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History of Tranent · Historic Environment Scotland

24 listed buildings, 15 of them in the second category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Tranent’s locality, 20 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings.

15Category B1scheduled monument
Listed buildings
24
20 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
15
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
In pictures

Tranent in 11 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Tranent TowerTranent TowerScheduled monumentTranent Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Graveyard Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and GravestonesTranent Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Graveyard Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and GravestonesCategory B listedChurch Street, House by Parish Church HallChurch Street, House by Parish Church HallCategory B listed121 Church Street121 Church StreetCategory C listed205 Church Street, Seton Lodge with Retaining Walls, Railings and Gateways205 Church Street, Seton Lodge with Retaining Walls, Railings and GatewaysCategory B listed+6See 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.

The map

Where Tranent’s history is

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

Tranent Tower, scheduled monumentChurch Street, House by Parish Church Hall, Category BChurch Street, Parish Church Hall (Formerly Wishart Church) with Gates, Railings, Gatepiers and Retaining Walls, Category BDovecot Brae, Tranent Dovecot, Category BEdinburgh Road Bankpark House, With Lodge, Carriage House, Greenhouses, Garden Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BEdinburgh Road, 1-9 (Inclusive) Viewforth Terrace with Retaining Walls, Category BHigh Street, Tranent War Memorial and Railings, Category BSanderson's Wynd, Tranent Infant School with Gates and Gatepiers, Retaining Walls and Shelters, Category BTranent Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Graveyard Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Gravestones, Category B10 Fowler Street, Category B110 Church Street with Retaining Walls, Category B205 Church Street, Seton Lodge with Retaining Walls, Railings and Gateways, Category B23 Bridge Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, Category B244 Church Street, The Manse Stables with Retaining Walls and Gatepiers, Category B246 Church Street, With Balustrades and Retaining Walls, Category B252 Church Street, Category B
Category BScheduled monument

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

24 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A15 Category B9 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 15 Category B listed buildings in Tranent

Buildings of regional importance. 9 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Show the other 3
What’s protected

Most of Tranent’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas17
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

17 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas.

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

9 Category C listed buildings

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

All 9 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
High Street, East Lothian Co-Operative Society Ltd1-3 (Odd Numbers) Bridge Street, And 2 Church Street, Keepers Arms12 Church Street121 Church Street4-6 (Even Numbers) Church Street5 Bridge Street7 Edinburgh Road with Gates and Gatepiers71 High Street8-10 (Even Numbers) Church Street
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 6.1% of Tranent

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

Tranent 197020 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 333 ha inside the locality.

22 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 Tranent’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1992

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

1992 · 21
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 2 entries were listed in 1971. 21 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.

Tranent Tower
Tranent TowerSecular: tower

1 Inventory battlefield

Born here

3 notable people born in Tranent before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

John Aitchison
John Ewart
John Archibald
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JE
John Ewart1788–1856 · Canadian architect
JA
John Aitchison1779–1875 · British Army officer
John Archibald
John Archibald1845–1907 · Australian politician (1845-1907)

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Tranent

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

Tranent in brief

Tranent has 24 listed buildings, including Tranent Tower. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas.

John Ewart (1788), John Aitchison (1779) and John Archibald (1845) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1992: 21 of 24. Beyond that, it has no Category A building, where the middle town its size has 1; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Tranent’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Tranent?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 24 buildings inside Tranent’s locality: 0 Category A, 15 Category B and 9 Category C.

Are there scheduled monuments in Tranent?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tranent Tower.

How many conservation areas are there in Tranent?

1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Tranent.

When were Tranent’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 21, in 1992.

Who was born in Tranent?

Among people born before 1900: John Ewart (1788), John Aitchison (1779) and John Archibald (1845).

Tranent 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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