APublic · listed 1960Menstrie Castle, 1-4 Castle CourtPhoto: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Menstrie Castle, 1-4 Castle Court · Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Menstrie · Historic Environment Scotland
3 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Menstrie’s locality, 11 for every 10,000 residents. Category B covers 2 of Menstrie’s listed buildings. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
3
11 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
2
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Menstrie
Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Menstrie, Elmbank/Menstrie MillCategory B listed
Ochil Road Bridge over Menstrie Burn, MenstrieCategory 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 Menstrie’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.
3 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A2 Category B0 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 Menstrie
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 2 Category B listed buildings in Menstrie
Buildings of regional importance. Every one is photographed.
BInns & shops · listed 1990Menstrie, Elmbank/Menstrie MillPhoto: Craig Omus · CC BY-SA 3.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1972Ochil Road Bridge over Menstrie Burn, MenstriePhoto: Clacksnapper · CC BY-SA 3.0
Born here
3 notable people born in Menstrie before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
George Robertson
Thomas M. Harries
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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling1567–1640 · Scottish courtier and poet
GR
George Robertson1885–1937 · Scottish footballer, born 1885
TH
Thomas M. Harries1888– · British flying ace
Everyone born in Menstrie → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Menstrie has the 34th most Category A buildings of 165 towns its size
Scottish towns of 1,000–7,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.
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#101 of 165for listed buildings per resident (11 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.
33 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Menstrie
In brief
Menstrie in brief
Menstrie has 3 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category, including Menstrie Castle, 1-4 Castle Court. Only 33 of the 165 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (1567), George Robertson (1885) and Thomas M. Harries (1888) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1960 and 1990.
Questions about Menstrie’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Menstrie?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 3 buildings inside Menstrie’s locality: 1 Category A, 2 Category B and 0 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Menstrie?
One: Menstrie Castle, 1-4 Castle Court.
Who was born in Menstrie?
Among people born before 1900: William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (1567), George Robertson (1885) and Thomas M. Harries (1888).
Menstrie 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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