How many listed buildings are in Torfaen? 260 listed buildings
Torfaen has 260 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Fewer listed buildings per home than 69% of areas in England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 3
- Grade II*
- 23
- Grade II
- 234
- Per 1,000 homes
- 6.5
- Fewer listed buildings per home than
- 69% 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 TorfaenIs a home in Torfaen 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 Torfaen. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Torfaen?
Torfaen has 3 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
| Building | Listed |
|---|---|
| Balance Tower | 1995 |
| Blast Furnaces | 1995 |
| Cast House and Foundry | 1995 |
Each name links to its official list entry.
Are there scheduled monuments in Torfaen?
Yes, Torfaen has 25 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
- Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
- Abersychan Railway
- Air Furnace at British Ironworks
- Blaenafon Ironworks
- Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
- Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
- British Colliery Pumping Engine House
- Cairns West of Craig y Dyffryn
- Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
- Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
- Churchyard Cross
- Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
- Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
- Cwmbyrgwm Colliery
- Engine Pit, Blaenavon
- Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow
- Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool
- Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch
- Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
- Llanderfel Church
- Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn
- Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
- Pwll Du Tunnel
- Remains of Race Colliery / Glyn Pits
- St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Henllys
Which part of Torfaen has the most listed buildings?
Pontymoile has the most listed buildings of the 16 areas of Torfaen, with 62.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontymoile | 62 | 26.6 | — |
| Blaenavon | 45 | 16.8 | — |
| New Inn | 31 | 11.8 | — |
| Llantarnam | 26 | 12.4 | — |
| Abersychan | 25 | 8.8 | — |
| Trevethin | 21 | 9.9 | — |
| Pen Tranch | 8 | 2.9 | — |
| Pontnewydd | 7 | 2.7 | — |
| Ponthir | 6 | 9.9 | — |
| Panteg | 6 | 1.8 | — |
| Henllys | 5 | 4.7 | — |
| Llanyrafon | 5 | 3.6 | — |
| Croesyceiliog | 5 | 2.1 | — |
| Upper Cwmbran | 5 | 2.1 | — |
| Cwmbran Central | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Fairwater | 3 | 0.7 | — |
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 Torfaen?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Torfaen.
- What is the average house price in Torfaen?
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- How many properties are being sold in Torfaen?
- What type of properties are sold in Torfaen?
- What price range do most homes sell for in Torfaen?
- What is the most expensive (and cheapest) area of Torfaen?
- How many parks and green spaces are in Torfaen?
- What is the crime rate in Torfaen?
- What's the air quality in Torfaen?
- How do Torfaen house prices compare with another area?
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 00:19 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Torfaen dataset covers 4,221 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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