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Mercat Cross
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Category B listed building · Historic Environment Scotland

Mercat Cross

Listed Category B since 197254 years · Category B is the next 50% of Scotland’s listed buildings
MMemorialsCACupar conservation area1972Listed
DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗
About

About Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross is one of 58 Category B listed buildings in Cupar and about 23,187 in Scotland. It was among the first 147 buildings in Cupar to be listed, on 1 February 1972. It stands in the Cupar conservation area, designated in 1970. Within 400 metres are 3 more Category A buildings and 156 other listed buildings.

HESRead the official list entryHistoric Environment Scotland’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry LB24155↗

Category B is for particularly important buildings of regional importance, about 50% of all listed buildings in Scotland. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes

Cupar · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Mercat CrossStart here
  2. 236 Crossgate (Former Mansion House Only, Omnibus Sheds Excluded)Category B · 0.1 mi on
  3. 378 CrossgateCategory B · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Cupar Railway StationCategory B · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Wm Watt, Seed Merchant Offices (Former Prison) Station RoadCategory B · 0.1 mi on
Farther afield
1 BaronyCategory B0.2miBishopgate House, BishopgateCategory B0.2miBonnygate, Temple Knowe Garden HouseCategory B0.2miGoods Shed at Cupar Railway StationCategory A0.2miParish ChurchCategory B0.2miPreston Lodge, 95 BonnygateCategory A0.2mi
Around it

74 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Category A and B ones open their own page; Category C ones open the official list entry.

C1, 3 the Cross (Front Building Only)18 mB1-3 Crossgate and 6 Bonnygate21 mCFormer George Hotel, 11-13 Crossgate (Front Building Only)21 mC5-9 Crossgate (Front Building Only)22 mC6, 8 Bonnygate28 mC6 Crossgate29 mC4 Crossgate30 mC15-17 Crossgate (Front Building Only)30 mBTown Hall, And 5 St Catherine St31 mC8-12 Crossgate33 mC7 the Cross33 mC2-6 St Catherine Street34 mB5 the Cross and Walker's Tavern Within Close37 mC19 Crossgate (Front Building Only)37 mC3-5 Bonnygate38 mB7-9 St Catherine Street38 mC8 St Catherine Street40 mC7-13 Bonnygate (Excluding Rear Properties at 11)40 m
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C10 Bonnygate41 mC14 Crossgate and Close to No 16 (Buildings at Rear at No 16 Excluded).42 mC12, 14 Bonnygate48 mB18 Crossgate Royal Bank of Scotland49 mC21-27 Crossgate (Front Building Only)52 mB11, 13 St Catherine Street52 mC16 Bonnygate56 mC20 Crossgate56 mBThe Corn Exchange Tower Only56 mC19-21 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)61 mC18, 20 Bonnygate62 mB15-25 St Catherine Street62 mC24-26 Crossgate63 mCStratheden Temperance Hotel, 23, 25 Bonnygate65 mC22, 24, 28 Bonnygate67 mB10, 12 St Catherine Street, Including Royal Bank (Formerly Commercial Bank) and Part of Bank of Scotland (Formerly British Linen Bank) Premises.67 mC28, 28A Crossgate71 mC29 Bonnygate74 mC30 Crossgate79 mB14 St Catherine Street, Bank of Scotland (Formerly British Linen Bank).81 mB31 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)82 mB22 Crossgate Edenbank House82 mBCastle Hill (Academy) Primary School Sw Wing82 mCDuncan Institute 33,35 Crossgate87 mC32-34 Crossgate88 mC35 Bonnygate89 mC34, 36 Bonnygate91 mC37-39 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)94 mC39-41 Crossgate (Front Building Only)94 mC38-40 Bonnygate96 mB16 St Catherine Street, Clydesdale Bank99 mC41 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)101 mC42 Bonnygate103 mC17 Kirk Wynd103 mC43-45 Crossgate (Front Building Only)104 mBCounty Buildings and former Court House, excluding 4-storey offices and police station adjoining to rear and single storey block to east, St Catherine Street, Cupar105 mC44-54 Bonnygate (Front Buildings Only)106 mC38-40 Crossgate107 mBSt James the Great Episcopal Church, St Catherine Street110 mC43 Bonnygate and 2, 4 Lady Wynd111 mB36 Crossgate (Former Mansion House Only, Omnibus Sheds Excluded)111 mC47-49 Crossgate (Front Building Only Rear Properties at 49 Excluded)114 mC44 Crossgate115 mBWinthank House, Kirk Wynd117 mCSavings Bank 46 Crossgate120 mB51-55 Crossgate and Buildings in Court at 57.126 mBRoyal Hotel, St Catherine Street126 mBCastle Hill (Academy) Original Primary School Building127 mCSupplies Department 48, 50 Crossgate131 mC56-58 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)132 mCYouth Employment Offices, 52 Crossgate139 mCAngle Cottage, Kirk Wynd141 mCWeights & Measures Offices 54 Crossgate144 mC59 Crossgate with Pend to 57144 mC55-57 Bonnygate (Front Building Only)146 mC60-62 Bonnygate150 m
More like it

Category A and B memorials near Cupar

Within 25 miles, with a photo.

Martyrs' Monument, The ScoresSt Andrews · 8 mi away
St Andrews War Memorial, North StreetSt Andrews · 9 mi away
St. Leonard's, Oliphant Memorial Dial.St Andrews · 9 mi away
Tay Street, Canopied Drinking Fountain Including Railings and Stone PiersNewport-on-Tay and Wormit · 9 mi away
Riverside Drive, Discovery Quay, Alexandra FountainDundee · 10 mi away
Nethergate, Mercat CrossDundee · 10 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of Robert BurnsDundee · 10 mi away
Albert Square, Statue of George KinlochDundee · 10 mi away

Questions about Mercat Cross

Is Mercat Cross listed?

Yes. Mercat Cross is listed Category B on Historic Environment Scotland’s designations (list entry LB24155), first listed on 1 February 1972.

Can you visit Mercat Cross?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Mercat Cross in a conservation area?

Yes, the Cupar conservation area, designated in 1970.

Listed buildings: Historic Environment Scotland, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check an entry on Historic Environment Scotland’s portal before relying on it. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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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