AMemorials · listed 1960Clackmannan Tolbooth, Mercat Cross and Clackmannan Stone, Main Street, ClackmannanPhoto: Andrew Gryf Paterson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Clackmannan Tolbooth, Mercat Cross and Clackmannan Stone, Main Street, Clackmannan · Photo: Andrew Gryf Paterson · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Clackmannan · Historic Environment Scotland
7 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Clackmannan’s locality, 21 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Clackmannan, 4 are Category B. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
7
21 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
4
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Clackmannan
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2 and 2A Main Street and 1 Port Street (Flats 1, 2, 3 and 4), Former Royal Oak HotelCategory B listed
Clackmannan Parish Church, High StreetCategory B listedPhotos 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 Clackmannan’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
7 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A4 Category B2 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 Clackmannan
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 4 Category B listed buildings in Clackmannan
Buildings of regional importance. 2 are photographed.
BHouse · listed 19602 and 2A Main Street and 1 Port Street (Flats 1, 2, 3 and 4), Former Royal Oak HotelPhoto: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
BChurch · listed 1972Clackmannan Parish Church, High StreetPhoto: Ukance · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1976Clackmannan House
House · listed 1972Kennet House Lodge
Category C
2 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 2 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 6.1% of Clackmannan
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Clackmannan 19706 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 91 ha inside the locality.
4 of the 7 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Clackmannan before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John Sharp
John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross
William Halley
Victoria Bruce
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John Sharp1820–1891 · Leader of the LDS Church in Utah Territory (1820-1891)
John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross1837–1905 · British politician (1837–1905)
William Halley1874– · English footballer
Victoria Bruce1898–1951 · Bruce, Victoria Alexandrina Katherine (1898–1951), prison governor
Everyone born in Clackmannan → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Clackmannan has the 37th most Category A buildings of 178 towns its size
Scottish towns of 1,000–8,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.
Clackmannan1
#89 of 178for listed buildings per resident (21 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.
36 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Clackmannan
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clackmannan | 3,282 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Sauchie | 6,357 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Alloa | 14,689 | 81 | 6 | — |
| Kincardine | 2,887 | 53 | 0 | — |
| Tillicoultry | 4,482 | 13 | 0 | — |
| Alva | 4,820 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Tullibody | 8,515 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Fallin | 2,769 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Clackmannan in brief
The official list counts 7 listed buildings in Clackmannan, 1 of them in the top category, including Clackmannan Tolbooth, Mercat Cross and Clackmannan Stone, Main Street, Clackmannan. Only 36 of the 178 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. John Sharp (1820), John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (1837) and William Halley (1874) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1960 and 2004.
Questions about Clackmannan’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Clackmannan?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 7 buildings inside Clackmannan’s locality: 1 Category A, 4 Category B and 2 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Clackmannan?
One: Clackmannan Tolbooth, Mercat Cross and Clackmannan Stone, Main Street, Clackmannan.
How many conservation areas are there in Clackmannan?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Clackmannan.
Who was born in Clackmannan?
Among people born before 1900: John Sharp (1820), John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (1837), William Halley (1874) and Victoria Bruce (1898).
Clackmannan 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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