How many listed buildings are in Vale of Glamorgan? 746 listed buildings
Vale of Glamorgan has 746 listed buildings, 33 of them Grade I. Fewer listed buildings per home than 55% of areas in England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 33
- Grade II*
- 73
- Grade II
- 640
- Per 1,000 homes
- 13.0
- Fewer listed buildings per home than
- 55% of areas
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), licensed under the Open Government Licence. How we calculate this
All house prices in Vale of GlamorganIs a home in Vale of Glamorgan likely to be in a conservation area?
Conservation areas in Wales are not included yet.
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
What does it mean if a home is listed?
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Vale of Glamorgan. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Vale of Glamorgan?
Vale of Glamorgan has 33 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
Each name links to its official list entry.
Are there scheduled monuments in Vale of Glamorgan?
Yes, Vale of Glamorgan has 114 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change. These are 50 of them.
- Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point
- Area of Shrunken Medieval Village
- Barry Castle
- Bedford Castle
- Boverton Place
- Buarth-Mawr Barn
- Caer Dynnaf hillfort
- Caermead Roman Site
- Castell Moel
- Castell Tal-y-Fan
- Castle Ditches
- Castle Ditches Camp
- Castle Ringwork 850m ENE of Ty'n-y-Coed
- Coed y Cwm Ringwork
- Coed-y-Cwm Chambered Cairn
- Cogan Deserted Medieval Village
- Corntown causewayed enclosure
- Cottrell Castle Mound
- Cottrell Ringwork
- Croes Antoni
- Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow
- Cross in St Mary's Churchyard
- Cwm Bach Camps
- Cwm George Camp
- Cwm Nash Defended Enclosure
- Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm
- Dinas Powis Castle
- Doghill Moated Site, Dyffryn
- Domen Fawr Round Barrows
- Dunraven Castle Hillfort
- Early Cement Works, Aberthaw
- East Orchard Manor House
- East Orchard Wood Pillbox
- Ewenni Priory
- Felin Isaf Castle Mound
- Fleminston Deserted Village
- Greave Round Barrow
- Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow
- Highlight Church, Remains of
- Highlight Medieval House Site
- Horseland moated homestead
- Knap Roman Site
- Limpert Bay Anti-invasion Defences
- Llanblethian Castle
- Llancadle Deserted Medieval Village
- Llancarfan Monastery (Site of)
- Llandough Castle, Remains of Hall
- Llandow Castle-Ringwork
- Llangan Celtic Cross
- Llanmaes Castle (Malefant Castle)
Which part of Vale of Glamorgan has the most listed buildings?
Cowbridge with Llanblethian has the most listed buildings of the 27 areas of Vale of Glamorgan, with 98.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowbridge with Llanblethian | 98 | 48.5 | — |
| Llantwit Major | 78 | 18.1 | — |
| Barry | 58 | 2.5 | — |
| Penarth | 54 | 5.5 | — |
| St Athan Electoral Ward | 39 | 24.9 | — |
| St. Donats | 39 | — | — |
| St. Bride's Major | 36 | 35.2 | — |
| Rhoose | 36 | 12.5 | — |
| Llanfair | 27 | — | — |
| Penllyn | 26 | 41.2 | — |
| Ewenny | 26 | — | — |
| Llandow | 25 | — | — |
| St. Nicholas and Bonvilston | 22 | — | — |
| Peterston-super-Ely | 20 | — | — |
| Wick | 20 | — | — |
| Llancarfan | 19 | — | — |
| Wenvoe | 17 | 13.8 | — |
| Llangan | 16 | — | — |
| Dinas Powys | 16 | 4.6 | — |
| Sully and Lavernock | 13 | 6.4 | — |
| St. Georges-super-Ely | 12 | — | — |
| Llan-Maes | 11 | — | — |
| Pendoylan | 11 | — | — |
| Colwinston | 11 | — | — |
| Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith | 9 | — | — |
| Welsh St. Donats | 4 | — | — |
| Llandough | 4 | 4.5 | — |
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
What else do people ask about Vale of Glamorgan?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Vale of Glamorgan.
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), licensed under the Open Government Licence. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:08 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Vale of Glamorgan dataset covers 6,627 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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