Caird Park Mains Castle · Photo: Ydam · CC BY-SA 3.0853 listed buildings, 69 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Dundee’s locality, 58 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 6 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 185 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town.
Dundee in 189 photos and old views
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Castle Hill, St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Including Steps and Boundary WallCategory A listed
Broughty Ferry, Gray Street, Railway Station Including SubwayCategory A listed
4 Meadowside, Head Post OfficeCategory B listed
Methven Street, Camperdown Works, Arcade Fronting Boiler HouseCategory B listed
Balmossie, Road Bridge over Dichty WaterCategory B listed+184See all photosPhotos 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.
Dundee from 1871 to 1948
An old map and 5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1871
1874
c. 1876
c. 1880
1887
c. 1948Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Dundee’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
The 69 Category A listed buildings in Dundee
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 22 of these stand within 400 m of Castle Hill, South West Corner of Commercial Street and High Street, Castle Hill House, Including Boundary Wall. 50 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
The 543 Category B listed buildings in Dundee
Buildings of regional importance. 135 are photographed.
Show the other 531
With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers 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.
Of the 853 entries, 441 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
Most of Dundee’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
635 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 18 are churches, chapels and priories, including 4 of the 69 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.
241 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
The first 150 of 241 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
17 conservation areas cover 10% of Dundee
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
The first, West End Suburbs, Broughty Ferry and West Ferry, were designated in 1970; the newest, Crescents, in 1970. 647 of the 853 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.
Dundee’s list has grown since 1963
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 15 entries were listed in 1963, 14 of the 69 Category A buildings among them. 163 came in 1965. Only 5 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
6 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.



3 gardens and designed landscapes

204 notable people born in Dundee before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.







Everyone born in Dundee → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Dundee
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 147,365 | 853 | 69 | — |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 4,119 | 37 | 0 | — |
| Tayport | 3,967 | 39 | 0 | — |
| Monifieth | 9,356 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Carnoustie | 11,373 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 179 | 4 | — |
| St Andrews | 16,465 | 370 | 20 | — |
| Forfar | 13,774 | 139 | 2 | — |
Dundee in brief
The official list counts 853 listed buildings in Dundee, 69 of them in the top category, including Castle Hill, St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Including Steps and Boundary Wall. Its Category A buildings cluster together: 22 of them stand within 400 m of Castle Hill, South West Corner of Commercial Street and High Street, Castle Hill House, Including Boundary Wall. Its older streets lie in 17 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.
Most entries on the list, 74%, are houses, terraces and villas. Williamina Fleming (1857), William Kidd (1645) and Frances Wright (1795) are among the 204 people born here before 1900. It also has 6 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects.
Questions about Dundee’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dundee?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 853 buildings inside Dundee’s locality: 69 Category A, 543 Category B and 241 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Dundee?
69, including Albert Square, Mcmanus Galleries, Formerly Albert Institute, Including Lampstandards, Balmossie, Balmossie Railway Viaduct over Dichty Water, Barrack Rd Dundee Royal Infirmary Original Block Out Patients Dept & Urology Theatre, Baxter Park Pavilion, Steps, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Broughty Ferry, 2 Whinnybrae, Eastern Primary School, Including Wall and Entrance Gates, And Playsheds and_Lavatories at Rear and Broughty Ferry, Gray Street, Railway Station Including Subway.
Which street in Dundee has the most listed buildings?
With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers (14), Dudhope Terrace (11) and Nethergate (11) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Dundee?
Yes, 6 scheduled monuments, including Broughty Castle, Claypotts Castle, Dundee Law,fort and Gourdie, stone circle 850m S of.
How many conservation areas are there in Dundee?
17, covering about 495 hectares of the town. The largest are West End Suburbs and Broughty Ferry.
When were Dundee’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 163, in 1965.
Are there old photos of Dundee?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1871 to 1887, and an old map from 1948, all on this page.
Who was born in Dundee?
Among people born before 1900: Williamina Fleming (1857), William Kidd (1645), Frances Wright (1795), James Ivory (1765) and Hector Boece (1465).
Dundee 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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