AWalls & gates · listed 1972Leslie House with Conservatory, Terraced Garden and Boundary WallsPhoto: Michael Westwater / Mcwesty at en · CC BY-SA 3.0
Glenrothes, Warout Road,St Paul's Roman Catholic Church with Presbytery and Boundary Walls · Photo: Michael Westwater ( Mcwesty ) at en · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Glenrothes · Historic Environment Scotland
38 listed buildings, 4 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Glenrothes’s locality, 10 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
38
10 per 10,000 residents
Category A
4
national importance
Category B
14
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
2
2 gardens & designed landscapes
In pictures
Glenrothes in 13 photos
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Leslie House with Conservatory, Terraced Garden and Boundary WallsCategory A listed
Balfarg Farmhouse, henge & standing stones 280m WSW ofScheduled monument
Alburne Park, Balbirnie BridgeCategory B listed
Western Avenue Underpass, Untitled (Industry, Past and Present)Category C listed
Balbirnie Railway ViaductCategory B listed+8See all photosPhotos 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 Glenrothes’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
38 listed buildings by grade
4 Category A14 Category B20 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 Glenrothes
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
AWalls & gates · listed 1987Glenrothes, Warout Road,St Paul's Roman Catholic Church with Presbytery and Boundary WallsPhoto: Michael Westwater ( Mcwesty ) at en · CC BY-SA 3.0
AWalls & gates · listed 1972Balbirnie Park, Balbirnie House with Sundial, Garden Seat, Boundary Wall, Gatepier and GatePhoto: Michael Westwater ( Mcwesty ) at en · Public domain
APublic · listed 2004Glenrothes, Church Street, St Columba's Parish Church Including Hall and Bell TowerPhoto: Mcwesty · CC BY-SA 3.0
Category B
The 14 Category B listed buildings in Glenrothes
Buildings of regional importance. 5 are photographed.
BWalls & gates · listed 1972Alburne Park, Balbirnie BridgePhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 4.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1972Balbirnie Railway ViaductPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 4.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1996Alburne Park, Levenbank with Outbuilding, Gate, Gatepiers and Boundary Wallsalburne Park, Levenbank with Outbuilding, Gate, Gatepiers and Boundary WallsPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1972Balbirnie Park, Balbirnie Stables with Boundary WallPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 1994Leslie House Policies, High Street, West LodgePhoto: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1996Balbirnie Park, Walled Garden
Walls & gates · listed 1979Balbirnie Park, West Lodge with Boundary Walls
Church · listed 2011Church Street, Ex Terra
House · listed 1972Coul Farmhouse
Walls & gates · listed 1983Coul Mains with Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 1986Glenwood Road, Glenwood House with Outbuildings, Boundary Walls Gatepiers and Gates
Walls & gates · listed 1972Leslie House Policies, Gates and Gatepies, Duke's Lodge
Show the other 2
Walls & gates · listed 1994Leslie House Policies, High Street, West Gate, With Boundary Walls
House · listed 19945 Leslie Mains, Keepers House
What’s protected
Most of Glenrothes’s listed buildings are walls, gates and bridges
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Walls, gates & bridges20
Houses, terraces & villas13
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
13 entries (34%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
20 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 20 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Balbirnie Park, Balbirnie Burn BridgeBalbirnie Park, Balbirnie Mains Farm, Dairy with Pavilion and Boundary WallsBalbirnie Park, Lodge at Stob Cross with Gatepier and Boundary WallsBalfarg Farmhouse with Boundary WallsBalgeddie House HotelBeaufort Drive, HengeCoul Steadings, Nos 4, 5, 6 and 7Glenrothes, Woodside Road, St Margaret's Parish ChurchInchdairnie Lodge with Boundary WallsLeslie House Policies, Duke's LodgeLeslie House Policies, Forester's Lodge, Lodge Rise with Gatepiers and Boundary WallsLeslie Mains, Mains Lodge with Boundary Wall and GatepiersLothrie Burn BridgeNorth Street, The BirdsRothes House (former mill owner's house, Tullis Russell Paper Mills), MarkinchWestern Avenue Underpass, Untitled (Industry, Past and Present)1, 2 and 3 Balfarg Cottages with Boundary Wall22 Iona Park, Gilven House with Gatepiers, Boundary Walls and Railings37-51 (Odd Nos) Glenwood Road4 Leslie Mains
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.3% of Glenrothes
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cadham Village 19707 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 2,114 ha inside the locality.
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
10 of Glenrothes’s 38 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 101996 · 101994 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1972, 2 of the 4 Category A buildings among them. Only 4 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.
Balfarg Farmhouse, henge & standing stones 280m WSW ofPrehistoric ritual and funerary: henge
Pitcairn HouseSecular: house
2 gardens and designed landscapes
BalbirnieGarden and designed landscape
Leslie HouseGarden and designed landscape
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Glenrothes
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenrothes | 37,466 | 38 | 4 | — |
| Leslie | 2,888 | 63 | 0 | — |
| Cardenden and Auchterderran | 5,266 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Kirkcaldy and Dysart | 51,135 | 284 | 10 | — |
| Kennoway | 4,665 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Buckhaven | 4,413 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Methil | 10,712 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Ballingry | 5,823 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Glenrothes in brief
The official list counts 38 listed buildings in Glenrothes, 4 of them in the top category, including Leslie House with Conservatory, Terraced Garden and Boundary Walls. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 53% are walls, gates and bridges. The rest is about typical: it has 4 Category A buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Glenrothes’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Glenrothes?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 38 buildings inside Glenrothes’s locality: 4 Category A, 14 Category B and 20 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Glenrothes?
4, including Balbirnie Park, Balbirnie House with Sundial, Garden Seat, Boundary Wall, Gatepier and Gate, Glenrothes, Church Street, St Columba's Parish Church Including Hall and Bell Tower, Glenrothes, Warout Road,St Paul's Roman Catholic Church with Presbytery and Boundary Walls and Leslie House with Conservatory, Terraced Garden and Boundary Walls.
Are there scheduled monuments in Glenrothes?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Balfarg Farmhouse, henge & standing stones 280m WSW of and Pitcairn House.
How many conservation areas are there in Glenrothes?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Cadham Village.
When were Glenrothes’s buildings listed?
The first in 1972; the most, 10, in 1972.
Glenrothes 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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