List of post-war Category A listed buildings in Scotland
This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Scotland which date from after 1945 (the post-war period). The majority of these buildings are examples of Brutalist architecture or related modernist architecture which was ambitiously adopted by a number of Scottish architects, such as Sir Robert Matthew and Sir Basil Spence.
In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest".[1] Category A structures are those considered to be "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."[2] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.[3] The authority for listing rests with Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or its fittings. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities prior to any alteration to such a structure.[3]
There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings and statues in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,600) are Category A. The number which date from post 1945 currently stands at 49, following the addition of the Cables Wynd House and buildings in January 2017.[4] The two oldest buildings in this list both commenced construction prior to World War II but completion then occurred in the post-war period, the buildings are generally considered post-war.
Name | Location | Date Listed | Grid Ref. [note 1] | Geo-coordinates | Notes | LB Number [note 2] | Image |
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St. Columba's Cathedral | Corran Esplanade, Oban, Argyll and Bute | 20 July 1971 | NM8553230679 | 56°25′10″N 5°28′44″W / 56.419458°N 5.478834°W | Sir Giles Gilbert Scott | 38820 | ![]() |
University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Campus, Glasgow | 15 January 1985 | NS5661466700 | 55°52′19″N 4°17′36″W / 55.872065°N 4.293206°W | T Harold Hughes and DSR Waugh with later works by Alexander Waugh & Kay | 32918 | ![]() | |
Lanark County Buildings (South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters) | Hamilton, Almada Street | 18 November 1993 | NS7147155882 | 55°46′45″N 4°03′03″W / 55.779122°N 4.050819°W | International modern tower by D G Bannerman, 1959–64[5] | 34472 | |
Easterheughs | Dalachy, Aberdour, Fife | 24 March 2004 | NT2103085988 | 56°03′37″N 3°16′11″W / 56.060195°N 3.269753°W | William Thomas | 49686 | ![]() |
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery | Port Glasgow, Parkhill Avenue | 23 September 2004 | NS3399473809 | 55°55′43″N 4°39′31″W / 55.928608°N 4.658681°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 40088 | ![]() |
Pitlochry Power Station, dam and fish ladder | Loch Faskally, Pitlochry | 20 December 2000 | NN9354257719 | 56°41′56″N 3°44′24″W / 56.699013°N 3.740113°W | Harold Ogle Tarbolton | 47534 | ![]() |
Notre Dame High School | 160 Observatory Road, Dowanhill, Glasgow | 28 July 1987 | NS5626667407 | 55°52′42″N 4°17′57″W / 55.878309°N 4.299138°W | Thomas S Cordiner | 32571 | ![]() |
Robin Chapel | Thistle Foundation Estate, Niddrie, Edinburgh | 14 June 2002 | NT2946971498 | 55°55′53″N 3°07′50″W / 55.931352°N 3.130457°W | John F Matthew | 48686 | ![]() |
Sloy Power Station | Loch Sloy, Argyll and Bute | 29 March 1996 | NN2887111074 | 56°15′40″N 4°45′52″W / 56.261234°N 4.76445°W | Harold Ogle Tarbolton | 43188 | ![]() |
Commando Memorial | Spean Bridge, Highland | 5 October 1971 | NN2078882369 | 56°53′53″N 4°56′39″W / 56.897923°N 4.944103°W | Scott Sutherland | 6842 | ![]() |
HMSO Store | 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate, Edinburgh | 29 November 1990 | NT1910970886 | 55°55′27″N 3°17′46″W / 55.924222°N 3.296045°W | Stewart Sim | 30250 | ![]() |
St Laurence's RC Church and Presbytery | Kilmacolm Road, Greenock, Inverclyde | 23 September 1994 | NS2859775289 | 55°56′24″N 4°44′45″W / 55.939997°N 4.745897°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 34184 | ![]() |
Crombie Halls of Residence | Meston Walk, Aberdeen | 11 Nov 2004 | NJ9380608115 | 57°09′50″N 2°06′15″W / 57.163847°N 2.104046°W | Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (Robert Matthew) | 50016 | ![]() |
Former Lady and St Francis Secondary School | 72 Charlotte Street, by Glasgow Green, Glasgow | 4 September 1989 | NS5979364539 | 55°51′13″N 4°14′29″W / 55.8536°N 4.241324°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 32662 | ![]() |
St Paul's RC Church and Presbytery | Warout Road, Glenrothes, Fife | B 15 September 1987 A 28 September 2009 |
NO28093454 | 56°11′29″N 3°09′41″W / 56.191518°N 3.161266°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 10012 | ![]() |
High Sunderland | Selkirk, Scottish Borders | 18 April 2007 | NT2965732412 | 55°34′49″N 3°07′03″W / 55.580258°N 3.117362°W | Peter Womersley | 50862 | ![]() |
University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls of Residence | Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh | 17 January 2006 | NT2698272343 | 55°56′17″N 3°10′13″W / 55.938034°N 3.170194°W | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul | 50187 | |
Forth Road Bridge with Approach Ramps and Piers | Firth of Forth, between Edinburgh and Fife | 21 March 2001 | NT1253579638 | 56°00′06″N 3°24′15″W / 56.001681°N 3.404057°W | Mott, Hay and Anderson with Freeman Fox & Partners | 47778 | ![]() |
St Columba's Parish Church | Church Street, Glenrothes, Fife | 5 October 2004 | NO2696800916 | 56°11′43″N 3°10′43″W / 56.195231°N 3.178513°W | Wheeler & Sproson | 49999 | |
St Peter's College | Cardross | 6 August 1992 | NS3530478404 | 55°58′13″N 4°38′26″W / 55.9703°N 4.640546°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 6464 | ![]() |
Ben Cruachan Hydro Electric Scheme, Turbine Hall | Ben Cruachan, Argyll and Bute | 11 February 2011 | NN0801428152 | 56°24′23″N 5°06′47″W / 56.406389°N 5.113056°W | J B Armstrong | 51688 | ![]() |
David Hume Tower (Block A) and Lecture Block (Block B), University of Edinburgh | George Square, Edinburgh | 17 January 2006 | NT2598172878 | 55°56′36″N 3°11′12″W / 55.943223°N 3.18665°W | Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards) | 50189 | ![]() |
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church | Camelon, Falkirk | 23 September 1994 | NS8641780573 | 56°00��17″N 3°49′23″W / 56.004599°N 3.823036°W | Gillespie Kidd and Coia | 31252 | ![]() |
9 and 10 St Andrew Square | St Andrew Square, Edinburgh | 28 March 1996 | NT2552374024 | 55°57′12″N 3°11′39″W / 55.953447°N 3.194298°W | Basil Spence & Partners | 43349 | |
Dollan Aqua Centre | Town Centre Park, East Kilbride | 13 June 2002 | NS6316054220 | 55°45′43″N 4°10′57″W / 55.761919°N 4.18239°W | Alexander Buchanan Campbell | 48682 | |
St Bride's Roman Catholic Church | Platthorn Drive, East Kilbride | 23 September 1994 | NS6404754304 | 55°45′47″N 4°10′06″W / 55.762923°N 4.168307°W | Gillespie, Kidd and Coia | 26630 | ![]() |
Bannockburn Rotunda, Memorial Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I | Bannockburn, Borestone Brae | 8 June 2004 | NS7948890691 | 56°05′38″N 3°56′19″W / 56.093761°N 3.938636°W | Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (Robert Matthew, Eric Stevenson and HF Clark) with statue by Pilkington Jackson | 49860 | ![]() |
Andrew Melville Hall, University of St Andrews | North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife | 18 November 2011 | NO4956716755 | 56°20′26″N 2°49′03″W / 56.340454°N 2.817406°W | James Stirling | 51846 | ![]() |
Craigsbank Parish Church (Church of Scotland) | Craigs Bank, Corstorphine, Edinburgh | 13 November 2002 | NT1909073038 | 55°56′37″N 3°17′49″W / 55.943549°N 3.296995°W | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul (William Kininmonth) | 48977 | ![]() |
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery | Kyle Road, Kildrum, Cumbernauld | 23 September 1994 | NS7668374959 | 55��57′06″N 3°58′37″W / 55.951694°N 3.976984°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 24091 | ![]() |
Mortonhall Crematorium | Howdenhall Road, Edinburgh | 15 April 1996 | NT2692268318 | 55°54′09″N 3°10′13″W / 55.902406°N 3.170352°W | Spence Glover & Ferguson (A Dewar) | 43242 | ![]() |
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Glasgow | 73 Craigpark, Dennistoun, Glasgow | 23 September 1994 | NS6101065499 | 55°51′45″N 4°13′21″W / 55.862571°N 4.222392°W | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | 33891 | ![]() |
Pitcorthie House | Colinsburgh, Fife | 28 February 2014 | NO4879804088 | 56°13′36″N 2°49′39″W / 56.226579°N 2.8273824°W | Trevor Dannatt | 52177 | ![]() |
University of Edinburgh, Main Library | George Square | 17 January 2006 | NT2584772828 | 55°56′34″N 3°11′20″W / 55.942754°N 3.188781°W | Spence, Glover and Ferguson (John Hardie Glover, JM Marshall and Andrew Merrylees) | 50191 | |
Brucefield Church | East Main Street, Whitburn, West Lothian | 4 December 2008 | NS9485765021 | 55°52′01″N 3°40′54″W / 55.866855°N 3.6816941°W | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul (William Kininmonth and Tom Duncan) | 51254 | ![]() |
84–87 Princes Street, incorporating the New Club | Princes Street, Edinburgh New Town | 28 March 1996 | NT2528473885 | 55°57′08″N 3°11′53″W / 55.952161°N 3.198086°W | Alan Reiach, Eric Hall & Partners | 43322 | ![]() |
Scottish Ambulance Service station and St Andrew's House, St Andrew's Ambulance Association | 30 Maitland Street and 54 Milton Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow | 7 February 2005 | NS5888166138 | 55°52′04″N 4°15′24″W / 55.867689°N 4.256713°W | Skinner, Bailey & Lubetkin then Bailey and Robb (Douglas Carr Bailey) | 50073 | ![]() |
Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling | University of Stirling, Stirling | 15 May 2009 | NS8039796841 | 56°08′57″N 3°55′36″W / 56.149213°N 3.9267942°W | Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards, Gerrard Bakker and Frank Clark) | 51327 | ![]() |
Principal's House, University of Stirling | University of Stirling, Stirling | 15 May 2009 | NS8113796808 | 56°08′57″N 3°54′54″W / 56.149102°N 3.9148755°W | Morris and Steedman | 51322 | ![]() |
Anniesland Court | 833-861 (Odd Nos) Crow Road, Anniesland, Glasgow | 2 April 1996 | NS5467368865 | 55°53′27″N 4°19′31″W / 55.89092°N 4.325361°W | Jack Holmes and Partners | 43034 | ![]() |
Royal Commonwealth Pool | Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh | 29 March 1996 | NT2681472414 | 55°56′21″N 3°10′22″W / 55.939187°N 3.172758°W | Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards, Euan Colam and Harold Medd) | 43148 | |
Royal Botanic Garden, 1967 Greenhouse | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 4 June 2003 | NT2469675491 | 55°57′59″N 3°12′29″W / 55.966495°N 3.207949°W | GAH Pearce | 49216 | ![]() |
Burrell Collection | 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Pollok Country Park, Glasgow | 23 January 2013 | NS5548662138 | 55°49′51″N 4°18′27″W / 55.830833°N 4.3075°W | Barry Gasson Architects (Barry Gasson, Brit Andresen, John Meunier, Jack Wilson and Margaret Maxwell) | 52002 | ![]() |
Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society Head Office | Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh | 3 March 2006 | NT2674572537 | 55°56′25″N 3°10′28″W / 55.940277°N 3.174328°W | Spence, Glover & Ferguson (John Hardie Glover, John Legge, Norman Arthur and Dame Sylvia Crowe) | 50213 | ![]() |
The Studio (former Bernat Klein Studio) | High Sunderland, Selkirk | B 4 October 1994 A 25 July 2002 |
NT4737631377 | 55°34′24″N 2°50′10″W / 55.573199°N 2.836139°W | Peter Womersley | 19484 | ![]() |
Eden Court Theatre | Inverness, Bishop's Road | 27 July 2004 | NH6631644732 | 57°28′23″N 4°13′51″W / 57.473078°N 4.230821°W | Law & Dunbar-Nasmith (Graham Law) | 49959 | ![]() |
Centrelink 5 (Former Cummins Engine Company Ltd) | Calderhead Road, Shotts, North Lanarkshire | 18 November 2004 | NS8641860847 | 55°49′39″N 3°48′51″W / 55.827489°N 3.814214°W | Ahrends, Burton & Koralek | 50013 | ![]() |
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial | West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh | 15 October 2001 | NT2501673652 | 55°57′00″N 3°12′08″W / 55.950026°N 3.202312°W | Ian Hamilton Finlay | 48255 | |
Cables Wynd House | Cables Wynd, Leith, Edinburgh | 30 January 2017 | NT 26818 76260 | 55°58′26″N 3°10′27″W / 55.973821°N 3.174224°W | Alison & Hutchison & Partners (Robert Forbes Hutchison, Walter Scott and Francis W Tinson) | 52403 | ![]() |
Tolbooth Wynd and Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh | 30 January 2017 | NT2705676276 | 55°58′26″N 3°10′21″W / 55.973906°N 3.172525°W | Alison & Hutchison & Partners (Robert Forbes Hutchison, Walter Scott and Francis W Tinson) | 52404 | ![]() |
Former Grade A listings[]
Name | Location | Date Listed | Grid Ref. [note 3] | Geo-coordinates | Notes | LB Number [note 4] | Image |
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Clunie Power Station | Loch Faskally | A 5 March 2001 B 11 February 2011 |
NN9126759775 | 56°43′01″N 3°46′41″W / 56.71695°N 3.778116°W | Harold Ogle Tarbolton | 47621 | ![]() |
A-Groups[]
- The University of Glasgow's Joseph Black building forms an A-Group with the Category A listed Graham Kerr building. The Graham Kerr building is a pre-war building, dating from 1923.
- The Sloy Awe power station forms an A-Group with the Category B listed Sloy dam.
- The Ben Cruachan turbine hall forms an A-Group and the Category B listed Cruachan dam which forms the reservoir above Loch Awe.
- The University of Edinburgh's David Hume Tower (Block A) and David Hume Lecture Block (Block B); and their Main Library, George Square, form an A-Group with their Category B listed William Robertson (Block C); Adam Ferguson (Block D) and George Square Theatre (Block E) buildings.
- The University of Stirling's Principals House and Pathfoot Building for an A-Group with the Nuffield Staff Houses (2-3, 4-5 and 6-7) Airthrey Castle Yard. The three buildings are Category B listed.
- The Edinburgh Botanic Garden's 1967 greenhouse forms an A-Group with the Head Gardener's Cottage, Inverleith House, 1858 Palm House and 1834 Palm Stove, Linnaeus Monument, Caledonian Horticultural Society Hall, and the Laboratory and Lecture Hall Buildings at 20a Inverleith Row.
- Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial forms an A-Group with a number of other Category A, Category B and Category C listed public art installations in Princes Street Gardens.
Bibliography[]
- Campsie, Alison (8 July 2016). "10 of Scotland's most unusual buildings". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- "Scotland's 50 post-war A-listed buildings". BBC News. BBC. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- "In Pictures: Post-war listed buildings in Edinburgh". BBC News. BBC. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
References[]
- ^ Guide to the Protection of Scotland's Listed Buildings (PDF). Historic Scotland. 2009. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-84917-013-0. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "What is Listing?". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b Scottish Historic Environment Policy (PDF). Historic Scotland. October 2008. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-84917-002-4. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Edinburgh's 'Banana Flats' awarded Category A listing". BBC News. BBC. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Almada Street, Lanark County Buildings: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
Notes[]
- ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference (where provided) is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.
• "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
• "Get-a-map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 December 2007. - ^ Historic Environment Scotland assign a unique alphanumeric identifier to each designated site in Scotland, for listed buildings this always begins with "LB", for example "LB12345".
- ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference (where provided) is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.
• "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
• "Get-a-map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 December 2007. - ^ Historic Environment Scotland assign a unique alphanumeric identifier to each designated site in Scotland, for listed buildings this always begins with "LB", for example "LB12345".
- Lists of category A listed buildings
- Brutalist architecture in Scotland
- 20th-century architecture in the United Kingdom