Inns & shops · listed 1992Commerce Street, Husk Mill
Insch, Insch Station Including Waiting Room and Footbridge · Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Insch · Historic Environment Scotland
5 listed buildings, 2 of them in the second category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Insch’s locality, 19 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
5
19 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
2
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Insch
Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Insch’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category BScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A2 Category B3 Category C
Historic Environment Scotland lists buildings in three categories: Category A for buildings of national or international importance (about 7.5% of listed buildings), Category B for buildings of regional importance (about 50%), and Category C for buildings of local importance (about 43%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s designations whose point lies inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.
Category B
The 2 Category B listed buildings in Insch
Buildings of regional importance. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Inns & shops · listed 1971Insch Savings Bank, High Street
Category C
3 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 3 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
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 Historic Environment Scotland.
Insch Old Parish Church and associated memorialsCrosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: church
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Insch
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insch | 2,685 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Alford | 2,792 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Inverurie | 15,115 | 26 | 0 | — |
| Kemnay | 3,864 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Huntly | 4,628 | 71 | 3 | — |
| Oldmeldrum | 3,181 | 37 | 0 | — |
In brief
Insch in brief
Insch has 5 listed buildings, including Insch, Insch Station Including Waiting Room and Footbridge. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Category A building; Alexander Collie (1793) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1971 and 1999.
Questions about Insch’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Insch?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 buildings inside Insch’s locality: 0 Category A, 2 Category B and 3 Category C.
Are there scheduled monuments in Insch?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Insch Old Parish Church and associated memorials.
Insch has no History Grade.
Listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites: Historic Environment Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check an entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s portal before relying on it.
Sources: Historic Environment Scotland designations (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens and designed landscapes, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the NRS 2022 locality boundary. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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