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Main Street, Ormiston Parish Church with Retaining WallsMain Street, Ormiston Parish Church with Retaining Walls · Photo: Mainlymazza · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Ormiston · Historic Environment Scotland

18 listed buildings, 13 of them in the second category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Ormiston’s locality, 70 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 12 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town.

13Category B1scheduled monument
Listed buildings
18
70 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
13
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
In pictures

Ormiston in 14 photos and old views

Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Ormiston,market crossOrmiston,market crossScheduled monument5 the Wynd, Lyn's Corner Shop and Avenue House5 the Wynd, Lyn's Corner Shop and Avenue HouseCategory C listedMain Street, Beech CottageMain Street, Beech CottageCategory B listedMain Street, Beech House with Former Outbuildings and Retaining WallsMain Street, Beech House with Former Outbuildings and Retaining WallsCategory B listedMain Street, Coach HouseMain Street, Coach HouseCategory B listed+9See 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

Ormiston in old photos

1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Ormiston Hall
Old viewOrmiston HallPhoto: Unknown photographer · 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 Ormiston’s history is

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

Ormiston,market cross, scheduled monumentMain Street, Beech Cottage, Category BMain Street, Beech House with Former Outbuildings and Retaining Walls, Category BMain Street, Coach House, Category BMain Street, Fawns Park, Category BMain Street, Hillview, Category BMain Street, Moffat Monument, Category BMain Street, Oak House with Retaining Walls, Category BMain Street, Old Schoolhouse, Category BMain Street, Ormiston House (Former Manse) with Out-Buildings, Railings and Retaining Walls, Category BMain Street, Ormiston Parish Church with Retaining Walls, Category BMain Street, Ormiston War Memorial, Category BOrmiston Bridge, Category BOrmiston Primary School, Principal Range with Retaining Walls, Piers and Railings, Category B
Category BScheduled monument

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

18 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A13 Category B5 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 B

The 13 Category B listed buildings in Ormiston

Buildings of regional importance. 11 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Show the other 1
Category C

5 Category C listed buildings

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

All 5 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
High Street, BenhamMain Street, Dominic Molloy's CottageMain Street, Througburn24 and 26 Main Street (Including Ormiston Post Office)5 the Wynd, Lyn's Corner Shop and Avenue House
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 9.2% of Ormiston

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

Ormiston 19706 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 70 ha inside the locality.

15 of the 18 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 Ormiston’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1992

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

1992 · 111971 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 7 entries were listed in 1971. 11 came in 1992. Only 0 have 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.

Ormiston,market cross
Ormiston,market crossCrosses and carved stones: market cross
Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Ormiston

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Ormiston2,587180—
Tranent12,235240—
Wallyford4,49310—
Prestonpans10,623306—
Cockenzie5,237132—
Musselburgh21,47618811—
Dalkeith15,1251688—
Longniddry2,598271—
In brief

Ormiston in brief

The official list counts 18 listed buildings in Ormiston, including Ormiston,market cross. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. The big year was 1992, when 11 of the 18 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Category A building; Robert Moffat (1795) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Ormiston’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Ormiston?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 18 buildings inside Ormiston’s locality: 0 Category A, 13 Category B and 5 Category C.

Are there scheduled monuments in Ormiston?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Ormiston,market cross.

How many conservation areas are there in Ormiston?

1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Ormiston.

When were Ormiston’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 11, in 1992.

Are there old photos of Ormiston?

Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard, all on this page.

Ormiston 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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