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History of Dunfermline · Historic Environment Scotland

166 listed buildings, 10 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Dunfermline’s locality, 30 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 7 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 30 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town.

10Category A77Category B1945old map7scheduled monuments8on High Street
Listed buildings
166
30 per 10,000 residents
Category A
10
national importance
Category B
77
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
7
1 garden or designed landscape
In pictures

Dunfermline in 37 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Off Queensferry Road, Pitreavie CastleOff Queensferry Road, Pitreavie CastleCategory A listedPittencrieff Park, Pittencrieff House, Including Parapet Wall to NorthPittencrieff Park, Pittencrieff House, Including Parapet Wall to NorthCategory A listedFoundry Street, St Margaret's Works (Castleblair Ltd)Foundry Street, St Margaret's Works (Castleblair Ltd)Category B listed1-57 (Inclusive Nos) Skibo Court, Former Lauder Technical College1-57 (Inclusive Nos) Skibo Court, Former Lauder Technical CollegeCategory B listed13-15 (Odd Nos) Kirkgate, The Old Inn13-15 (Odd Nos) Kirkgate, The Old InnCategory C listed+32See 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.

Through time

Dunfermline from 1905 to 1945

An old map and 1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Dunfermline cooling-roomc. 1905
EdwardianDunfermline cooling-roomPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
map of Dunfermline 1 inch to the mile scale scanned at 600 DPI1945
Old mapmap of Dunfermline 1 inch to the mile scale scanned at 600 DPIMap: OS · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Dunfermline’s history is

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

Pittencrieff Park, garden or designed landscapeDunfermline Abbey, scheduled monumentDunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage, scheduled monumentDunfermline, stretch of abbey precinct wall on Canmore Street, scheduled monumentEaster Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline, scheduled monumentMalcolm Canmore's Tower, scheduled monumentNorth Wood, Dunfermline, cairn 140m NNW of crematorium, scheduled monumentPerdieus Mount, motte, Dunfermline, scheduled monumentAbbot Street, Central Library, Category BBothwell Street Railway Viaduct, Category BBothwell Street, Former St Leonard's Works Warehouse and Office Block (Erskine Beveridge Court), Including Entrance Piers to West, Category BBothwell Street, The Rhodes, Including Gatepiers to Bothwell Street, Category BBrucefield Avenue, St Leonard's Church (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers and Church Hall to East, Category BCarnegie Drive, Dunfermline Fire Station, Category BComely Park, To North West of Nos 13-15, Edward VIII Post Box, Category BDunfermline Abbey, Entrance Gateways and Boundary Walls and Railings, Including Toolhouse, To Abbey Nave and New Church, Category BDunfermline, Broomhead House Including Balustraded Wall, Category BDunfermline, Headwell Avenue, Headwell House Including Boundary Wall, Category BEast Port, Carnegie Hall, Including Boundary Wall and Steps to North, Category BEast Port, Carnegie Music Institute, Category BEast Port, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Category BEast Port, St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, Category BEast Port, Viewfield Baptist Church, Including Hall, Category BFoundry Street, St Margaret's Works (Castleblair Ltd), Category BGlen Bridge, Over Tower Burn, Category BHigh Street, Market Cross to North of Guildhall Street, Category BHospital Administration Block, Lynebank Hospital, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, Category BKingseat Road, South Bellyeoman Farmhouse, Including Boundary Wall, Category BLeys Park Road, Former Dunfermline Poorhouse and Northern Hospital (Ley's Park Nursing Home), Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall, Category BNew Row, Comely Park House Sundial, Category BOff Old Mill Court, Brucefield House, Category BOff Reid Street to E, Priory House, Formerly Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital Nurses' Home, Category BPitreavie Castle, Dovecot to North East, Category BPittencrieff Park, Dovecot, Category BPittencrieff Park, East Gateway, St Catherine's Wynd, Including Boundary Wall, Category BPittencrieff Park, Music Pavilion and Cafeteria, Including Terraced Seating to North, Category BPittencrieff Park, Statue of Andrew Carnegie, Category BPittencrieff Park, Telephone Kiosk to West of Pittencrieff House, Category BPittencrieff Park, Tower Bridge, Category BQueen Anne Street, Former Saint Andrew's Erskine Church, Including Boundary Wall, Category BQueen Anne Street, Statue of Ralph Erskine to South of Former St Andrew's Erskine Church, Category BSouth Fod House Including Gatepiers, Category BSt John's Drive, Garvock House Hotel, Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers, Category BSt Margaret's Drive, Dunfermline Public Park, Bandstand, Category BViewfield Terrace, 3-8 (Inclusive Nos) Viewfield House, Category B1 Moodie Street, Old Kirk House (Former Abbey Church Manse), Including Gateway and Boundary Wall, Category B1-3 (Odd Nos) East Port, Former Bank of Scotland, Category B1-57 (Inclusive Nos) Skibo Court, Former Lauder Technical College, Category B1-7 (Inclusive Nos) Queen's Court, Former Commercial School, Category B100 and 102 High Street, Category B104-106 High Street, Category B11 Abbey Park Place, Category B15 Abbey Park Place, Abbey Park House, Including Gateway, Boundary Wall, Railings and Lamp Standards, Category B15 East Port, Former Prudential Assurance Offices, Category B19, 21, 23 Kirkgate, Category B2 Canmore Street, Category B2-18 (Even Nos) Maygate, Category B2-4 (Even Nos) Moodie Street and 5 Priory Lane, Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B2-8 (Even Nos) Abbot Street, Category B25 Canmore Street, Category B25 High Street, Category B25-27 (Odd Nos) East Port, Category B27 Canmore Street, Category B29 Canmore Street, Category B30-32 (Even Nos) Queen Anne Street, Including Railings and Gatepiers to West, Category B33 Canmore Street, Alhambra Bingo Hall, Category B33 East Port, Category B34 Queen Anne Street, Category B35-41 (Odd Nos) East Port, Including Railings, Category B39 Priory Lane, Former Masonic Lodge, Category B42-44 (Even Nos) Queen Anne Street, Head Post Office, Including Former Stable Yard and Boundary Wall, Category B43-45 (Odd Nos) East Port, Century House, Category B44-46 (Even Nos) East Port, Robins Cinema, Category B46 Pilmuir Street, Carnegie Leisure Centre, Category B5 Abbey Park Place, Including Boundary Walls, Category B5-7 (Odd Nos) Abbot Street, Category B58-73 (Inclusive Nos) Skibo Court, Former High School, Including Gateway to Buchanan Street, Category B6 Canmore Street, Dunfermline Congregational Church, Including Boundary Wall, Category B60 New Row, British Legion Club (Front Building), Category B60-64 High Street, Clydesdale Bank, Category B65 Inglis Street and Pilmuir Street, Carnegie Clinic, Category B66 High Street, Category B80 Rose Street, Albany House Including Pavilions and Boundary and Garden Walls, Category B82 High Street and 1 Douglas Street, Category B85 New Row, Wilson's Institution, Category BDunfermline Abbey, Nave and memorials in burial ground, excluding scheduled monument SM90116, Dunfermline, Category ADunfermline Abbey, New Abbey Parish Church, Church of Scotland, Category AOff Queensferry Road, Pitreavie Castle, Category AOld Duloch House, Including Former Stables, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Walled Garden, Category APilmuir Street, And Returns to Foundry Street and Cousins Lane, Pilmuir Works, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall to West, Category APittencrieff Park, Louise Carnegie Memorial Gateway, Including Detached Lamp Standards, Junction of Bridge Street and Chalmers Street, Category APittencrieff Park, Pittencrieff House, Including Parapet Wall to North, Category A21 Maygate and Abbot Street, Abbot House, Including Gateways and Decorative Ironwork to East and West, Category A3 Bridge Street, City Chambers, Category A81-85 (Odd Nos) High Street and 4 Guildhall Street, Former Guildhall, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Dunfermline Abbey, Nave and memorials in burial ground, excluding scheduled monument SM90116, Dunfermline
7 of 10Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Dunfermline Abbey, Nave and memorials in burial ground, excluding scheduled monument SM90116, Dunfermline, a five-minute walk. So do 92 of the 166 listed buildings.

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

166 listed buildings by grade
10 Category A77 Category B79 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 10 Category A listed buildings in Dunfermline

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 7 of these stand within 400 m of Dunfermline Abbey, Nave and memorials in burial ground, excluding scheduled monument SM90116, Dunfermline. 8 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 77 Category B listed buildings in Dunfermline

Buildings of regional importance. 21 are photographed.

Show the other 65
House · listed 199225 High StreetPhoto: Delphine Dallison · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 199733 East PortPhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic streets

High Street 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.

High Street8 listed · 4 II*
25 High Street
Canmore Street6 listed · 4 II*
Abbey Park Place3 listed · 1 II*

Of the 166 entries, 67 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Dunfermline’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas104
Walls, gates & bridges35
Public & civic buildings13
Churches, chapels & priories6
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses2

104 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 10 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

79 Category C listed buildings

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

All 79 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Baldridgeburn, Mclean Primary School, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall to SouthBruce Street Hall, 37-39 Bruce Street (former drill hall administration block) excluding hall to rear, DunfermlineChapel Street, Gillespie Memorial Church, (Church of Scotland), Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to WestDouglas Street, The Commercial InnDunfermline, Broomhead Mews Including GatepiersEast Port, Pair of Gatepiers to West of Carnegie Hall at Nt 0952 8751Elgin Street, Grange Bridge over Lyne BurnFormer Viaduct to East of Buffies Brae at Nt 0888 8786Front section including two-bay returns of central office block only and engine house of the former Victoria Works, excluding interior and rear of central office block, adjoining mill buildings (numbers 1-16 Lady Campbells Court) and boundary walls, PilmGardeners Street, Former Albany Works Office Building (Albany Business Centre), Including Gatepiers and Boundary WallGarvock Hill (Corner of Appin Crescent), Former North Lodge to Transy Estate, Including Railed Wall and Gatepiers to North and EastGolfdrum Street, North Parish Church (Church of Scotland)Halbeath Road, Entrance Gateway to Dunfermline Cemetery, Including Cemetery Dividing Wall and Gateways to North West and Boundary Wall to Bellyeoman RoadLeys Park Road, Former Fever Hospital (Mclean House)Leys Park Road, Former Poorhouse Probationary Ward ('The Lodge'), Including Gatepiers and Boundary WallMilesmark, Elgin Cottage Including Greenhouse, Boundary Wall and GatepiersMonastery Street (North Side), World War II MemorialMonastery Street (South Side), World War I MemorialNew Row, Comely Park House, Including Boundary Wall, Walled Garden and Outhouses to NorthOff Woodmill Road to North, Woodmill Bridge over Lyne BurnOff Woodmill Road to North, Woodmill Farmhouse, Including Attached Outbuilding to WestOld Linburn Road to East, Entrance Gateway at No 43 (Formerly to Southfod House)Park Place, Barum HousePhoenix Lane, Footbridge over Former Stirling and Dunfermline RailwayPittencrieff Park, Bridge to West of Tower BridgePittencrieff Park, Footbridge over Tower Burn at Nt 0884 8733Pittencrieff Park, Pittencrieff Lodge and Gateway (Pittencrieff Street)Pittencrieff Park, South East Gateway, West Nethertown StreetPittencrieff Park, Summerhouse to North of Tower BridgePittencrieff Park, West Gateway, Coal RoadPriory Lane, Dunfermline Bowling Club Pavilion Including Boundary WallPriory Lane, Former High School Lodge, Including Gateposts and Boundary Wall to South/ South-EastQueensferry Road, Former St Leonard's Hill House, Including Entrance Gateway to South EastRumblingwell, Milesmark Primary School, Including Boundary WallSt Leonard's Street, St Leonard's Primary School, Including Gateways, Railings and Boundary WallSt Margaret's Drive, Dunfermline Public Park, Drinking FountainWalmer Drive (East Side), Former Villa to South of and Forming Part of Fife Council Housing ServiceWoodmill Road, Brucefield Manor HotelWoodmill Road, Southwood, Including Garage1 Canmore Street, St Margaret's Hotel10 Forth Street to Rear, Former Nethertown Railway Bridge11 Guildhall Street, Former Employment Exchange Building12 Abbey Park Place12 Chapel Street123 Rose Street, Including Walled Yard to North125 High Street13 Abbey Park Place13-15 (Odd Nos) Kirkgate, The Old Inn14-18 (Even Nos) Buchanan Street, Including Outhouse to Nw16-18 (Even Nos) Douglas Street22-24 (Even Nos) Buchanan Street, Including Outhouse to Nw23 Guildhall Street24-32 (Even Nos) Canmore Street26-28 (Even Nos) Maygate26-28 (Inclusive Nos) Guildhall Street26-30 (Even Nos) Bridge Street28-34 (Even Nos) Bruce Street3-13 (Odd Nos) Bruce Street31 Canmore Street32-36 (Even Nos) Bridge Street33 Townhill Road34 and 36 Garvock Hill38 High Street4 Canmore Street, Former Burgh of Dunfermline Gas Department5 Guildhall Street, Somewhere Else5-11 (Odd Nos) Douglas Street5-7 (Odd Nos) East Port, Including East Port Bar53 and 55 High Street58 -62 (Even Nos) Buffies Brae58-64 (Even Nos) East Port, Lorne House6 Kirkgate, Tappie Toories6-12 (Even Nos) New Row6-8 (Even Nos) Pilmuir Street, Former Women's Institute7 Canmore Street7 Nethertown Broad Street, Former Nethertown Institute (Dell Farquharson Community Leisure Centre)7-9 (Odd Nos) High Street78-80 High Street8-14 (Even Nos) Bruce Street, Including the Bruce Tavern95-101 (Odd Nos) Appin Crescent and 2-6 (Even Nos) Couston Street, Former Dunfermline Co-Operative Building
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 4.8% of Dunfermline

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

Dunfermline 197099 ha
99 hain conservation areas, of 2,072 ha inside the locality.

117 of the 166 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

55 of Dunfermline’s 166 listed buildings were added in 2000

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

2000 · 551971 · 471979 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 47 entries were listed in 1971, 8 of the 10 Category A buildings among them. 55 came in 2000. Only 2 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.

7 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.

Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline AbbeyEcclesiastical: gateway
Dunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline
Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, DunfermlinePrehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Malcolm Canmore's Tower
North Wood, Dunfermline, cairn 140m NNW of crematoriumPrehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)

1 garden or designed landscape

Pittencrieff Park
Pittencrieff ParkGarden and designed landscape

1 Inventory battlefield

Born here

46 notable people born in Dunfermline before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Alexander I of Scotland
Matilda of Scotland
David II of Scotland
James I of Scotland
John Stewart, Earl of Mar
Adam Blackwood
Charles I of England
King Charles the Martyr
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
John Forbes
Andrew Mitchell
William Adam
Joseph Noel Paton
Amelia Robertson Hill
John Struthers
James M. Ritchie
Andrew Carnegie
William Adamson
Bob Snedden
Alec Craig
1050120013501500165018001950
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie1835–1919 · Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
Charles I of England
Charles I of England1600–1649 · King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)
James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland1394–1437 · King of Scots from 1406 to 1437
David II of Scotland
David II of Scotland1324–1371 · King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371
Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander I of Scotland1078–1124 · King of the Scots (1078-1124)
Matilda of Scotland
Matilda of Scotland1080–1118 · Queen consort of England
Joseph Noel Paton
Joseph Noel Paton1821–1901 · British artist (1821-1901)
William Adamson
William Adamson1863–1936 · British politician (1863–1936)

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Dunfermline

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Dunfermline56,05316610—
Rosyth13,30990—
Crossgates2,99300—
Inverkeithing5,273475—
Dalgety Bay and Hillend9,45272—
Cairneyhill2,65710—
Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans11,97920—
Kelty6,89880—
In brief

Dunfermline in brief

Dunfermline has 166 listed buildings, 10 of them in the top category, including Off Queensferry Road, Pitreavie Castle. On High Street alone there are 8 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas.

Of the 46 people born here before 1900, the best known include Andrew Carnegie (1835), Charles I of England (1600) and James I of Scotland (1394). It also has 7 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. Beyond that, it has 10 Category A buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 4).

Questions about Dunfermline’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Dunfermline?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 166 buildings inside Dunfermline’s locality: 10 Category A, 77 Category B and 79 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Dunfermline?

10, including Dunfermline Abbey, Nave and memorials in burial ground, excluding scheduled monument SM90116, Dunfermline, Dunfermline Abbey, New Abbey Parish Church, Church of Scotland, Off Queensferry Road, Pitreavie Castle, Old Duloch House, Including Former Stables, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Walled Garden, Pilmuir Street, And Returns to Foundry Street and Cousins Lane, Pilmuir Works, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall to West and Pittencrieff Park, Louise Carnegie Memorial Gateway, Including Detached Lamp Standards, Junction of Bridge Street and Chalmers Street.

Which street in Dunfermline has the most listed buildings?

High Street (8), Canmore Street (6) and Abbey Park Place (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Dunfermline?

Yes, 7 scheduled monuments, including Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline Abbey, Nether Yett, 10m NNE of Old Kirk Cottage, Dunfermline, stretch of abbey precinct wall on Canmore Street and Easter Pitcorthie, standing stone, Standing Stone Walk, Dunfermline.

How many conservation areas are there in Dunfermline?

1, covering about 99 hectares of the town. The largest is Dunfermline.

When were Dunfermline’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 55, in 2000.

Are there old photos of Dunfermline?

Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1905 to 1905, and an old map from 1945, all on this page.

Who was born in Dunfermline?

Among people born before 1900: Andrew Carnegie (1835), Charles I of England (1600), James I of Scotland (1394), David II of Scotland (1324) and Alexander I of Scotland (1078).

Dunfermline 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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