AHouse · listed 1972Queen Street, The Friary Including Well and Vaulted CellarsPhoto: Kim Traynor · CC BY 3.0
Queen Street, The Friary Including Well and Vaulted Cellars · Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Inverkeithing · Historic Environment Scotland
47 listed buildings, 5 of them in the top category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Inverkeithing’s locality, 89 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Inverkeithing, 26 are Category C. We have photos of 12 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town.
Listed buildings
47
89 per 10,000 residents
Category A
5
national importance
Category B
16
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Inverkeithing in 14 photos and old views
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Bank Street, Mercat CrossCategory A listed
Church Street, Inverkeithing Parish Church (St Peter's Building; Church of Scotland) Including Churchyard and Boundary WallsCategory B listed
Commercial Road, Bridge over Keithing BurnCategory C listed
16, 20, 22 High, Street Burgh Arms HotelCategory C listed
Inverkeithing Station, Including Timber FenceCategory B listed+9See 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.
Through time
Inverkeithing from 1903 to 1913
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1903
1913Public 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 Inverkeithing’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory B400 m from Bank Street, Mercat Cross
5 of 5Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Bank Street, Mercat Cross, a five-minute walk. So do 39 of the 47 listed buildings.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
47 listed buildings by grade
5 Category A16 Category B26 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 Inverkeithing
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 5 of these stand within 400 m of Bank Street, Mercat Cross. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
AMemorials · listed 1972Bank Street, Mercat CrossPhoto: Arcaist · CC BY-SA 4.0
AHouse · listed 19722, 4 Bank Street, Thomson's HousePhoto: kim traynor · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1972Townhall Street, Town House
House · listed 197216, 18 Church Street, Fordell's Lodging
Category B
The 16 Category B listed buildings in Inverkeithing
Buildings of regional importance. 7 are photographed.
BWalls & gates · listed 1972Church Street, Inverkeithing Parish Church (St Peter's Building; Church of Scotland) Including Churchyard and Boundary WallsPhoto: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0
BPublic · listed 2004Inverkeithing Station, Including Timber FencePhoto: Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
BPublic · listed 2004Hillend Road, Inverkeithing High SchoolPhoto: Scott Cormie · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 2004Hope Street, Forth Bridge Approach Railway, Truss BridgePhoto: tormentor4555 · CC BY-SA 3.0
BHouse · listed 2004Jamestown, Ferryhills Road, Naval Base MansionsPhoto: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0
BHouse · listed 198512, 14, 18 High Street, Providence HousePhoto: kim traynor · CC BY-SA 2.0
BHouse · listed 197958, 60 Church Street, Inverkeithing Parish Church (St John's Building; Church of Scotland) Including Adjoining Hall and Offices, Boundary Walls and RailingsPhoto: Graeme Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 2004Boreland Road, Bridge over Keithing Burn, Halbeath Waggon Way and Railway
Church · listed 2004Church Street, Standard Lamp
House · listed 1979Commercial Road, Rosebery Doocot
Street furniture · listed 2004Hope Street, K6 Telephone Kiosk
Show the other 4
House · listed 19792 Hope Street, (Old Corn Exchange) Including Terrace
House · listed 197979 Hope Street, Viewforth
House · listed 197979, 81 High Street, Including Wash House and Boundary Walls
What’s protected
Most of Inverkeithing’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Walls, gates & bridges10
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
29 entries (62%) 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
26 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 26 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Church Street, Inverkeithing LibraryChurch Street, War MemorialCommercial Road, Bridge over Keithing BurnFormer Inverkeithing Primary School, excluding the early-20th century primary school building, entrance gatepiers and gateways, boundary walls and playshed, Roods Road, InverkeithingHope Street, St Peter's Episcopal Church Including Boundary WallKing Street, Bridge over Keithing BurnKing Street, Railway Bridge and 2 Associated Footbridges Along Line to SouthPort Street, Vennel WallRoman Road, Town WallThomson's House Doocot (To Rear of 2, 4 Bank Street)1 Bank Street (4, 4A High Street)1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 High Street, Central Bar10 High Street (3 Bank Street)13 Heriot Street, Moffat Cottage, Including Summerhouse14 Chapel Place, Creggs, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers16, 20, 22 High, Street Burgh Arms Hotel2 King Street (1 Heriot Street), Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers23, 25, 27 Townhall Street34, 36, 38, 40 High Street35, 37 High Street, Royal Bank of Scotland54 Hope Street (Old Parish Manse) Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Garden Steps54, 56 High Street (1 Queen Street)6, 8 High Street8 Bank Street, Park House Stables8, 10, 12, 14 Church Street, Queen's Hotel9, 9A, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 (Odd Nos) Townhall Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 2.8% of Inverkeithing
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Inverkeithing 19706 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 209 ha inside the locality.
26 of the 47 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
20 of Inverkeithing’s 47 listed buildings were added in 2004
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2004 · 201979 · 141972 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1972, 5 of the 5 Category A buildings among them. 20 came in 2004. Only 0 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.
1 Inventory battlefield
Born here
5 notable people born in Inverkeithing before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Samuel Greig
David Spence
Alexander Bell Donald
Barney Armit
Doug Morgan
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SG
Samuel Greig1736–1788 · Russian admiral of Scottish origin (1736-1788)
David Spence1818–1877 · Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (1818–1877)
Doug Morgan1890–1916 · Scottish footballer (1890-1916)
AD
Alexander Bell Donald1842–1922 · Seaman, sailmaker, merchant, ship owner (1842-1922)
BA
Barney Armit1874–1899 · New Zealand rugby union player (1874-1899)
Everyone born in Inverkeithing → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Inverkeithing has the 15th most Category A buildings of 232 towns its size
Scottish towns of 2,000–13,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.
Inverkeithing5
#61 of 232for listed buildings per resident (89 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.
14 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Inverkeithing
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverkeithing | 5,273 | 47 | 5 | — |
| Rosyth | 13,309 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Dalgety Bay and Hillend | 9,452 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Dunfermline | 56,053 | 166 | 10 | — |
| South Queensferry | 10,214 | 116 | 6 | — |
| Crossgates | 2,993 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kirkliston | 5,607 | 21 | 1 | — |
| Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans | 11,979 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Inverkeithing in brief
The official list counts 47 listed buildings in Inverkeithing, 5 of them in the top category, including Queen Street, The Friary Including Well and Vaulted Cellars. Bank Street, Mercat Cross sits at the heart of it all, with 5 of the town’s Category A buildings within 400 m. Only 14 of the 232 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 62% are houses, terraces and villas. Samuel Greig (1736), David Spence (1818) and Doug Morgan (1890) are among the 5 people born here before 1900.
Questions about Inverkeithing’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Inverkeithing?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 47 buildings inside Inverkeithing’s locality: 5 Category A, 16 Category B and 26 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Inverkeithing?
5, including Bank Street, Mercat Cross, Queen Street, The Friary Including Well and Vaulted Cellars, Townhall Street, Town House, 16, 18 Church Street, Fordell's Lodging and 2, 4 Bank Street, Thomson's House.
How many conservation areas are there in Inverkeithing?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Inverkeithing.
When were Inverkeithing’s buildings listed?
The first in 1972; the most, 20, in 2004.
Are there old photos of Inverkeithing?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1903 to 1913, all on this page.
Who was born in Inverkeithing?
Among people born before 1900: Samuel Greig (1736), David Spence (1818), Doug Morgan (1890), Alexander Bell Donald (1842) and Barney Armit (1874).
Inverkeithing 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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