AWalls & gates · listed 1971Gullane, Duncur Road, Greywalls with Lodges, Garden Walls, Gateway and GatepiersPhoto: jamesnicoll · CC BY-SA 2.0
Gullane, Main Street, Parish Church Hall · Photo: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Gullane · Historic Environment Scotland
24 listed buildings, 3 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Gullane’s locality, 83 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 8 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
24
83 per 10,000 residents
Category A
3
national importance
Category B
19
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
1 garden or designed landscape
In pictures
Gullane in 9 photos
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Gullane, Duncur Road, Greywalls with Lodges, Garden Walls, Gateway and GatepiersCategory A listed
Gullane, 29 and 31, 33 and 35, 37 and 39, 32 and 34, 36 and 38, 40 and 42, Hopetoun TerraceCategory B listed
Gullane,St Andrews KirkScheduled monument
Gullane, Sandy Loan, PurvesholmCategory B listed
Gullane, Main Street, Golf Inn Hotel and Former StableCategory B listed+4See 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.
The map
Where Gullane’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
3 Category A19 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 3 Category A listed buildings in Gullane
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
APublic · listed 1988Gullane, Main Street, Parish Church HallPhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Walls & gates · listed 1988Gullane, Duncur Road, Muirfield Gate and Gatehouse/Garage (Formerly Known As the Pleasance)
Category B
The 19 Category B listed buildings in Gullane
Buildings of regional importance. 6 are photographed.
BHouse · listed 1988Gullane, 29 and 31, 33 and 35, 37 and 39, 32 and 34, 36 and 38, 40 and 42, Hopetoun TerracePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 1988Gullane, Sandy Loan, PurvesholmPhoto: Mel Towler · CC BY-SA 2.0
BInns & shops · listed 1988Gullane, Main Street, Golf Inn Hotel and Former StablePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 1980Gullane, Main Street, Templar LodgePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 1988Gullane, Main Street, The SmithyPhoto: Brewster d · CC BY-SA 4.0
BChurch · listed 1988Gullane, Sandy Loan, St Adrians Episcopal ChurchPhoto: Renata Edge · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1988Gullane, East Links Road, Belmore
House · listed 1988Gullane, Erskine Road, Solsgirth
Walls & gates · listed 1971Gullane, Hill Road Corner House, East Corner House, Garage and Boundary Wall
House · listed 1988Gullane, Hill Road, Whatton Lodge
Walls & gates · listed 1988Gullane, Hummel Road, The Manse Boundary Wall
House · listed 1988Gullane, Main Street, Muirfield Lodge
Show the other 7
House · listed 1988Gullane, Nisbet Road, Chartwell, With Garage and Gatepiers
House · listed 1988Gullane, Nisbet Road, Seaforth
House · listed 1988Gullane, Sandy Loan, The Glebe
Public · listed 1988Gullane, Whim Road, Seton Court
House · listed 1988Gullane, Whim Road, Whiteholm
Walls & gates · listed 1988Hill Road, Tern Cottage, (Formerly Coldstones Cottage) Including Terrace, Gateways and Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 2014The Quarry, Including Rainwater Pond, Inner Garden Walls and Steps, Whim Road, Gullane
What’s protected
Most of Gullane’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Walls, gates & bridges6
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Churches, chapels & priories1
14 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
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 38% of Gullane
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Gullane 197045 ha
45 hain conservation areas, of 120 ha inside the locality.
20 of the 24 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 Gullane’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 20
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1971, 1 of the 3 Category A buildings among them. 20 came in 1988, 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.
Gullane,St Andrews KirkEcclesiastical: church
1 garden or designed landscape
Grey Walls (High Walls)Garden and designed landscape
Towns its size
Gullane has the 12th most Category A buildings of 169 towns its size
Scottish towns of 1,000–7,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.
Gullane3
#46 of 169for listed buildings per resident (83 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.
11 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Gullane
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gullane | 2,897 | 24 | 3 | — |
| North Berwick | 8,314 | 98 | 6 | — |
| Longniddry | 2,598 | 27 | 1 | — |
| Haddington | 11,364 | 281 | 9 | — |
| Cockenzie | 5,237 | 13 | 2 | — |
| Prestonpans | 10,623 | 30 | 6 | — |
| Tranent | 12,235 | 24 | 0 | — |
| Ormiston | 2,587 | 18 | 0 | — |
In brief
Gullane in brief
The official list counts 24 listed buildings in Gullane, 3 of them in the top category, including Gullane, Duncur Road, Greywalls with Lodges, Garden Walls, Gateway and Gatepiers. Only 11 of the 169 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.
Most entries on the list, 58%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 20 of the 24 went on the list. Beyond that, Mathew Dawson (1820) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Gullane’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gullane?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 24 buildings inside Gullane’s locality: 3 Category A, 19 Category B and 2 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Gullane?
3, including Gullane, Duncur Road, Greywalls with Lodges, Garden Walls, Gateway and Gatepiers, Gullane, Duncur Road, Muirfield Gate and Gatehouse/Garage (Formerly Known As the Pleasance) and Gullane, Main Street, Parish Church Hall.
Are there scheduled monuments in Gullane?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Gullane,St Andrews Kirk.
How many conservation areas are there in Gullane?
1, covering about 45 hectares of the town. The largest is Gullane.
When were Gullane’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 20, in 1988.
Gullane 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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