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History of Peterhead · Historic Environment Scotland

179 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Peterhead’s locality, 90 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 15 of its listed buildings.

1Category A78Category B1scheduled monument18on Merchant Street
Listed buildings
179
90 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
78
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
In pictures

Peterhead in 15 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Peterhead Old Parish ChurchPeterhead Old Parish ChurchCategory A listedStatue of Field Marshall Keith.Statue of Field Marshall Keith.Category B listedReform Tower MeethillReform Tower MeethillCategory B listedBath House, Bath Street Including Gates to Street.Bath House, Bath Street Including Gates to Street.Category B listedWaverley Hotel 10 Merchant StreetWaverley Hotel 10 Merchant StreetCategory B listed+10See 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.

The map

Where Peterhead’s history is

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

St Peter's Church,old parish church,Peterhead, scheduled monumentBank of Scotland Building Broad Street., Category BBath House, Bath Street Including Gates to Street., Category BBrae Cottage, Harbour Street., Category BCaledonian Fish-Selling Company (North Block) Shiprow., Category BCaledonian Ship Chandling Warehouse, Shore Cafe 26-32 Harbour Street, 2-8 James Street, And 12 Union Street., Category BCustom House, 12-14 Harbour Street, Category BFish-House, Golf Road, Category BFormer National Commercial Bank, 28 Broad Street., Category BInfants School 16 Prince Street ("The Chuckney School"), Category BKirkburn House (Former Manse) and Offices., Category BMunicipal Chambers, Arbuthnot House., Category BOld St. Peter's Graveyard., Category BPeterhead Harbour, Category BReform Monument, Broad Street., Category BReform Tower Meethill, Category BRichmond Cottage, Outhouses and Garden Wall Now Richmondhill, Category BS.a.I. Warehouse 1, 3 Jamaica Street, Category BSt. Peter's Episcopal Church Merchant Street., Category BStatue of Field Marshall Keith., Category BTown House, Broad Street, Category BWaverley Hotel 10 Merchant Street, Category BWest Associate Church St. Peter Street, Category BWindmill Tower, Glenugie Distillery Invernettie., Category B1 Harbour Street and Harbour Garage Jamaica Street., Category B1 Maiden Street, Category B1 St. Peter Street, Category B1, 3 Union Street Union Bar and 2, Seagate, Category B10 Charlotte Street, Category B10-16 Broad Street and 1, 3 Merchant Street., Category B11 Jamaica Street, Category B11, 13 Merchant Street and 22 St. Andrew Street, Category B12, 14 Merchant Street, Category B14 Jamaica Street, Category B15 Jamaica Street, Category B16, 16A Jamaica Street, Category B16, 18 Merchant Street, Category B16-20, 24, 26 Marischall Street., Category B17 (9-15) St. Andrews Street, Category B17-21 Jamaica Street, Category B17-21 Merchant Street and 17, 19 St. Andrew Street, Category B18 Charlotte Street and 15 Maiden Street, Category B18, 19 Harbour Street, Category B18-20 Jamaica Street, Category B2, 4 Threadneedle Street, Category B22 Jamaica Street, Category B22-26 James Street, Category B23 Jamaica Street, Category B23 Merchant Street, Category B23-25 Harbour Street and 1-3 James Street, Category B24 Jamaica Street, Category B25 Jamaica Street, Category B26 Jamaica Street, Category B27 Jamaica Street, Category B27 Prince Street, Category B29 Merchant Street, Category B29, 31 Maiden Street., Category B3 Maiden Street, Category B3, 5 St. Peter Street, Category B30 St Peter Street, St Mary's R.C. Church, Category B31 Merchant Street, Category B34 Broad Street and 1 Rose Street., Category B36-38 Queen Street, Category B39-41 Maiden Street., Category B4 Harbour Street, Category B4, 6 St. Andrew Street, Category B42-46 Maiden Street and 4-12 Love Lane, Category B49 Merchant Street, Category B5 Harbour Street, Category B5 Maiden Street, Category B59 Broad Street., Category B60 Broad Street., Category B65, 67, 71 Broad Street and Pend to 73, Category B7 Maiden Street, Category B73, 75 Broad Street Former Clydesdale Bank, Category B76 Queen Street, Category B77 Broad Street, Category B8-14 St. Andrew Street, Category B9-11 Maiden Street, Category BPeterhead Old Parish Church, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monument

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179 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A78 Category B100 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 A

The Category A listed building in Peterhead

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 78 Category B listed buildings in Peterhead

Buildings of regional importance. 14 are photographed.

Show the other 66
Historic streets

Merchant Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Merchant Street18 listed · 6 II*
Jamaica Street15 listed · 12 II*
Maiden Street12 listed · 5 II*
Harbour Street7 listed · 3 II*
St. Andrew Street7 listed · 3 II*
Broad Street6 listed · 1 II*
77 Broad Street
James Street6 listed · 1 II*
Charlotte Street5 listed · 1 II*
North Street5 listed
Queen Street5 listed · 2 II*
Broad Street.4 listed · 2 II*
59 Broad Street.
Maiden Street.3 listed · 2 II*

Of the 179 entries, 140 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Peterhead’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas158
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2

158 entries (88%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Category A buildings.

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

100 Category C listed buildings

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

All 100 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Bay View, 15 Charlotte StreetBuchan Fishing Development Company, Bridge Street and 2-6 Farmers Lane.Caledonian Fish Selling Company (South Block) Shiprow.Craignabo 16 Charlotte StreetFairview CottageJames Reid & Son Offices and Gladys Sim, Hairdresser Broad Place, 25 Broad Street.Merlynne, 20 Charlotte StreetPeterhead Library and Arbuthnot Museum including attached librarian’s house, outbuilding to rear and associated gatepiers, St Peter Street, PeterheadQueen Street, St Andrew's Church of Scotland Parish Church Including Boundary Walls, Railings and GatesRattray View, 46 North StreetRichard Irvin & Sons, Bridge Street.Richmond FarmhouseRoyal Hotel 23, 27 Broad StreetSt. Peter's Episcopal Church Hall Merchant Street1, 2 Bath Street and 44 Merchant Street.1-10 Great Stuart Street1-11 New Street and 42 North Street.1-17 Almanythie Road and 36 North Street1-5 Gladstone Road and 34 North Street10 North Street10, 12 Jamaica Street11-14 Charlotte Street12 Uphill Lane and Wall to South12-42 Gladstone Road13 Maiden Street13-17 Rose Street and 30 32 James Street.15-17 Harbour Street16 St. Andrew Street17 James Street17, 19 Maiden Street18, 20 James Street18, 20 St. Andrew Street18-20 North Street19 Charlotte Street1B-3 Ship Row2 Charlotte Street and 51, 53 Maiden Street2 Harbour Street2 Wallace Street (Gable to Merchant Street)2-12 New Street and 40 North Street.2-18 Almanythie Road and 38 North Street20 Merchant St Street20, 22 Harbour Street21 Charlotte Street21 James Street21, 23 Maiden Street.22 Charlotte Street23, 25 James Street24 Merchant Street24, 26 North Street.25 St. Andrews Street25, 27 Maiden Street25, 27 Merchant Street26 Cairntroddlie27 St. Andrews Street and 14 Uphill Lane28 Cairntroddlie28 James Street28 Merchant Street28 North Street29-33 Broad Street.3 Harbour Street3 Rose Street3, 4 Charlotte Street and 49 Maiden Street30 Merchant Street30 North Street and 2 Port Henry Road32 St Andrew Street34, 36 St. Andrew Street35 Broad Street36, 38 Maiden Street36-38 Broad Street37 Merchant Street39 Merchant Street4 Jamaica Street and 1 St. Andrew Street4, Union Street.4-10 Rose Street4-34 Port Henry Road40-46 Broad Street41 Merchant Street42 Merchant Street43 Maiden Street43 Merchant Street45 Maiden Street45, 47 Merchant Street.51 Merchant Street53-55 Broad Street6 Charlotte Street and 47 Maiden Street6 Jamaica Street6 Merchant Street6 North Street61-63 Broad Street68-72 Queen Street7 St. Andrew Street7, 11 Rose Street7, 9 Jamaica Street7-35 Gladstone Road.78-80 Queen Street79, 81 Broad Street.8 Merchant Street8 North Street82-86 Queen Street9-39 Port Henry Road
Conservation areas

3 conservation areas cover 2.3% of Peterhead

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Peterhead Central 197013 ha
Peterhead Roanheads 19704 ha
Peterhead Buchanhaven 19703 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 866 ha inside the locality.

The first, Peterhead Central, Peterhead Roanheads and Peterhead Buchanhaven, were designated in 1970; the newest, Peterhead Buchanhaven, in 1970. 150 of the 179 listed buildings stand in one.

Historic Environment Scotland’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the locality.

How the list grew

More than half of Peterhead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1971

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

1971 · 1371982 · 38
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 137 entries were listed in 1971, 1 of the 1 Category A buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

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.

St Peter's Church,old parish church,Peterhead
Born here

24 notable people born in Peterhead before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

George Keith
James Wales
Peter Buchan
Gilbert Mair
William Penny
William Hay
William Brodie
George King
William Davidson Niven
Charles Niven
William Gibson
James Niven
William Hay
Charles Mackie
Jimmy McDonald
Eric Temple Bell
Arthur D. Hay
F. F. Worthington
Cyril Smith
William Aitken
16001650170017501800185019001950
Eric Temple Bell
Eric Temple Bell1883–1960 · Scottish American mathematician and science fiction author (1883-1960)
George King
George King1840–1909 · British botanist (1840-1909)
William Aitken
William Aitken1894–1973 · Scottish footballer and football manager (1894–1973)
Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith1892–1963 · British actor (1892-1963)
William Penny
William Penny1809–1892 · Scottish shipmaster, whaler and arctic explorer (1809-1892)
George Keith
George Keith1638–1716 · Scottish missionary 1638-1716
FW
F. F. Worthington1889–1967 · Canadian general (1889-1967)
JW
James Wales1747–1795 · Scottish painter (1747-1795)

Everyone born in Peterhead → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Peterhead

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Peterhead19,7931791—
Mintlaw2,83230—
In brief

Peterhead in brief

The official list counts 179 listed buildings in Peterhead, 1 of them in the top category, including Peterhead Old Parish Church. Merchant Street alone has 18 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 88% are houses, terraces and villas.

Eric Temple Bell (1883), George King (1840) and William Aitken (1894) are among the 24 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1971: 137 of 179. Beyond that, it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Peterhead’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Peterhead?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 179 buildings inside Peterhead’s locality: 1 Category A, 78 Category B and 100 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Peterhead?

One: Peterhead Old Parish Church.

Which street in Peterhead has the most listed buildings?

Merchant Street (18), Jamaica Street (15) and Maiden Street (12) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Peterhead?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including St Peter's Church,old parish church,Peterhead.

How many conservation areas are there in Peterhead?

3, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest are Peterhead Central and Peterhead Roanheads.

When were Peterhead’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 137, in 1971.

Who was born in Peterhead?

Among people born before 1900: Eric Temple Bell (1883), George King (1840), William Aitken (1894), Cyril Smith (1892) and William Penny (1809).

Peterhead 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 · Historic Environment Scotland conservation areas (compiled from councils; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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