House · listed 1972Parkhill House
Photo: Callum Black · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Polmont · Historic Environment Scotland
5 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Polmont’s locality, 9.9 for every 10,000 residents. Category B covers 3 of Polmont’s listed buildings.
Listed buildings
5
9.9 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
3
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
The map
Where Polmont’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A3 Category B1 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 Category A listed building in Polmont
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Category B
The 3 Category B listed buildings in Polmont
Buildings of regional importance.
House · listed 1972Kinneil House, Polmont (Formerly the Manse).
House · listed 1972Parkhill, Dovecot.
House · listed 1972West Lodge Gatepiers.
Category C
1 Category C listed building
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
World Heritage
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Antonine Wall)UNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
Born here
7 notable people born in Polmont before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
James Burns
Ann Small
John Simpson
Bob Bennie
John Bennie
James Fitz-Morris
Tom Townsley
1800182518501875190019251950
James Burns1846–1923 · Australian businessman, shipowner and philanthropist (1846–1923)
JB
John Bennie1896– · Scottish footballer (1896-?)
TT
Tom Townsley1898–1976 · Scottish footballer (1898-1976)
AS
Ann Small1857–1945 · (1857–1945), missionary and educationist
JF
James Fitz-Morris1897–1918 · British WWI flying ace (1897-1918)
JS
John Simpson1872–1921 · Scotland international rugby union player (1872-1921)
BB
Bob Bennie1873–1945 · (1873-1945)
Everyone born in Polmont → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Polmont
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polmont | 5,044 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Brightons | 4,048 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Maddiston | 3,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Redding | 3,812 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Grangemouth | 16,028 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 100 | 5 | — |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Polmont in brief
The official list counts 5 listed buildings in Polmont, 1 of them in the top category. Of the 7 people born here before 1900, the best known include James Burns (1846), John Bennie (1896) and Tom Townsley (1898). The rest is about typical: it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 0); and the list grew between 1972 and 1979.
Questions about Polmont’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Polmont?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 buildings inside Polmont’s locality: 1 Category A, 3 Category B and 1 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Polmont?
One: Parkhill House.
Is Polmont a World Heritage Site?
Part of Polmont lies within the area Historic Environment Scotland maps for Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Antonine Wall), which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
Who was born in Polmont?
Among people born before 1900: James Burns (1846), John Bennie (1896), Tom Townsley (1898), Ann Small (1857) and James Fitz-Morris (1897).
Polmont 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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