BChurch · listed 1999Durie Street, St Peter's Roman Catholic ChurchPhoto: Jim Bain · CC BY-SA 2.0
Linnwood Hall · Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Leven · Historic Environment Scotland
33 listed buildings, 10 of them in the second category
23 of Leven’s listed buildings are Category C. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Leven’s locality, 33 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
33
33 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
10
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Leven
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Durie Street, St Peter's Roman Catholic ChurchCategory B listed
Largo Road, Obertal (Formerly Nia-Roo) with Boundary WallsCategory B listed
Links Road, BallindallochCategory C listed+1See 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 Leven’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
33 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A10 Category B23 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 B
The 10 Category B listed buildings in Leven
Buildings of regional importance. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
BPublic · listed 1999Linnwood HallPhoto: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1986Largo Road, Obertal (Formerly Nia-Roo) with Boundary WallsPhoto: Drkirstyross · CC BY-SA 3.0
Walls & gates · listed 1999Durie Street, Carberry House with Walled Garden and Boundary Walls
House · listed 1985Durie Street, Carberry House, Sundial
Walls & gates · listed 1999Durie Street, St Andrew's Parish Church and Bain Hall, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers
Walls & gates · listed 1979Forth Street and Viewforth Place, Greig Institute with Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 1979Victoria Road, St Margaret's Queen of Scotland Episcopal Church with Boundary Walls
What’s protected
The largest group of Leven’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Walls, gates & bridges13
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1
16 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
23 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 23 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Church Road, White Memorial Baptist Church with Gatepier, Gates and Boundary WallsDurie Street and Victoria Road, War Memorial and GardenDurie Street and Waggon Road, Former Co-Operative BuildingDurie Street, Carlow Memorial Hall, St Andrews Parish Church HallDurie Street, Former Co-Operative StoreGlenlyon Road, The MillfieldLetham Glen, Entrance Gate and GatesLinks Road, BallindallochLinks Road, DeesideLinks Road, Scoonie Manse with Boundary WallsLinnwood Hall, Lodge House, Gatepiers and Boundary WallsLinnwood Hall, Walled Garden Including GateParkhill, Parkhill Primary School with Boundary Walls and GatesScoonie Brae, Scoonie Cemetery, Christie Burial Enclosure, Gravestones, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and GatesShorehead, The Corner, Barron14 and 16 Durie Street, Leven Library17-19 (Odd Nos) Commercial Road, Gala Bingo, Former Regent Picture House2 Forth Street, Bank of Scotland Building and Forth House23 Durie Street, Bianco's (Formerly the Hunting Lodge)4 and 6 High Street68 and 70 High Street, Royal British Legion74, 76 and 76A High Street82 High Street and North Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.4% of Leven
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Links Road, Leven 19706 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 388 ha inside the locality.
2 of the 33 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 Leven’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1999
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1999 · 25
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1979. 25 came in 1999. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Born here
10 notable people born in Leven before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Robert Reid
George Scott
James Irons
Bob Houston
Charles Augustus Carlow
David Kinnell
David Anderson
Tom Collins
Willie Hamilton
John Wood
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Robert Reid1842–1904 · Merchant and politician in Victoria, Australia (1842–1904)
DA
David Anderson1880–1953 · Scottish civil engineer and lawyer (1880-1953)
TC
Tom Collins1882–1929 · Scottish footballer (1882-1929)
JI
James Irons1874–1957 · Association football player
CC
Charles Augustus Carlow1878–1954 · Scottish mining engineer (1878 - 1954)
JW
John Wood1894–1971 · Scottish footballer (1894-1971)
GS
George Scott1865–1937 · (1865-1937)
BH
Bob Houston1877–1954 · Scottish footballer
Everyone born in Leven → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Leven
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leven | 10,088 | 33 | 0 | — |
| Methil | 10,712 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Kennoway | 4,665 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Buckhaven | 4,413 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Glenrothes | 37,466 | 38 | 4 | — |
| Leslie | 2,888 | 63 | 0 | — |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 179 | 4 | — |
| Kirkcaldy and Dysart | 51,135 | 284 | 10 | — |
In brief
Leven in brief
The official list counts 33 listed buildings in Leven, including Durie Street, St Peter's Roman Catholic Church. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Robert Reid (1842), David Anderson (1880) and Tom Collins (1882) are among the 10 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1999: 25 of 33. Beyond that, it has no Category A building, where the middle town its size has 1.
Questions about Leven’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Leven?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 33 buildings inside Leven’s locality: 0 Category A, 10 Category B and 23 Category C.
How many conservation areas are there in Leven?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Links Road, Leven.
When were Leven’s buildings listed?
The first in 1979; the most, 25, in 1999.
Who was born in Leven?
Among people born before 1900: Robert Reid (1842), David Anderson (1880), Tom Collins (1882), James Irons (1874) and Charles Augustus Carlow (1878).
Leven 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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