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History of Dumfries · Historic Environment Scotland

314 listed buildings, 22 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Dumfries’s locality, 93 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 56 of its listed buildings and 6 old views of the town.

22Category A177Category B2scheduled monuments19on English Street
Listed buildings
314
93 per 10,000 residents
Category A
22
national importance
Category B
177
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
In pictures

Dumfries in 61 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

St Bride's Anglican Church (former Greyfriars' Church), Church Crescent, DumfriesSt Bride's Anglican Church (former Greyfriars' Church), Church Crescent, DumfriesCategory A listed56 High Street, Globe Inn56 High Street, Globe InnCategory A listedTroqueer Road, Rosefield MillsTroqueer Road, Rosefield MillsCategory B listedBuccleuch Street, Buccleuch Street BridgeBuccleuch Street, Buccleuch Street BridgeCategory B listedAcademy Street, Dumfries Academy Including 1936 Addition, Link Building, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Steps and TerracesAcademy Street, Dumfries Academy Including 1936 Addition, Link Building, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Steps and TerracesCategory B listed+56See 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

Dumfries from 1791 to 1890

6 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

An Excise Return by Robert Burns. 1791. Dumfries District1791
GeorgianAn Excise Return by Robert Burns. 1791. Dumfries DistrictPhoto: Robert Burns. 1791 · Public domain
An Excise Return by the poet Robert Burns. 1791. Dumfries District1791
GeorgianAn Excise Return by the poet Robert Burns. 1791. Dumfries DistrictPhoto: Robert Burns. 1791 · Public domain
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianCaerlaverock Castle, Dumfries, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Dumfries House from south, Cumnock, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianDumfries House from south, Cumnock, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
High Street, Dumfries, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianHigh Street, Dumfries, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Lincluden Abbey, Dumfries, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianLincluden Abbey, Dumfries, 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 Dumfries’s history is

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

Castledykes Park, motte and bailey, medieval castle and associated earthworks, scheduled monumentCurriestanes,cursus E of, scheduled monumentAcademy Street, Dumfries Academy Including 1936 Addition, Link Building, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Steps and Terraces, Category BAcademy Street, Townhead Dining Centre, Category BBankend Road, St Michael's (Formerly St Michael's Manse), Category BBuccleuch Street, Buccleuch Street Bridge, Category BCatherine Street, Ewart Library, Category BChurch Place, Burns' Statue, Category BChurch Street, 1-5 Corberry Terrace (Inclusive), Category BChurch Street, Arundel House, Category BChurch Street, Sinclair Memorial, Category BCoach-House to Rear of 32 George Street, Category BCollege Road, Lincluden House, Stable Buildings, Category BCraigs Farm House and Steading, Category BCraigs House, Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College Mount St Michael's (Brothers' Recreation Block), Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College Presbytery, Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College, Aldermanhill House and Gatepiers (Chaplain's House), Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College, Chapel and Freestanding Lamp, Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College, Gatepiers near Mount St Michael's, Category BCraigs Road, St Joseph's College, Main College Building, Category BCrichton Royal Hospital Octagonal Pavilion, Category BDalbeattie Road, Macgowan Memorial Fountain, Category BDumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including entrance piers and railings, and excluding 1991-1994 extension to southeast, 40 Buccleuch Street, Dumfries, Category BEdinburgh Road, Nunfield, Category BEllangowan House and Gatepiers, Category BEnglish Street, County Buildings, Category BEnglish Street, Kirkbank, Category BGeorge Street, Former Freemasons Hall, Category BGeorge Street, St George's Church (Church of Scotland), Category BGeorgetown Road, Lochvale House, Category BGlencaple Road, Castledykes View and Drybridge over Wallace's Loaning, Garden Walls and Gatepiers, Category BHMP Dumfries including central tower, A and B halls, former entrance wing, gatehouse and boundary walls and excluding C hall, administrative complex to the west of the gatehouse and the single storey detached buildings to the north, Terregles Street, Dum, Category BHigh Street, Fountain, Category BIrving Street, Congregational Church and Hall, Category BJohnstone Park, 1-10 Carruthers Cottages (Inclusive Numbers), Category BJohnstone Park, 1-6 Johnstone Cottages (Inclusive Numbers), Category BKellwood Place, Essex Park and Gatepiers, Category BKingholm Leeholm Currie House Belonging to Sai and House Adjoining, Category BKingholm Quay, Category BLaurieknowe Place North Hazelwood, Garden Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Fountain, Category BLaurieknowe, Maxwelltown West Church, Category BLoreburn Hall (former Drill Hall), including lions, 43 Newall Terrace, Dumfries, Category BLovers Walk, St John's Episcopal Church and Hall, Category BMain Hospital Building, Former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Nithbank Road, Dumfries, Category BMarchmount Avenue Marchmount, Category BMaxwell Street St Benedict's Convent, Category BMill Road, Dumfries Town Mills (Robert Burns Centre) Sluice Gate and Outflow, Category BMoat Brae, Including Railings, 101 George Street, Dumfries, Category BMoffat Road, Huntingdon, Category BNewall Terrace, Baptist Church, Category BNewbridge Roadbridge over Cluden Water (On Former Line of A76), Category BNewbridge Woodlands Lodge, Gatepiers and Quadrant Walls at East Gate to Embassy Hotel, Category BNewbridge, Embassy Hotel (Formerly Woodlands) Southwest Entrance, Gatepiers and Quadrant Walls, Category BNewbridge, Embassy Hotel Formerly Woodlands, Category BNewbridge, Embassy Hotel, Bothy at Former Stables, Category BNewbridge, Roadbridge over Cluden Water (On Former Line of A76), Category BNith Bank, Tormore and Gatepiers, Category BNith Viaduct, (Former Castle Douglas-Dumfries Line over River Nith), Category BNunholm Road Nunholm, Category BOld Bridge Street, Folk Museum Adjoining Devorgilla Bridge, Category BRae Street, Former St John's School, Category BShakespeare Street, Theatre Royal, Category BShakespeare Street, Towers of Old St Andrews Cathedral, Category BSt Mary's Street, St Mary's Church and Churchyard and Gatepiers, Category BSt Michael's Bridge (Over River Nith), Category BStation Road, Dumfries Station, Including Platforms, Lamp Standards, Footbridge, Signal Box, Chargeman's Hut, Railings, Gates and Gatepiers, Category BStation Road, Station Hotel and Retaining Wall and Railings, Category BThe Crichton, Carmont House, Category BThe Crichton, Dudgeon and Cardoness, Category BThe Crichton, Easterbrook Hall, Category BThe Crichton, Grierson/Cairnsmore, Category BThe Crichton, Johnston House, Category BThe Crichton, Maxwell House, Category BThe Crichton, Rutherford House and Mccowan House, Category BThe Crichton, The Conservatories and Boiler House, Category BTroqueer Road, Rosefield Mills, Category BTroqueer Road, Troqueer Church, Churchyard and Session House, Category BTroqueer Road, Troqueer Manse (And Gatepiers), Category B1 Charlotte Street, Category B1, 2, 3 and 4 Maidenbower, Category B1, 2, 3, 4 Galloway Street, Market Square Including Clydesdale Bank, Category B1, 2, 3, Hope Place, Category B1, 3 English Street and 84-94 High Street (Even Numbers), Category B1, 5 Glasgow Street, Category B1-8 Victoria Terrace, (Inclusive Numbers) and 1 Moffat Road and Garden Terrace Balustrades, Category B103, 105, 107 English Street, Category B103, 105, 107 St Michael's Street, Moorhead's Hospital, Category B107, 109 High Street and 51 Bank Street, Category B109 Queensberry Street, (Both Ranges) Opus and Patties and Bracken Fabrics, Category B109, 111 English Street, Category B11, 13, 15, 17 English Street, Category B111 High Street, Category B114, 116 Friars Vennel, Category B12 Castle Street, Category B120, 122, 124 High Street and 3 Old Union Street, Category B123, 125, 127 High Street, Category B128 Queensberry Street, Category B13, 15, 17, 19 Glasgow Street, Category B139 Irish Street, Employment Office, Category B143 High Street, Category B15, 17 Lovers Walk (And Gatepiers), Category B152, 154, 156, 158 High Street Including Hole I' the Wa' Inn, Category B16 English Street, Queensberry Hotel, Category B16 Laurieknowe, Chapelmount, Category B168, 170, 172 Irish Street, Category B17 Castle Street, Category B17, 19 Bank Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, Category B19, 21, 23 English Street, Category B197 High Street, Category B2 Assembly Street, (Former Dumfries and Galloway Club), Category B2 Church Crescent, Category B2 Edinburgh Road, Elmbank Lodge and Gatepiers, Category B2 Hill Street, Mayfield House Summer House and Tool Shed, Category B2 Troqueer Road, Charter House, Category B21, 23, 25, 27 Buccleuch Street, Category B23 Bank Street 96 Irish Street Clydesdale Bank, Category B24 Queen Street, Category B24, 26 Lovers Walk and 1 Newall Terrace, Category B24, 26, 28 Laurieknowe, Including Garden Walls and Gatepiers, Category B24-36 Buccleuch Street (Even Numbers) Buccleuch Street Buildings, Category B25, 29, 31 English Street, Category B27 (Kinderloch), 29 Lovers Walk and Gatepiers, Category B27, 28 Galloway Street, Category B28 Edinburgh Road, Gracefield Arts Centre and Gatepiers, Category B28 Queen Street, Category B29 Rotchell Road, Rotchell House, Category B29, 30 Galloway Street, Category B29, 30 Maxwell Street, St Benedict's, Category B30 Laurieknowe, Category B30, 34 Queen Street, Category B31 (Torbay Lodge), 33 Lovers Walk and Gatepiers, Category B32-40 George Street (Even Numbers), Category B33-41 Bank Street (Odd Numbers), Category B34, 36 English Street, Category B35, 37 George Street, Category B37 (Crindau) and 39 Nunholm Road, Category B39 Castle Street/42 George Street, Category B4 Edinburgh Road, Elmbank House (Elmbank School and Radio Solway), Category B4-12 Laurieknowe (Even Numbers), Category B42 Terregles Street, Palmerston House, Gatepiers and Garden Walls, Category B42, 44 Buccleuch Street, Category B43-49 Bank Street (Odd Numbers), Category B47, 49, 51, 53 English Street Corner of Loreburn Street, Category B48 Buccleuch Street, Category B48, 49, 50 Whitesands, Market Office and Warehouse to North East, Category B48, 50 English Street, Category B52 Queensberry Street and 3 Great King Street, Bank of Scotland, Category B52, 54 Buccleuch Street, Category B53 Moffat Road, Greystone and Stables and Gatepiers, Category B54, 56 English Street, Category B54, 56 George Street, Assembly Rooms Corner of Irving Street, Category B61 Irish Street, Albert Club, Category B63, 65 Irish Street and 7 Assembly Street, Category B63, 65 Queensberry Street, Including Rob Roy Public House, Category B68, 70, 72, 74 English Street, Category B69 Queensberry Street, Category B7 Church Place, Corner of St Andrew Street, Category B7 and a Half St Andrew Street, Category B71 Queensberry Street, Category B71, 75 Friars Vennel and 161 Irish Street, Category B73, 75, 77 English Street, Category B75, 77, 79 Buccleuch Street, Category B8 Bank Street, Category B8 English Street, Bank of Scotland, Category B8, 10 Nith Place, Queen O' the South Bar, Category B8-22 Nunholm Road (Even Numbers) Albany Place, Category B80, 82 Friars Vennel, Corner of Irish Street, Category B82 Queensberry Street, Category B83 New Abbey Road, Former Lodge and Gatepiers, Category B84-94 Queensberry Street (Even Numbers) and Courtyard Buildings to Rear, Category B86, 88 Irish Street, Category B9 Church Crescent Dumfries Savings Bank, Category B9, 11, 15A, 15 Irving Street, Category B9-15 Castle Street (Odd Numbers), Category B92, 94 Irish Street and 30 Bank Street, Category B93 Irish Street, Category B96, 98, 100 High Street, Category B98 Irish Street, Category BChurch Street, Dumfries Museum Observatory, Category ACrichton Royal Farm including Solway House, Criffel View, steading range to south, cattle shed to southeast and screen walls and gatepiers between Solway House and steading, excluding extensions to cattle shed and red brick building to east, Rosehall Wal, Category ACrichton Royal Hospital Crichton Hall, Category AEnglish Street, Queensberry Column (In Front of Regional Council Offices), Category AHigh Street, Midsteeple, Category ASt Bride's Anglican Church (former Greyfriars' Church), Church Crescent, Dumfries, Category ASt Michael's Churchyard and Main Gate and Holy Cross Churchyard, Category ASt Michael's Street, St Michael's Church, Category ASt Michael's Street, St Michael's Churchyard Burns' Mausoleum, Category AThe Crichton, Crichton Memorial Church, Category AWhitesands, Devorgilla Bridge, Category A136, 140 High Street/16, 17 Queensberry Square, Former Trades Hall, Category A14-24 Castle Street (Even Numbers), Category A24 Burns Street, Robert Burns' House, Category A24 Nith Place, Category A25-37 Castle Street (Odd Numbers), Category A26, 28, 30 Castle Street, Category A29 Irish Street and 92 Whitesands Including Garden and Courtyard Walls, Outbuildings and Gatepiers, Category A41, 43, 45, 47 Castle Street, Category A5, 7, 9, 11 Bank Street, Category A56 High Street, Globe Inn, Category A83 Buccleuch Street, Former Methodist Church and Railings, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monument400 m from English Street, Queensberry Column (In Front of Regional Council Offices)
15 of 22Category A buildings stand within 400 m of English Street, Queensberry Column (In Front of Regional Council Offices), a five-minute walk. So do 174 of the 314 listed buildings.

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

314 listed buildings by grade
22 Category A177 Category B115 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 22 Category A listed buildings in Dumfries

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 15 of these stand within 400 m of English Street, Queensberry Column (In Front of Regional Council Offices). 14 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 177 Category B listed buildings in Dumfries

Buildings of regional importance. 42 are photographed.

Show the other 165
Historic streets

English 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.

English Street19 listed · 10 II*
Buccleuch Street13 listed · 5 II*
High Street12 listed · 5 II*
111 High Street
Irish Street6 listed · 4 II*
Bank Street5 listed · 1 Category A · 1 II*
8 Bank Street
Church Crescent5 listed · 1 II*
Laurieknowe5 listed · 1 II*
Nith Bank5 listed
Castle Street4 listed · 2 Category A · 2 II*
Friars Vennel4 listed · 1 II*
Queen Street4 listed · 3 II*
Queensberry Street4 listed · 4 II*
128 Queensberry Street

Castle Street holds 4 entries, 2 of them in the top category: more of the top grade than any other street. Of the 314 entries, 187 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Dumfries’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas243
Public & civic buildings26
Walls, gates & bridges20
Churches, chapels & priories15
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Street furniture1

243 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 15 are churches, chapels and priories, including 3 of the 22 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

115 Category C listed buildings

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

All 115 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Bankend Road, St Michael's Coach HouseBrooke Street, St Andrew's Church Hall with Boundary Wall and RailingsBuccleuch Street, Bethany HallBuccleuch Street, Nithsdale District OfficesChurch Street, 1, 2, Corberry Place (Flatted)Church Street, 3, 4 Corberry PlaceCollege Road, Old StakefordCraigs Road, St Joseph's College Glebe Cottage (Facing Aldermanhill Road)Dalbeattie Road, Cassalands HouseDobie's Wynd to Rear of 33-7 English StreetEastfield Road, EastfieldEdinburgh Road, Marchfield House with Ancillary StructureFormer Mortuary, Former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Nithbank Road, DumfriesFormer Nurses' Home, Former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Nithbank Road, DumfriesHill Street, Mount PleasantLaurieknowe Squash and Racketball Club (former Maxwelltown Chapel) excluding the later single-storey additions to the west, north and east, School Lane, DumfriesLoreburn Street, Loreburn United Free ChurchMarket Square, Brigend TheatreNewbridge, SmithyNith Bank, Beechwood BankNith Bank, The Grange and GatepiersNorth Lodge, Boundary Wall and Terracing, Former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Nithbank Road, DumfriesNunholm HousePark Road Park FarmhouseRotchell Park, Bank House and GatepiersRyedale Road, Ryedale HouseSt Mary's Street, St Mary's Church Hall with Retaining and Boundary Wall, Gatepiers and StepsThe Crichton, Annandale HouseThe Crichton, Boiler HouseThe Crichton, Boundary Walls, Railings, Gatepiers and Gates Along Bankend Road and Glencaple RoadThe Crichton, Campbell HouseThe Crichton, Eskdale HouseThe Crichton, Galloway HouseThe Crichton, Hestan HouseThe Crichton, Kindar and MerrickThe Crichton, Mochrum and Monreith1 Bank Street 66 Whitesands Coach and Horses Inn1 Georgetown Road, Dunibert/196 Annan Road, Rowanlea1 Nith Bank1 and 2 Dairy Cottages, Crichton Royal Farm, excluding red brick extension to rear, Glencaple Road, Dumfries1, 2 Whitesands and 2, 4 Buccleuch Street1, 3 Academy Street1, 3, 5, 7 Church Crescent1-13 Terregles Street and 2 Laurieknowe10 Bank Street10, 12 Buccleuch Street102, 104 English Street105 High Street and 54 Bank Street11, 13, 15 Friars Vennel113, 115 High Street114, 116, 118 English Street117 High Street117 Queensberry Street, Tam O'shanter Inn119, 121 High Street119-127 Irish Street (Odd Numbers Only)122 Loreburn Street126, 128, 130, 132 High Street133, 135 Irish Street136-142 Queensberry Street (Even Numbers) and 2 Academy Street14 English Street14 St Andrew Street and 121 Queensberry Street14, 14A, 14B, 14C Laurieknowe144, 146, 148, 150 High Street and 1 Queensberry Square151 Irish Street153 High Street, Royal Bank of Scotland (Northern Block Only)16 Buccleuch Street17 Buccleuch Street17, 19, 21 Friars Vennel178, 180, 182, 184 Irish Street and 56 Buccleuch Street18 Bank Street18 English Street, 2-6 Queen Street (Even Numbers)18, 18A Laurieknowe and Gatepiers19, 21, 23, 25 Lovers Walk (And Gatepiers)2 Nith Bank2, 4, 6 Nunholm Road, Albany Place20, 22 Brewery Street20, 22 English Street and 1-7 Queen Street (Odd Numbers)22 Buccleuch Street26-30 Academy Street (Even Numbers)3 Whitesands3, 7 Nith Bank30 Edinburgh Road (Education Offices)30, 32 English Street30, 32, 34, 36 Church Crescent30-36 Friars Vennel, (Even Numbers)32 Whitesands, The Poachers Rest33, 35, 37 English Street39, 41, 43 English Street4, 6 Church Crescent4, 6 Nith Bank42, 44, 46 Laurieknowe43 Whitesands43, 44, 45, 46 Galloway Street46, 48 Loreburn Street and 63 Newall Terrace Including Myles Bar48, 50 Laurieknowe5, 5A Nith Bank5, 7 English Street5, 7, 9 Friars Vennel, Corner of Brewery Street52 Bank Street52, 54, 56 Laurieknowe55 High Street6 and a Half-10 Assembly Street (Even Nos)6, 8 Buccleuch Street62, 64 Buccleuch Street66, 68 Buccleuch Street71, 73, 75 High Street76, 78 English Street77 Friars Vennel79 High Street, County Hotel8, 10, 12, 14 Church Crescent83, 85, 87 High Street9 Irish Street and 99 Whitesands9, 11 Queen Street9, 9A English Street98, 104, 106, 112 Loreburn Street
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 10% of Dumfries

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

The Crichton 197082 ha
Dumfries 197065 ha
146 hain conservation areas, of 1,402 ha inside the locality.

The first, The Crichton and Dumfries, were designated in 1970; the newest, Dumfries, in 1970. 229 of the 314 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 Dumfries’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981

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

1981 · 1921987 · 471961 · 33
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 33 entries were listed in 1961, 17 of the 22 Category A buildings among them. 192 came in 1981, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. 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.

2 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.

Curriestanes,cursus E ofPrehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow
Born here

55 notable people born in Dumfries before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Benjamin Bell
Thomas Watling
William Dickson
John Richardson
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Affleck
Charles Dubois de Gennes
John Allan Broun
Sir James Anderson
George Corson
Alexander Mackenzie
Thomas Mitchell
Lord Francis Douglas
William Shea
William Symington McCormick
Flora Murray
William Miller
James Blair
Charlie Bell
John Laurie
170017501800185019001950
John Richardson
John Richardson1787–1865 · Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer (1787–1865)
Flora Murray
Flora Murray1869–1923 · Scottish doctor
John Laurie
John Laurie1897–1980 · Scottish actor (1897–1980)
TM
Thomas Mitchell1843–1921 · Scottish football coach (1843-1921)
Lord Francis Douglas
Lord Francis Douglas1847–1865 · British novice mountain climber (1847-1865)
CB
Charlie Bell1894–1939 · Scottish footballer and manager (1894-1939)
Benjamin Bell
Benjamin Bell1749–1806 · Scottish surgeon (1749-1806)
John Allan Broun
John Allan Broun1817–1879 · John Allan Broun FRS (21 September 1817 – 22 November 1879) was a Sco…

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

Towns its size

Dumfries has the 3rd most Category A buildings of 59 towns its size

Scottish towns of 13,000–84,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Stirling24
Paisley24
Dumfries22
St Andrews20
Perth20
Ayr16
Greenock15
Inverness14
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Hamilton13
Musselburgh11
#7 of 59for listed buildings per resident (93 per 10,000). St Andrews, Helensburgh and Stirling lead.

Only Stirling and Paisley have more. The typical town its size has 2.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Dumfries

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Dumfries33,69431422—
Locharbriggs5,48820—
Lockerbie4,411381—
In brief

Dumfries in brief

Dumfries has 314 listed buildings, 22 of them in the top category, including St Bride's Anglican Church (former Greyfriars' Church), Church Crescent, Dumfries. Only 2 of the 59 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. On English Street alone there are 19 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.

Most entries on the list, 77%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 55 people born here before 1900, the best known include John Richardson (1787), Flora Murray (1869) and John Laurie (1897). The big year was 1981, when 192 of the 314 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Dumfries’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Dumfries?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 314 buildings inside Dumfries’s locality: 22 Category A, 177 Category B and 115 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Dumfries?

22, including Church Street, Dumfries Museum Observatory, Crichton Royal Farm including Solway House, Criffel View, steading range to south, cattle shed to southeast and screen walls and gatepiers between Solway House and steading, excluding extensions to cattle shed and red brick building to east, Rosehall Wal, Crichton Royal Hospital Crichton Hall, English Street, Queensberry Column (In Front of Regional Council Offices), High Street, Midsteeple and St Bride's Anglican Church (former Greyfriars' Church), Church Crescent, Dumfries.

Which street in Dumfries has the most listed buildings?

English Street (19), Buccleuch Street (13) and High Street (12) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Dumfries?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Castledykes Park, motte and bailey, medieval castle and associated earthworks and Curriestanes,cursus E of.

How many conservation areas are there in Dumfries?

2, covering about 146 hectares of the town. The largest are The Crichton and Dumfries.

When were Dumfries’s buildings listed?

The first in 1961; the most, 192, in 1981.

Are there old photos of Dumfries?

Yes: 6 public-domain photos and postcards from 1791 to 1890, all on this page.

Who was born in Dumfries?

Among people born before 1900: John Richardson (1787), Flora Murray (1869), John Laurie (1897), Thomas Mitchell (1843) and Lord Francis Douglas (1847).

Dumfries 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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