne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1950Radnorshire ArmsOn the list as Radnorshire Arms HotelPhoto: Percy Benzie Abery · CC0
II*Public · listed 1950Shire HallOn the list as Shire Hall including Branch Library and MuseumPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1985The Manor House (formerly The Rectory) St.david's StreetOn the list as The Manor House (formerly The Rectory)Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1950Old Rectory,broad StreetOn the list as Old Rectory
House · listed 199327&28 Hereford Street
Historic streets
The Broad Street and Hereford Street have the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Broad Street5 listed
Hereford Street5 listed · 1 II*
High Street5 listed
Of the 120 entries, 20 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Presteigne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas71
Inns, shops & warehouses40
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings2
71 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
114 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 114 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple Tree HouseBarley Mow P.H.Base of Cross at St. Andrew's ChurchyardBell HouseBelmont House including Derek's HairstylesBodmin HouseBoundary Wall between Garage at No.2 and Coach House to Manor HouseBoundary Wall running NE from Coach House and SE Down west wall to end at Driveway to RectoryBoundary Wall with doorway to right of Manor HouseCatholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St ThereseChurch HouseChurch ViewChurch ViewClarence HouseClatterbrune and Clatterbrune WestCoach House to rear of Manor HouseCorner Shop including flat overCroesawCromwell CottageDuke's Arms PH including Off-Licence shopFarmer's ArmsFold FarmhouseFord View (formerly Old Bridge Inn)Formerly The Old Oak PHG & L HallGarden Wall at The Old RectoryGarden Walls at Warden CourtGarrison HouseGodwin HouseGreen End HouseGreenfield House, including gate Piers and RailingsGreystonesHafodHairdresserHaps Ltd. including Flat overHarford HouseHarley HouseIvy HouseKing's Head StoresLloyd's Bank HouseLlysrhosenLondon House (Browsers Boutique) including Flat overLondon House including London Cottage to rearLugg BridgeLugg BridgeManchester House including Just Jill and Sparey NewsagentManor CottageMansion House including Country Style (formerly Bennett's Shop)Market HallMethodist Church and HallMillichampMilllfieldMyrtle CottageOak VillasOld Rectory BarnOssington HouseOutbuilding and Boundary Wall to NE of Warden CourtOutbuilding at yard entry next to Barley Mow PHParadise VillaPost OfficePresteigne Autopart & Rookery BooksRadnor House including Annie's Cake Shop and Nick's Bargain CentreRed HouseRoselandS&T Ironmongers including OfficesSt. David's HouseStable, Byre and Corn Barn Ranges at Fold FarmStapleton LodgeTan HouseTelephone Call-box on pavement adjacent to Harford HouseThe Bull HotelThe Castle (formerly The Castle PH)The Coffee House including entry to Albert SquareThe Fruit ShopThe Old ManseThe Old Mill (formerly "New Mill House")The Posting House including the PotlatchThe TempleUlna & Glenfield HouseW.E.Lloyd Saddler including Flat overWarden CourtWarden ViewWarren VillaWell CottageWell House including entry to Canon's LaneWhitehall HouseYe Olde Shoppeand J.E.Morganand Parry Powell (Estate Agents)including Fish & Chip Shopincluding Glyn Slade Jones (Butcher Shop)including Presteigne Crafts1 Broad Street1 High Street1 to 4 (Consec) Castle Dyche11 & 12 Broad Street11 Church Street12 Church Street, including rear range12&13 High Street13 Church Street2 Broad Street2 Hereford Street2-5 (Consec nos.) Church View20&21 Broad Street26 Hereford Street38 High Street39 High Street4 to 7 (Consec)6 & 7 Hereford Street7 St David's Street8 Broad Street8 Hereford Street9 & White House9 High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 20% of Presteigne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Presteigne 200416 ha
Lugg Bridge, Stapleton 20003 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 96 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Lugg Bridge, Stapleton, was designated in 2000; the newest, Presteigne, in 2004. 112 of the 120 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 Presteigne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 101
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 101 came in 1985. Only 1 has 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 registered park or garden
SiliaGrade II · Arboretum and ornamental woodland garden. Late Victorian house and earlier lodge. Simple parkland to east
History Grade
Presteigne 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 (128 points, 664 per 10,000 residents)More than 94% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 79% 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
27% of Presteigne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
27%
Before 1900
0.5%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
0.5%
1945–54
0.5%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
16%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
5.5%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
4.5%
2016–25
PresteigneEngland & Wales
27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 16% 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.
Born here
5 notable people born in Presteigne before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Francis Evelyn
William Arthur Evelyn
Thomas Griffiths
Fred Griffiths
Albert Powell
18501875190019251950
FG
Fred Griffiths1873–1917 · Welsh footballer (1873-1917)
AP
Albert Powell1893–1979 · English cricketer (1893-1979)
WE
William Arthur Evelyn1860–1935 · British historian
FE
Francis Evelyn1859–1910 · (1859-1910)
TG
Thomas Griffiths1865–1947 · Australian general (1865-1947)
Everyone born in Presteigne → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Presteigne has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,537 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Presteigne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 120 | 1 | A+ |
| Kington | 2,423 | 136 | 1 | A+ |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 78 | 0 | A+ |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 72 | 1 | A+ |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 236 | 1 | A |
In brief
Presteigne in brief
For its size, Presteigne has more listed heritage than 94% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 120 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 88 of the 1,537 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 2000. Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Fred Griffiths (1873), Albert Powell (1893) and William Arthur Evelyn (1860).
Questions about Presteigne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Presteigne?
Cadw lists 120 buildings inside Presteigne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 114 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Presteigne?
One: St Andrew's Church.
Which street in Presteigne has the most listed buildings?
Broad Street (5), Hereford Street (5) and High Street (5) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Presteigne?
2, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest are Presteigne and Lugg Bridge, Stapleton.
When were Presteigne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 101, in 1985.
Who was born in Presteigne?
Among people born before 1900: Fred Griffiths (1873), Albert Powell (1893), William Arthur Evelyn (1860), Francis Evelyn (1859) and Thomas Griffiths (1865).
How old are the homes in Presteigne?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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