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History of Montrose · Historic Environment Scotland

268 listed buildings, 11 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Montrose’s locality, 238 for every 10,000 residents. Category C covers 153 of Montrose’s listed buildings. We have photos of 44 of its listed buildings.

11Category A104Category B46on High Street
Listed buildings
268
238 per 10,000 residents
Category A
11
national importance
Category B
104
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Montrose in 43 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

High Street, Montrose Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls and GatepiersHigh Street, Montrose Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls and GatepiersCategory A listed1-8 (Inclusive Nos) Panmure Terrace Including Boundary Walls1-8 (Inclusive Nos) Panmure Terrace Including Boundary WallsCategory A listedMontrose North, Signal BoxMontrose North, Signal BoxCategory C listedTraill Drive, Traill PavilionTraill Drive, Traill PavilionCategory C listedNorth Esk Road, Water TowerNorth Esk Road, Water TowerCategory B listed+38See 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 Montrose’s history is

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

Academy Square, Statue Robert Burns, Category BBaltic Street, Congregational Church and Memorial Hall Including Boundary Walls, Category BBridge Street, Post Office, Category BDock Buildings, Old Custom House Meridian Street Including Ancillary Structures on Erskine Street, Ferry Street and Caledonia Street, Category BDorward Road, Dorward House Including Gates, Gatepiers and Railings, Category BEastern Road and Marine Avenue, Chapel Works or Bond, Marine Avenue Mill and Front Office, Category BEastern Road and Paton's Lane, Chapel Works or Bond, East Warehouse., Category BHigh Street, Mooran House,Including Boundary Walls, Category BHigh Street, Statue of Joseph Hume, Category BHigh Street, Statue of Sir Robert Peel, Category BHigh Street, Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Adjacent to Town House, Category BJohn Street, Former St Luke's and St John's Church and Hall Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Category BMarket Street, St Margaret's Church (St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church) Including Presbytery, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BMill Street, Knox United Free Church, Hall and Session House Including Gates and Railings, Category BMontrose Air Station Building 141, Category BMontrose Harbour, Inner Harbour Light, Category BMurray Street, YMCA Hostel, Category BNew Wynd and Mill Street, Methodist Church, Category BNorth Esk Road, Water Tower, Category BOld Toll House (Burnside) Sleepyhillock, Category BPanmure Place, Montrose Academy Including Boundary Walls and Gates, Category BPanmure Place, Natural History Museum Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Railings, Category BProvost Scott's Road, Links House Hotel and Ancillary Structures Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BProvost Scott's Road, Links Lodge Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Category BRailway Place, Caledonian House (Former Station) Including Boundary Walls, Category BRosehill Road, Rosehill Cemetery Including Lodges, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BSouth Esk Street, South Esk School Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers., Category BWest End Park and Western Road, Fragments of Old Town Walls, Category B1 Chapel Street, Category B1 Melville Gardens, Esk House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B1 Panmure Place Including Garage, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Category B1 and 2 Hudson Square Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B100 AND102 High Street, Category B101 and 103 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B105 and 109 High Street, Category B106 High Street, Category B107 High Street with Boswell House, Including Boundary Walls, Category B110-116 (Even Nos) High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B113 and 115 High Street, Category B119 and 121 High Street, Category B12 High Street, Category B122-126 (Even Nos) Murray Street, Category B133- 143 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B14 and 15 Castle Place, Category B15 High Street, Including Boundary Walls, Category B158 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B16 and 18 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B17 Panmure Place, The Rectory, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers., Category B17 and 21 High Street, Category B172 and 174 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B176 and 178 High Street, Category B180 and 184 High Street, Category B182 High Street, Ouchterlony House Including Boundary Walls, Category B186 and 188 High Street, Category B192 and 194 High Street, Category B196 and 198 High Street, Category B2 Melville Gardens, Park House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B2 Panmure Place Including Boundary Walls and Railings., Category B2 and 4 High Street and 128 Murray Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B20 High Street, Category B20 the Mall, Mall House Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Category B202 and 204 High Street, Category B208-212 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B21, 23 and 25 Murray Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B22 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B24 High Street, Category B25 Bridge Street, Castlegait House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B28 High Street, Category B29 Baltic Street and 2 Panmure Street, Category B29 High Street and 1 John Street, Category B3 and 4 Castle Place, Castlestead Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B3-7 (Inclusive Nos) Melville Gardens, Victoria Villas, Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B31 and 33 High Street, Category B35 and 37 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B36 and 36A Bridge Street, Including Boundary Walls, Category B4-7 (Inclusive Nos) Union Place Including Boundary Walls, Category B40 and 42 High Street, Category B44 and 46 High Street, Category B48 High Street, Category B5 and 6 Castle Place, Category B50 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B52 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B53 and 55 John Street Including Boundary Walls, Railings and Lamp Standard, Category B54 High Street, Category B57 John Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B58 High Street Including Boundary Walls, Category B63 and 65 High Street, Category B64-68 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B7 and 8 Castle Place, Category B7, 9 and 11 High Street, Category B70 and 72 High Street, Category B74 High Street, Category B76 - 84 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B79 High Street, Category B8 Bridge Street, The Elms, Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B8, 9 and 10 Chapel Place, Category B8-11 (Inclusive Numbers) Union Place Including Boundary Walls, Category B80 High Street, Category B9 and 11 Castle Place, Category B92 High Street, Category B95 High Street, Category B96 High Street, Category B97 High Street, 2 of 2 Houses in Review Close to Rear, Category B97 and 99 High Street (Excluding Separate Houses to Rear), Category BBridge Street, Montrose Infirmary, Including Ancillary Structures to North, And Boundary Walls and Gatepiers to Bridge Street, Category AEastern Road and Paton's Lane, Chapel Works or Bond (Centre Buildings) to Paton's Lane, Category AHigh Street, Montrose Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category AHigh Street, Town House, Category AMontrose (Broomfield) Air Station, Buildings 46, 47 and 48, excluding timber extension to south, Montrose, Category AProvost Scott's Road, St Mary's and St Peter's Episcopal Church Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates., Category A1-8 (Inclusive Nos) Panmure Terrace Including Boundary Walls, Category A10 Castle Place, Straton House Including Boundary Walls, Category A174 High Street (Holly House) Including Boundary Walls, Category A190 High Street, The Retreat, Including Boundary Walls, Category A214 and 216 High Street, Public Library Including Boundary Walls, Category A
Category ACategory B400 m from 10 Castle Place, Straton House Including Boundary Walls
8 of 11Category A buildings stand within 400 m of 10 Castle Place, Straton House Including Boundary Walls, a five-minute walk. So do 161 of the 268 listed buildings.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

268 listed buildings by grade
11 Category A104 Category B153 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 11 Category A listed buildings in Montrose

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 8 of these stand within 400 m of 10 Castle Place, Straton House Including Boundary Walls. 7 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 104 Category B listed buildings in Montrose

Buildings of regional importance. 35 are photographed.

Show the other 92
Historic streets

High 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.

High Street46 listed · 30 II*
100 AND102 High Street113 and 115 High Street176 and 178 High Street
High Street Including Boundary Walls14 listed · 8 II*
101 and 103 High Street Including Boundary Walls208-212 High Street Including Boundary Walls58 High Street Including Boundary Walls
Murray Street9 listed
Bridge Street8 listed
Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls6 listed · 1 II*
Including Boundary Walls6 listed · 1 Category A · 3 II*
Castle Place4 listed · 4 II*
14 and 15 Castle Place5 and 6 Castle Place
Gatepiers and Railings4 listed · 2 II*
John Street3 listed
New Wynd3 listed
North Esk Road Including Boundary Walls3 listed

Of the 268 entries, 175 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Montrose’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas216
Walls, gates & bridges29
Public & civic buildings9
Memorials, crosses & tombs6
Churches, chapels & priories5
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses1

216 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 11 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

153 Category C listed buildings

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

The first 150 of 153 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Academy Square, Dean's LampBents Road, Marine House, Former Hotel, Including Boundary Walls Gatepiers and RailingsBents Road, Montrose Ropeworks, Including Boundary WallsBlackfriars Street, St Margaret's Primary School Including Boundary Walls, Gates, Gatepiers and RailingsBow Butts, Former Bonded WarehouseCastle Place, Tourist Information Office Including Boundary Wall and RailingCastle Street, Melville South Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and RailingsCharleton Road and Coronation Avenue, Ythan Lodge Including Ancillary Structures and Boundary WallsEast Links, Grey Harlings Including Boundary WallsGeorge Street and Baltic Street, St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland)Graham Street, The Hermitage Including Boundary Walls, Gates and RailingsHigh Street, Old Church Hall Including Boundary WallHope Paton Bowling Clubhouse Including Railings, Mid Links, MontroseJohn Street, Parish Council Chambers Including GatepiersMelville Bowling Clubhouse Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Melville Gardens, MontroseMid Links, Monument and Drinking-FountainMid Links, Monument to Provost ScottMid Links, War MemorialMontrose Air Station Building 142Montrose Air Station Building 151Montrose Air Station Building 62Montrose North, Signal BoxNorth Esk Road, Lochside ChurchPanmure Place, St Mary's and St Peter's Episcopal HallTayock Bridge over Tayock BurnTraill Drive, Traill Pavilion1 and 2 Wharf Street, The Quarter Deck1 and 3 Panmure Street1, 1A and 3 George Street1, 3 and 5 Caledonia Street1, 3 and 5 High Street1, 3 and 5 Lower Hall Street1-11 (Odd Nos) St Mary's Road, Scott Terrace1-5 America Street Including Boundary Walls1-6 (Inclusive Numbers) Wellington Place Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers10 Gibson Place10 and 12 New Wynd10 and 12 River Street, Tower at, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers10, 12 and 14 John Street10,12 and 14 Murray Street10-20 (Even Nos) George Street103 Murray Street104 High Street Including Boundary Walls108 and 110 Murray Street109-113 (Odd Nos) Murray Street111 and 113 Bridge Street112 - 116 (Even Nos) Murray Street117 High Street and Queen's Close118 and 120 High Street, 8 and 10 Hume Street118 and 120 Murray Street12 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings12 and 13 Castle Place Including Boundary Walls121-125 (Odd Nos) Murray Street123 Bridge Street125 and 127 Bridge Street129 and 131 Bridge Street133 and 135 Bridge Street139-143 (Odd Nos) Murray Street14 Panmure Place Including Boundary Walls14 South Esk Street, Former Melville Mission Hall14, 16 and 18 New Wynd144 and 148 High Street145 High Street Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers146 High Street150 and 152 High Street154 High Street156 High Street15C, 15D, 17 and 19 George Street160-164 (Even Nos) High Street166 High Street17 and 19 Murray Street19 High Street Including Boundary Walls20 Market Street and 22 Trades Close200 High Street Including Boundary Walls21 Murray Lane22 George Street, George Hotel23, 25 and 27 High Street24 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls24 John Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings25, 27 Baltic Street26 Bridge Street, Including Boundary Walls26 High Street Including Boundary Walls27, 29 and 31 Murray Street Including Boundary Walls28 - 33 (Inclusive Numbers) Wharf Street28 and 30 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls28 and 30 the Mall, Cranes Meadow and the Gables, With Boundary Wall3 Chapel Street, Inverdyke House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers3 Hudson Square3, 5 and 7 John Street30 and 31 Christie's Lane Including Boundary Walls.30 and 32 New Wynd31 and 33 Bridge Street32 High Street32 and 34 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls33 North Esk Road Including Boundary Walls33 and 35 Murray Street34 and 35 Wharf Street Including Boundary Walls, And Railings34 the Mall Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers36 and 37 Wharf Street, South Esk Inn and Railings36 the Mall Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers37 North Esk Road, Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings38A and 38B Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls39-47 (Odd Nos) Baltic Street4 Meridian Street, Warehousing4 Upper Hall Street Including Boundary Walls4 Wharf Street4 and 6 John Street40 and 42 Bridge Street, Including Boundary Walls43 - 47 (Odd Nos) Ferry Street43 and 45 High Street44 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings46 and 48 Market Street,The Albert Bar47 and 49 Bridge Street Including Boundary Walls47 and 49 High Street49 - 71 (Odd Nos) Ferry Street5 Chapel Place Including Boundary Walls50 North Esk Road Including Boundary Walls51 - 57 (Odd Nos) Bridge Street51 and 53 High Street52 North Esk Road Including Boundary Walls56 High Street Including Boundary Walls58, 60 and 62 Murray Street59 - 63 (Odd Nos) Bridge Street6 Wharf Street6-10 (Even Nos) High Street Including Boundary Walls6/8 New Wynd61, 63 and 65 Murray Street65 North Esk Road Including Boundary Walls and Railings65, 67 and 69 Bridge Street67 Baltic Street, St George's Hall69-77 (Odd Nos) High Street7 George Street Including Boundary Walls7 Union Street Including Boundary Walls71 Bridge Street71 Mill Street Including Boundary Walls73 - 77 (Odd Nos) Ferry Street8 Mount Road Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers8 Panmure Place Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers8 St Mary's Road8-10 (Inclusive Nos) Melville Gardens Including Railings81 High Street, Ivy House Including Boundary Walls83 High Street85 Bridge Street Including Railings86 High Street87, 89 and 91 Murray Street9 - 21 (Odd Nos) John Street9 George Street Including Boundary Walls9 and 11 Bow Butts, Burness House, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Walls9-12 (Inclusive Nos) Wharf Street91 High Street

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Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 12% of Montrose

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

Montrose59 ha
59 hain conservation areas, of 503 ha inside the locality.

235 of the 268 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 Montrose’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1971

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

1971 · 1651999 · 631998 · 26
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 165 entries were listed in 1971, 10 of the 11 Category A buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Born here

31 notable people born in Montrose before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

William Paterson
Robert Brown
Joseph Hume
George Buchanan
James Burnes
Alexander Burnes
James Esdaile
William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster
John Nichol
George Paul Chalmers
William Paton MacKay
George G. Anderson
George W. Anson
John Wilson
Helen Matthews
George Maxwell
Annot Robinson
Ned Allen
Willa Muir
John Wishart
175017751800182518501875190019251950
Robert Brown
Robert Brown1773–1858 · British botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of B…
Alexander Burnes
Alexander Burnes1805–1841 · British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)
William Paterson
William Paterson1755–1810 · Scottish soldier and botanist in Tasmania (1755-1810)
Joseph Hume
Joseph Hume1777–1855 · Scottish surgeon and Radical politician (1777-1855)
John Wishart
John Wishart1898–1956 · British statistician (1898-1956)
JE
James Esdaile1808–1859 · British hypnotist (1808-1859)
William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster
William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster1824–1901 · British peer (1824–1901)
John Nichol
John Nichol1833–1894 · Scottish writer and scholar (1833–1894)

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

Towns its size

Montrose has the 5th most Category A buildings of 163 towns its size

Scottish towns of 4,000–28,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
St Andrews20
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Musselburgh11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
Dunbar7
Brechin6
#7 of 163for listed buildings per resident (238 per 10,000). Kelso, Bridge of Allan and Selkirk lead.

Only Lanark, St Andrews, Elgin and Helensburgh have more. Montrose is level with Musselburgh. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Montrose

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Montrose11,24126811—
Brechin7,1801726—
Laurencekirk3,276100—
Arbroath23,4871416—
In brief

Montrose in brief

The official list counts 268 listed buildings in Montrose, 11 of them in the top category, including High Street, Montrose Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers. Only 4 of the 163 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. High Street alone has 46 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.

Most entries on the list, 81%, are houses, terraces and villas. Robert Brown (1773), Alexander Burnes (1805) and William Paterson (1755) are among the 31 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1971, when 165 of the 268 went on the list.

Questions about Montrose’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Montrose?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 268 buildings inside Montrose’s locality: 11 Category A, 104 Category B and 153 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Montrose?

11, including Bridge Street, Montrose Infirmary, Including Ancillary Structures to North, And Boundary Walls and Gatepiers to Bridge Street, Eastern Road and Paton's Lane, Chapel Works or Bond (Centre Buildings) to Paton's Lane, High Street, Montrose Parish Church (Church of Scotland), Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, High Street, Town House, Montrose (Broomfield) Air Station, Buildings 46, 47 and 48, excluding timber extension to south, Montrose and Provost Scott's Road, St Mary's and St Peter's Episcopal Church Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates..

Which street in Montrose has the most listed buildings?

High Street (46), High Street Including Boundary Walls (14) and Murray Street (9) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Montrose?

1, covering about 59 hectares of the town. The largest is Montrose.

When were Montrose’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 165, in 1971.

Who was born in Montrose?

Among people born before 1900: Robert Brown (1773), Alexander Burnes (1805), William Paterson (1755), Joseph Hume (1777) and John Wishart (1898).

Montrose 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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