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History of Cupar · Historic Environment Scotland

179 listed buildings, 4 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Cupar’s locality, 203 for every 10,000 residents. Category C covers 117 of Cupar’s listed buildings. We have photos of 21 of its listed buildings.

4Category A58Category B24on Bonnygate
Listed buildings
179
203 per 10,000 residents
Category A
4
national importance
Category B
58
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Cupar in 21 photos

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Tarvit FarmTarvit FarmCategory A listedTown Hall, And 5 St Catherine StTown Hall, And 5 St Catherine StCategory B listedCastle Hill (Academy) Original Primary School BuildingCastle Hill (Academy) Original Primary School BuildingCategory B listedElmwood College, Main Block to South, Carslogie Road, CuparElmwood College, Main Block to South, Carslogie Road, CuparCategory B listedFormer George Hotel, 11-13 Crossgate (Front Building Only)Former George Hotel, 11-13 Crossgate (Front Building Only)Category C listed+16See 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 Cupar’s history is

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

Bandstand, Hood Park, Category BBaptist Church, Provost Wynd, Category BBellfield House, Millgate, Category BBishopgate House, Bishopgate, Category BBlairneuk, Corner West Port and Balgarvie Road, Category BBonnygate, Temple Knowe Garden House, Category BBridge over Eden Pitscottie Road, Category BCart Haugh, Cupar War Memorial with Piers and Railings, Category BCastle Hill (Academy) Original Primary School Building, Category BCastle Hill (Academy) Primary School Sw Wing, Category BCounty Buildings and former Court House, excluding 4-storey offices and police station adjoining to rear and single storey block to east, St Catherine Street, Cupar, Category BCupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church Graveyard, Category BCupar Railway Station, Category BDalgairn House, Category BEden Park, Eden Place, Category BElmwood College, Main Block to South, Carslogie Road, Cupar, Category BFerrymuir Farm (Formerly Ferrybank), Category BFreemasons' Hall, 72-74 Bonnygate, Category BKilrymont 1, 2 Millgate, Category BKnox's Cottages, South Road, Category BLadyinch, West Port, Category BMarybank, East Burnside Including Railings and Bridge over Lady Burn, Category BMercat Cross, Category BParish Church, Category BPreston Lodge 95 Bonnygate Gatepiers to Moat Hill Road, Category BPrestonhall Dovecot, Category BPrestonhall House and Gatepiers, Category BPrimrose Cottage (South Toll House), 1 Ceres Road (James Place), Category BRosemount Cottage, Rigg's Place and South Road, Category BRoyal Hotel, St Catherine Street, Category BSouthfield, Ceres Road (James Place), Category BSt James the Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street, Category BSt John's Church, Bonnygate, Category BStation Bridge over Railway, Category BThe Corn Exchange Tower Only, Category BTown Hall, And 5 St Catherine St, Category BWest Tollhouse, (Edenlea) Pitscottie Road, Category BWestfield House, Westfield Road, Category BWeston, West Port, Category BWinthank House, Kirk Wynd, Category BWm Watt, Seed Merchant Offices (Former Prison) Station Road, Category B1 Barony, Category B1 East Road, Boundary Wall with Toll Post and Gatepiers Excluding Modern House, Category B1-3 Crossgate and 6 Bonnygate, Category B10, 12 St Catherine Street, Including Royal Bank (Formerly Commercial Bank) and Part of Bank of Scotland (Formerly British Linen Bank) Premises., Category B11, 13 St Catherine Street, Category B14 St Catherine Street, Bank of Scotland (Formerly British Linen Bank)., Category B15-25 St Catherine Street, Category B16 St Catherine Street, Clydesdale Bank, Category B18 Crossgate Royal Bank of Scotland, Category B22 Crossgate Edenbank House, Category B31 Bonnygate (Front Building Only), Category B36 Crossgate (Former Mansion House Only, Omnibus Sheds Excluded), Category B5 the Cross and Walker's Tavern Within Close, Category B51-55 Crossgate and Buildings in Court at 57., Category B61-67 Bonnygate, Category B7-9 St Catherine Street, Category B78 Crossgate, Category BCupar Old St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church Comprising:- Tower and Remains of Nave; And, Category AGoods Shed at Cupar Railway Station, Category APreston Lodge, 95 Bonnygate, Category ATarvit Farm, Category A
Category ACategory B

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179 listed buildings by grade
4 Category A58 Category B117 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 4 Category A listed buildings in Cupar

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

House · listed 1984Tarvit FarmPhoto: James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Category B

The 58 Category B listed buildings in Cupar

Buildings of regional importance. 19 are photographed.

Memorials · listed 1972Mercat CrossPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church · listed 1972Parish ChurchPhoto: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Show the other 46
House · listed 19721 BaronyPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 197278 CrossgatePhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic streets

Bonnygate 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.

Bonnygate24 listed · 1 II*
Crossgate14 listed · 1 II*
78 Crossgate
Bonnygate (Front Building Only)8 listed · 1 II*
Crossgate (Front Building Only)7 listed
Kirk Wynd6 listed
Kirkgate5 listed
Provost Wynd5 listed
St Catherine Street5 listed · 3 II*
Barony4 listed · 1 II*
1 Barony

Of the 179 entries, 102 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Cupar’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas144
Public & civic buildings12
Churches, chapels & priories7
Walls, gates & bridges7
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs3

144 entries (80%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 4 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

117 Category C listed buildings

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

All 117 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Albert Hotel, 102, 104 BonnygateAngle Cottage, Kirk WyndArkaig 5 MillgateBell Baxter Academy-HallBell Baxter School Annexe, Lovers' LaneBonnygate Church, BonnygateBonnygate, Tulach ArdCastlebank Road, 'Castlebank' Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall and Excluding Modern Bungalow 'Cullaloe' in GroundsD Brown, Ashlar LaneD Maitland Makgill Crichton (1801-51) Statue, South RoadDuncan Institute 33,35 CrossgateEast Burnside, Burnside Hotel Gothic Wing (To East) and 1, 1A and 1B Bishopgate, Former United Presbyterian Church Including Boundary WallsEasterhill (Former Parsonage), Castlebank Road Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall (Excluding Modern Bungalow 'Suilven' in Grounds)Eden Villa, Barony Including Front Wall and GatesFormer George Hotel, 11-13 Crossgate (Front Building Only)Lord Chancellors House, 80 Crossgate excluding later extension to the rear (containing flats 80/2 and 80/3), Cupar.Moatview, North Union StreetO'brien, Ashlar LaneRoseville Bank StreetSavings Bank 46 CrossgateStratheden Temperance Hotel, 23, 25 BonnygateSupplies Department 48, 50 CrossgateThe BaronyVolcano Cafe, CrossgateWaterend Road, Footbridge over River EdenWeights & Measures Offices 54 CrossgateWest Port Bar, 130 BonnygateYMCA 93 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)Youth Employment Offices, 52 Crossgate1, 3 the Cross (Front Building Only)10 Bonnygate10 Kirk Wynd106 Bonnygate108 Bonnygate11 Provost Wynd110, 112 Bonnygate "the Star'114 Bonnygate116-120 Bonnygate12, 14 Bonnygate122-126 Bonnygate13 Provost Wynd14 Crossgate and Close to No 16 (Buildings at Rear at No 16 Excluded).15-17 Crossgate (Front Building Only)16 Bonnygate16 Provost Wynd17 Kirk Wynd18, 20 Bonnygate19 Crossgate (Front Building Only)19-21 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)2,4 Kirk Wynd2-4 Barony2-6 St Catherine Street20 Crossgate21-27 Crossgate (Front Building Only)22, 24, 28 Bonnygate23 Provost Wynd24-26 Crossgate28, 28A Crossgate29 Bonnygate29 Kirkgate3 East Road, Castlefield House, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall3 Millgate3-5 Bonnygate30 Crossgate32-34 Crossgate34 Kirkgate34, 36 Bonnygate35 Bonnygate35 Kirkgate (Front Building Only)36-40 Kirkgate37-39 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)38-40 Bonnygate38-40 Crossgate39-41 Crossgate (Front Building Only)4 Crossgate4 Millgate41 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)42 Bonnygate43 Bonnygate and 2, 4 Lady Wynd43-45 Crossgate (Front Building Only)44 Crossgate44,45 Kirkgate44-54 Bonnygate (Front Buildings Only)46,47 Kirkgate47-49 Crossgate (Front Building Only Rear Properties at 49 Excluded)5 Barony5,6 Kirk Wynd5-9 Crossgate (Front Building Only)55-57 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)56, 60, 62 Crossgate.56-58 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)59 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)59 Crossgate with Pend to 576 Crossgate6, 7 Barony6, 8 Bonnygate60-62 Bonnygate61-63 Crossgate (Front Building Only)65-67 Crossgate66-70 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)66-70 Crossgate7 Provost Wynd7 and 9 East Road Including Boundary Wall7 the Cross7,8 Kirk Wynd7-13 Bonnygate (Excluding Rear Properties at 11)73, 75 Bonnygate76,Crossgate8 St Catherine Street8-12 Crossgate82 and 84 Bonnygate. (Front Building Only)86-88 Bonnygate9 Kirk Wynd90-92 Bonnygate94 Bonnygate96 Bonnygate98 Bonnygate, Corner of Provost's Wynd
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 11% of Cupar

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

Cupar 197039 ha
39 hain conservation areas, of 368 ha inside the locality.

148 of the 179 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 Cupar’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972

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

1972 · 1471984 · 17
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 1 entry was listed in 1971. 147 came in 1972, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

Born here

16 notable people born in Cupar before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
Alexander Berry
George Govan
Charles Lees
Alexander Wood
Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken
Henrietta Keddie
Charles Christie Graham
Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet
William Wallace
Robert Duncan Milne
Bob Martin
Robert Robertson
Jane Stocks Greig
Alec Fraser
Sir Garnet Wilson
175017751800182518501875190019251950
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell1779–1861 · British politician (1779-1861)
Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood1817–1884 · Scottish physician
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William Wallace1844–1897 · Scottish philosopher (1844–1897)
Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet1841–1920 · British politician (1841-1920)
Jane Stocks Greig
Jane Stocks Greig1874–1950 · Scottish-Australian medical doctor and public health specialist
Alexander Berry
Alexander Berry1781–1873 · Australian politician (1781-1873)
Robert Duncan Milne
Robert Duncan Milne1844–1899 · American writer (1844–1899)
BM
Bob Martin1848–1917 · Professional golfer

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

Towns its size

Cupar has the 26th most Category A buildings of 197 towns its size

Scottish towns of 4,000–22,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
St Andrews20
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Banff11
Musselburgh11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
Jedburgh8
Cupar4
#17 of 197for listed buildings per resident (203 per 10,000). Banff, Anstruther and Rothesay lead.

25 have more. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Cupar

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Cupar8,8351794—
Kennoway4,665160—
Leven10,088330—
St Andrews16,46537020—
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit4,119370—
Methil10,712160—
Buckhaven4,41370—
Tayport3,967390—
In brief

Cupar in brief

The official list counts 179 listed buildings in Cupar, 4 of them in the top category, including Tarvit Farm. Only 25 of the 197 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.

Most entries on the list, 80%, are houses, terraces and villas. John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1779), Alexander Wood (1817) and William Wallace (1844) are among the 16 people born here before 1900. The big year was 1972, when 147 of the 179 went on the list.

Questions about Cupar’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Cupar?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 179 buildings inside Cupar’s locality: 4 Category A, 58 Category B and 117 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Cupar?

4, including Cupar Old St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church Comprising:- Tower and Remains of Nave; And, Goods Shed at Cupar Railway Station, Preston Lodge, 95 Bonnygate and Tarvit Farm.

Which street in Cupar has the most listed buildings?

Bonnygate (24), Crossgate (14) and Bonnygate (Front Building Only) (8) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Cupar?

1, covering about 39 hectares of the town. The largest is Cupar.

When were Cupar’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 147, in 1972.

Who was born in Cupar?

Among people born before 1900: John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1779), Alexander Wood (1817), William Wallace (1844), Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet (1841) and Jane Stocks Greig (1874).

Cupar 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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