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History of Anstruther · Historic Environment Scotland

214 listed buildings, 5 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Anstruther’s locality, 543 for every 10,000 residents. 115 of Anstruther’s listed buildings are Category C. We have photos of 52 of its listed buildings.

5Category A94Category B22on Cellardyke
Listed buildings
214
543 per 10,000 residents
Category A
5
national importance
Category B
94
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Anstruther in 51 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd Harbour Head and 50 East Shore Anstruther EasterScottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd Harbour Head and 50 East Shore Anstruther EasterCategory A listedAnstruther Wester Parish Church (Now St Adrian's Church Hall)Anstruther Wester Parish Church (Now St Adrian's Church Hall)Category A listedDreel Lodge Castle Street and Wightman's Wynd Anstruther EasterDreel Lodge Castle Street and Wightman's Wynd Anstruther EasterCategory C listedChalmers' Birthplace, Old Post Office Close High Street Anstruther EasterChalmers' Birthplace, Old Post Office Close High Street Anstruther EasterCategory B listedOld Corn Mill, Warehouse to North-East of, Anstruther EasterOld Corn Mill, Warehouse to North-East of, Anstruther EasterCategory C listed+46See 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 Anstruther’s history is

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

Anstruther Harbour Anstruther Easter, Category BAnstruther Town Hall, Category BAnstruther Wester Esplanade, Category BBelmont House, Cunzie Street Anstruther Easter, Category BBuckie Hoose, 2 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category BBurgh Offices and Hall, Backdykes and Ladywalk, Anstruther Easter, Category BCellardyke, 15-19 George Street, Category BCellardyke, 29-33 John Street, Category BCellardyke, 3 Dove Street, Category BCellardyke, East End, Kilrenny War Memorial Including Railings, Category BCellardyke, Rodger Street, Nos 10, 14-38 (Even Nos), Including Boundary Walls and Ancillary Buildings, Category BCellardyke, Rodger Street, Nos 1A, 1-9 (Inclusive), 11-35 (Odd Nos), Including Ancillary Buildings and Boundary Walls, Category BCellardyke, Tolbooth Road, Market Cross Affixed to Town Hall, Category BChalmers' Birthplace, Old Post Office Close High Street Anstruther Easter, Category BCruachan, 1 Crail Road and Anstruther Easter, Category BCunzie House and Outbuildings (Now Garage) Crail Road, Anstruther Easter, Category BDolphin Cottage High Street West, Category BFernbank 25 and 27 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category BGuthrie's House 11 Card's Wynd Anstruther Easter, Category BHouse (Kerr) Wightman's Wynd and Old Post Office Close High Street, Anstruther Easter, Category BHouse (Mrs Henderson) Crail Road and St Andrews Road Anstruther Easter, Category BJohnstone Lodge Backdykes Anstruther Easter Including Garden-Walls and Gate-Piers, Category BJohnstone Lodge, Former Coach House and Stables of (Converted to House 1970-1) Backdykes and Haddfoot Wynd Anstruther Easter, Category BMarket Cross Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category BMasonic Arms 12 Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category BMayview, Crail Road and Ladywalk, Category BOld Corn Mill on Dreel Burn, Off High Street Anstruther Easter, Category BOld Wall, West Side Wightman's Wynd, High Street Anstruther Easter, Category BPittenweem Road Watson Place Nos 1 to 18 (Inclusive Nos), Category BSavings Bank Rodger Street Anstruther Easter, Category BSea View (A D Wylie) Haddfoot Wynd Anstruther Easter, Category BSea Wall from Esplanade to Anstruther Golf Club (Including Watch Tower) Anstruther Wester., Category BSeaview House East End Cellardyke, Category BSmugglers' Inn High Street, Anstruther Easter, Category BSt Adrian's Churchyard Walls and Monuments, Category BThe Dreel Tavern 14 and 16 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category BThe Hermitage Backdykes Including Garden Walls and Outbuildings Anstruther Easter, Category BThe Manse Doocot, Backdykes Anstruther Easter, Category BThe Old Manse, 5 Shore, Category BThe Studio, Shore, Category BTolbooth Wynd (East Side) High Street Anstruther Easter, Category BTower (Mr Dick, Clifton East Forth Street) East Forth Street Cellardyke, Category BTown Council Burgh Depot, Garage Workshop and Store (Part Occupied J Cornfoot) Burial Brae Cunzie Street and School Green, Anstruther Easter., Category BWarehouse and Workshop (Smith & Hutton) Harbour Head, Anstruther Easter, Category B1 Castle Street Anstruther Easter, Category B1 Harbour Head, Cellardyke, Category B1, 3, 5 High St Anstruther Easter, Category B10 and 12 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B11 High Street West, Category B11 and 13 East Green, Anstruther Easter, Category B12 and 14 Rodger Street and 40 High Street, Anstruther Easter, Category B13 High Street West, Category B15 High Street West, Category B15 and 17 John Street, Cellardyke, Category B17-23 High Street (Including Area Railings) Anstruther Wester, Category B18 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B19 and 21 High St Anstruther Easter, Category B19A B and C East Green Anstruther Easter, Category B2 Castle Street Anstruther Easter, Category B23 and 25 High St Anstruther Easter, Category B23-25 Cunzie Street Peebles Building Anstruther Easter, Category B24 High Street and "Dunearne" Anstruther Easter, Category B25 and 27 John Street, Cellardyke, Category B25 and 27 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls of 25-27), Category B26 East Green Warehouse, Anstruther Easter, Category B27 High Street Anstruther Easter, Category B28 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B29 and 30 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Rear Buildings and Garden Walls)., Category B3 Castle Street Anstruther Easter, Category B3, 4 and 5 Toft Terrace, George Street, Cellardyke, Category B30 Shore Street, Cellardyke, Category B31 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B32 High Street Anstruther Easter, Category B34 Rodger Street Anstruther Easter, Category B4 Shore, Category B4 Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category B41, 42, 43 and 44 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Rear Buildings and Garden Walls), Category B43 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B47 Shore Street (With Haddfoot Close) Anstruther Easter, Category B48 Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category B5 and 6 Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category B50 and 52 High Street Anstruther Easter, Category B51 High Street Anstruther Easter, Category B56 John Street Cellardyke, Category B57-61 George Street Cellardyke, Category B6 Castle Street Anstruther Easter, Category B6 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B69-75 George Street Cellardyke, Category B7 Castle Street and Corner of Wightman's Wynd Anstruther Easter, Category B8 Haddfoot Wynd Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Wall), Category B8 High Street Anstruther Wester, Category B8 Shore Street Anstruther Easter, Category B81, 83 George Street and Harbour House Cellardyke, Category B9 Shore Street and 34 Cunzie Street, Anstruther Easter, Category BAnstruther Easter Parish Church (St Adrian's), Category AAnstruther Wester Parish Church (Now St Adrian's Church Hall), Category AScottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd Harbour Head and 50 East Shore Anstruther Easter, Category AThe Manse, Backdykes Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls), Category A1 (The White House), 1b (Merchants House) and 3, Shore, Anstruther Wester, Category A
Category ACategory B400 m from Anstruther Easter Parish Church (St Adrian's)
5 of 5Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Anstruther Easter Parish Church (St Adrian's), a five-minute walk. So do 153 of the 214 listed buildings.

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

214 listed buildings by grade
5 Category A94 Category B115 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 5 Category A listed buildings in Anstruther

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 5 of these stand within 400 m of Anstruther Easter Parish Church (St Adrian's). Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 94 Category B listed buildings in Anstruther

Buildings of regional importance. 45 are photographed.

Show the other 82
Historic streets

Cellardyke 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.

Cellardyke22 listed · 5 II*
1 Harbour Head, Cellardyke15 and 17 John Street, Cellardyke25 and 27 John Street, Cellardyke
Anstruther Easter19 listed · 4 II*
11 and 13 East Green, Anstruther Easter12 and 14 Rodger Street and 40 High Street, Anstruther Easter9 Shore Street and 34 Cunzie Street, Anstruther Easter
High Street Anstruther Wester11 listed · 7 II*
18 High Street Anstruther Wester28 High Street Anstruther Wester6 High Street Anstruther Wester
High Street Anstruther Easter10 listed · 4 II*
Shore Street Cellardyke7 listed
Shore Street Anstruther Easter6 listed · 4 II*
5 and 6 Shore Street Anstruther Easter
East Green Anstruther Easter5 listed · 1 II*
George Street Cellardyke5 listed · 2 II*
69-75 George Street Cellardyke
Castle Street Anstruther Easter4 listed · 4 II*
1 Castle Street Anstruther Easter2 Castle Street Anstruther Easter3 Castle Street Anstruther Easter
Rodger Street Anstruther Easter4 listed · 1 II*
High St Anstruther Easter3 listed · 3 II*
23 and 25 High St Anstruther Easter
High Street West3 listed · 3 II*

Of the 214 entries, 133 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Anstruther’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas169
Public & civic buildings18
Walls, gates & bridges13
Inns, shops & warehouses12
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

169 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 5 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.

Category C

115 Category C listed buildings

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

All 115 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Anstruther Easter, 21-27 Rodger StreetAnstruther Wester Parish Churchyard and GravestonesAnstruther Wester Town Hall, Session House and Church Hall.Bay View 33 East Forth Street, CellardykeChalmers' House Chalmers' Buildings High Street, Anstruther EasterClydesdale Bank Building, Crail Road and St Andrews Road Anstruther Easter (Including Walls and Railings)Crichton House High Street and Crichton Street Anstruther WesterDreel BridgeDreel Lodge Castle Street and Wightman's Wynd Anstruther EasterEast Green, Engineers Shop and Warehouse, Anstruther EasterGear Loft and Fish Premises (Of Shop at 50 George Street) East Forth Street Cellardyke.Guerdon Cottage School Green Anstruther EasterHolmlea, High Street, Anstruther EasterHouse (Miss Graham) Haddfoot Wynd Anstruther EasterHouse (Mr Peattie) High Terrace, High Street, Anstruther EasterHouse (Mr Watt) High Terrace, High Street, Anstruther EasterHouse (R Kell) Chalmers' Buildings High Street Anstruther EasterManse, School Green Including Garden Walls Anstruther EasterMr Doig's Property Wightman's Wynd High Street Anstruther EasterMurray and Wilson's Premises School Green Anstruther EasterOld Corn Mill, Warehouse to North-East of, Anstruther EasterOld Mill House Chalmers' Buildings, High Street Anstruther EasterOuthouses, Toft Terrace, George Street CellardykePost Office Shore Street Anstruther EasterRoyal Bank of Scotland 26 & 28 Rodger Street Anstruther EasterSalutation Bar 28 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls)School Road, Cellardyke Primary SchoolSea Wall Castle Street Anstruther EasterStore (Isobel Bremner) East Forth Street CellardykeThe Murray Library 7 Shore Street Anstruther EasterThe Ship Tavern 49 Shore Street and 1 Haddfoot Wynd Anstruther Easter.Waid Academy And Former School Masters House, St Andrews Road, Anstruther Including Library Hall To Rear (Excluding Later Additions To North)Waid Academy Annexe (Former Anstruther Easter School), Crail Road, Anstruther (Excluding Extension To West)1 Dove Street Cellardyke (Including Garden Walls)1 Toft Terrace George Street Cellardyke1, 2 and 3 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter1-8 Elizabeth Place, Anstruther Wester10 Rodger Street Anstruther Easter10 and 11 Shore Street Anstruther Easter11 Shore Street Cellardyke13 Rodger Street and 34 High Street, Anstruther Easter13 Shore Street Anstruther Easter13 Shore Street Cellardyke13 Shore Street House to Rear of (Now Warehouse of No 13) Anstruther Easter14 & 15 Shore Street Cellardyke14 East Green, Anstruther Easter15 Cunzie Street Anstruther Easter15 East Green, Anstruther Easter15 Rodger Street Anstruther Easter16 East Green, Anstruther Easter16 Rodger Street Royal Hotel Anstruther Easter16 Shore Street Cellardyke17 Shore Street, Anstruther Easter17 and 19 Rodger Street, Anstruther Easter18 Shore Street Cellardyke18, 20 East Green Anstruther Easter18-20 Shore Street North Boundary Wall Only19 John Street Cellardyke19 Shore Street Cellardyke2 Dove Street, Cellardyke2 Harbour Head, Cellardyke20 & 22 Rodger Street, Anstruther Easter20, 22, 24 and 26 High Street Anstruther Wester21 and 22 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls)21 and 23 East Green Anstruther Easter21 and 23 John Street, Cellardyke22 East Green Anstruther Easter22 and 24 Shore Street, Cellardyke23 Shore Street, Cellardyke23 and 24 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls)24 East Green Anstruther Easter25 East Green, Anstruther Easter26 Shore Street, Cellardyke27 Shore Street, Cellardyke27 and 29 East Green, Anstruther Easter28 East Green, Anstruther Easter28 Shore Street Cellardyke29 Shore Street, Cellardyke3 & 4 Harbour Head, Including Outhouses Cellardyke30-38 High Street Anstruther Wester31 High Street Anstruther Easter Including Wing to Wightman's Wynd31 Shore Street, Cellardyke31, 32 and 33 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Rear Buildings and Garden Walls)32, 33 and 34 Shore Street, Cellardyke34 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Rear Buildings and Garden Walls)35 High Street Anstruther Easter35 and 36 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Rear and Garden Walls)37, 38, 39 Shore Street Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls)39 High Street Anstruther Wester4 Castle Street (Pantiles) Anstruther Easter4 High Street Anstruther Wester42 and 44 High Street, Anstruther Easter45, 46 Shore St Anstruther46 and 48 High Street Anstruther Easter5 and 7 Rodger St, Anstruther Easter52 George Street, Cellardyke53 High Street Anstruther Easter54 George Street, Cellardyke54 and 56 High Street, Anstruther Easter55 George Street Cellardyke55 High Street Anstruther Easter59 and 61 High Street and 11 Cunzie Street, Anstruther Easter (Masonic Temple)6 & 8 Rodger Street Anstruther Easter6 Shore Street, Cellardyke6 Toft Terrace, George Street, Cellardyke6, 8 High Street Anstruther Easter60 High Street Anstruther Easter63 George Street Cellardyke67 George Street Cellardyke7 Shore Street, Cellardyke.77, 79 George Street, Cellardyke8 Shore Street, Cellardyke8 Toft Terrace, George Street, Cellardyke (Including Wall to East Forth Street)9 and 10 Shore Street and 5, 7, 9 Dove Street, Cellardyke9 and 11 Rodger Street, Anstruther Easter
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 20% of Anstruther

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

Anstruther 197016 ha
Cellardyke 19709 ha
25 hain conservation areas, of 122 ha inside the locality.

The first, Anstruther and Cellardyke, were designated in 1970; the newest, Cellardyke, in 1970. 204 of the 214 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 Anstruther’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972

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

1972 · 206
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 206 entries were listed in 1972, 5 of the 5 Category A buildings among them. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

Born here

13 notable people born in Anstruther before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

David Martin
Philip Patton
Thomas Chalmers
John Goodsir
Harry Goodsir
David Murray
John James Duncan
Robert Fowler
Andrew Lawson
John Dow Fisher Gilchrist
Buff Wilson
Benjamin Philip Watson
R. H. Bruce Lockhart
170017501800185019001950
Thomas Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers1780–1847 · Scottish mathematician and leader of the Free Church of Scotlandl (17…
Andrew Lawson
Andrew Lawson1861–1952 · British geologist (1861–1952)
R. H. Bruce Lockhart
R. H. Bruce Lockhart1887–1970 · British writer, spy and diplomat (1887-1970)
David Martin
David Martin1737–1797 · British painter and engraver (1737-1797)
John Goodsir
John Goodsir1814–1867 · Scottish anatomist (1814–1867)
JG
John Dow Fisher Gilchrist1866–1926 · Scottish ichthyologist (1866-1926)
Harry Goodsir
Harry Goodsir1819–1848 · Scottish physician and naturalist
Robert Fowler
Robert Fowler1853–1926 · British artist (1853-1926)

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

Towns its size

Anstruther has the 9th most Category A buildings of 204 towns its size

Scottish towns of 2,000–10,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
Banff11
Kelso10
Jedburgh8
Rothesay7
Brechin6
North Berwick6
Dunblane6
Anstruther5
Kirkcudbright5
Campbeltown5
Biggar5
#3 of 204for listed buildings per resident (543 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.

Only Lanark, Banff, Kelso, Jedburgh, Rothesay, Brechin, North Berwick and Dunblane have more. Anstruther is level with Kirkcudbright, Campbeltown, Biggar and Inverkeithing. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Anstruther

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Anstruther3,9432145—
St Andrews16,46537020—
North Berwick8,314986—
In brief

Anstruther in brief

The official list counts 214 listed buildings in Anstruther, 5 of them in the top category, including Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd Harbour Head and 50 East Shore Anstruther Easter. Only 8 of the 204 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.

Most entries on the list, 79%, are houses, terraces and villas. Thomas Chalmers (1780), Andrew Lawson (1861) and R. H. Bruce Lockhart (1887) are among the 13 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1972, when 206 of the 214 went on the list.

Questions about Anstruther’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Anstruther?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 214 buildings inside Anstruther’s locality: 5 Category A, 94 Category B and 115 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Anstruther?

5, including Anstruther Easter Parish Church (St Adrian's), Anstruther Wester Parish Church (Now St Adrian's Church Hall), Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd Harbour Head and 50 East Shore Anstruther Easter, The Manse, Backdykes Anstruther Easter (Including Garden Walls) and 1 (The White House), 1b (Merchants House) and 3, Shore, Anstruther Wester.

Which street in Anstruther has the most listed buildings?

Cellardyke (22), Anstruther Easter (19) and High Street Anstruther Wester (11) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Anstruther?

2, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest are Anstruther and Cellardyke.

When were Anstruther’s buildings listed?

The first in 1972; the most, 206, in 1972.

Who was born in Anstruther?

Among people born before 1900: Thomas Chalmers (1780), Andrew Lawson (1861), R. H. Bruce Lockhart (1887), David Martin (1737) and John Goodsir (1814).

Anstruther 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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