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History of Trefonen · Historic England

Old homes in Trefonen: 44% built before 1919

For Trefonen, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists no buildings inside Trefonen’s built-up area. It also has 1 scheduled monument.

Listed buildings
0
0 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
The map

No listed buildings

Offa's Dyke: section 170m south-east of Fron, scheduled monument
Scheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

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 Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Homes by age

44% of Trefonen’s homes were built before 1919

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

45%
Before 1900
1.7%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
4.6%
1930s
3%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
6.3%
1965–72
7.6%
1973–82
9.2%
1983–92
7.6%
1993–99
9.2%
2000–08
1.7%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
TrefonenEngland & Wales

45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 9.2% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Trefonen

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Trefonen74500—
Morda1,97650C−
Oswestry17,5001371A−
Pant1,17340C+
Llanymynech1,040170B+
Whittington1,618101B
Gobowen3,04660C+
Four Crosses1,469120B+
In brief

Trefonen in brief

More of Trefonen’s homes are old than in most places: 44% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: Maurice Parry (1877) and Sam Meredith (1872) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Trefonen’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Trefonen?

Historic England lists no buildings inside Trefonen’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary). Listed buildings nearby may sit just outside it.

Are there scheduled monuments in Trefonen?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Offa's Dyke: section 170m south-east of Fron.

How old are the homes in Trefonen?

44% of homes were built before 1919 and 50% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Trefonen has no History Grade.

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.