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17 Shore Street, Town Hall17 Shore Street, Town Hall · Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Macduff · Historic Environment Scotland

25 listed buildings, 15 of them in the second category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Macduff’s locality, 66 for every 10,000 residents. Category C covers 10 of Macduff’s listed buildings. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town.

15Category B
Listed buildings
25
66 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
15
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Macduff in 8 photos and old views

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Church Street, Burgh CrossChurch Street, Burgh CrossCategory B listedSkene Street, Manor House Including Summerhouse, Boundary Walls and RailingsSkene Street, Manor House Including Summerhouse, Boundary Walls and RailingsCategory C listedThe Knowes, War MemorialThe Knowes, War MemorialCategory B listedChurch Street, Doune Church of Scotland, Church Cottage and Burial GroundChurch Street, Doune Church of Scotland, Church Cottage and Burial GroundCategory B listedNicol's BraeNicol's BraeCategory C listed+3See all photos

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.

Through time

Macduff in old photos

1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Tarlair, Macduff, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianTarlair, Macduff, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Macduff’s history is

Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.

Church Street, Burgh Cross, Category BChurch Street, Doune Church of Scotland, Church Cottage and Burial Ground, Category BManner Street Mill, Category BThe Knowes, War Memorial, Category B1 Union Road, Category B10 High Shore, Category B17 Shore Street, Town Hall, Category B18, 19 Shore Street, Clydesdale Bank, Walled Garden and Rear Outbuilding, Category B27 Crook O'ness Street, Yard and Office, Category B29 Crook O'ness Street, Rosedale and Walled Gardens, Category B3 Union Road, Category B31 Duff Street, Category B41 Duff Street, Craigdhu and Garden Walls, Category B61 Duff Street, Gardner Church of Scotland (Former Free Church), Category B9, 11 Union Road and Rear Yard with Outbuildings, Category B
Category B

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25 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A15 Category B10 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 15 Category B listed buildings in Macduff

Buildings of regional importance. 5 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Show the other 3
What’s protected

Most of Macduff’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas19
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Walls, gates & bridges1

19 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.

Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.

Category C

10 Category C listed buildings

This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 10 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Bodie Fountain, Crook O'Ness Street, MacduffNicol's BraeSkene Street, Manor House Including Summerhouse, Boundary Walls and Railings1, 2, 3 West Skene Street2 Crook O'ness Street30, 32 Crook O'ness Street4 Crook O'Ness Street (former Macduff Arms) excluding the interior, the single-storey lean-to addition to the north gable and the two-storey additions to the rear, Macduff4 West Skene Street5 West Skene Street75, 77, 79 Duff Street
How the list grew

More than half of Macduff’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1972 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 15 entries were listed in 1972. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Macduff

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Macduff3,794250—
Banff3,97123111—
Turriff4,609221—
In brief

Macduff in brief

The official list counts 25 listed buildings in Macduff, including 17 Shore Street, Town Hall. Of the whole list, 76% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1972: 15 of 25. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Category A building; and Lydia Manley Henry (1891) was born here before 1900.

Questions about Macduff’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Macduff?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 25 buildings inside Macduff’s locality: 0 Category A, 15 Category B and 10 Category C.

When were Macduff’s buildings listed?

The first in 1972; the most, 15, in 1972.

Are there old photos of Macduff?

Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.

Macduff 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.

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.