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History of St Andrews · Historic Environment Scotland

370 listed buildings, 20 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside St Andrews’s locality, 225 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 169 of its listed buildings.

20Category A164Category B1720old map4scheduled monuments48on South Street.
Listed buildings
370
225 per 10,000 residents
Category A
20
national importance
Category B
164
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
4
2 gardens & designed landscapes
In pictures

St Andrews in 174 photos and old views

Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Royal and Ancient Golf Club House, The Scores, Golf PlaceRoyal and Ancient Golf Club House, The Scores, Golf PlaceCategory A listedSt. Salvator's Chapel, Tower and Hebdomadar's Building.St. Salvator's Chapel, Tower and Hebdomadar's Building.Category A listedWarehouse Within Court at Rear of 203 South StreetWarehouse Within Court at Rear of 203 South StreetCategory C listedCastlemount, North Castle StreetCastlemount, North Castle StreetCategory C listedBellrock Tavern, (Mrs Sekaleka) ShoreheadBellrock Tavern, (Mrs Sekaleka) ShoreheadCategory B listed+169See 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

St Andrews in old photos and maps

An old map and 0 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

A Mapp of St Andrews Holborn Parish as well within the Liberty as without taken from the last survey, with corrections and enlargementsc. 1720
Old mapA Mapp of St Andrews Holborn Parish as well within the Liberty as without taken…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 St Andrews’s history is

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

St Andrews Botanic Garden, garden or designed landscapeSt Andrews Links, garden or designed landscapeDominican Friary, 25m S of Blackfriars' Chapel, St Andrews, scheduled monumentSt Andrews Castle, scheduled monumentSt Andrews Cathedral and Priory and adjacent ecclesiastical remains, scheduled monumentSt Andrews,West Port, scheduled monumentAbbey (Shore) Mill Now Fishermen's Store, The Shore., Category BAbbey Cottage, Abbey Walk., Category BAll Saints Rectory, North Street, Category BBandstand, The Scores., Category BBee-Boles, 93 Market Street, Category BBellrock Tavern, (Mrs Sekaleka) Shorehead, Category BBoots' Building, 1 Logie's Lane., Category BBritish Linen Bank, 81 Market Street, Category BBurgh Offices, Queen's Gardens (Former Commercial Bank)., Category BCollege Gate, North Street, Category BCounty Library, Church Square, Including Later East Wing., Category BDauphin Hill House, Abbey Walk and 4 Greenside Place., Category BDovecot, St. Mary's College., Category BEdgecliffe, The Scores., Category BFine Arts Buildings, 89, 91, 93 North Street, Category BGibson House, Argyle Street, Category BGolfers' Bridge Across the Swilken Burn., Category BHepburn Gardens and Buchanan Gardens, K6 Telephone Kiosk, Category BHepburn Gardens and Donaldson Gardens, St Leonard's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Church Hall, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BHope Park Church, Market Street, Category BKennedy Gardens and Donaldson Gardens, University Hall, Old Wing Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BKennedy Gardens, University Hall, Wardlaw Wing (Formerly Westerlee) Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BKilrymont Road, Madras College, Kilrymont Road Building Including Sports Hall and Boundary Walls and Railings, Category BKinburn House, Doubledykes Road, Category BKinnessburn Road and Langlands Road, Boy's Brigade Hall Including Gates and Boundary Railings, Category BKirkheugh Cottage, Shorehead, Category BMadras College Schoolhouse East., Category BMadras College Schoolhouse West, Category BMarket Place, Melville Memorial Fountain, Category BMartyrs' Church and Halls, North Street., Category BMartyrs' Monument, The Scores, Category BNorth Street, K6 Telephone Kiosk, Category BNorth Street, University of St Andrews, Younger Hall, Category BPilmour Links, Rusack's Hotel with Boundary Walls and Piers, Category BSouthgait Hall (Originally Royal Hotel). South Street, Category BSt Andrews War Memorial, North Street, Category BSt Leonard's College, Including Garden Walls, Category BSt Leonard's College, Pend Arch., Category BSt Leonard's, Oliphant Memorial Gates, Category BSt Mary's Place, Inchcape House, Category BSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Queen's Terrace, Category BSt. James Rc Church, The Scores., Category BSt. Leonard's, Grant Memorial Dial., Category BSt. Leonard's, Oliphant Memorial Dial., Category BSt. Nicholas House, Abbey Walk, Category BSt. Salvator's Hall North Street and the Scores, Including Boundary Wall to the Scores with Remains of Swallow Port at East., Category BSt. Salvator's Hall Sundial, North Street and the Scores., Category BSundial, St. Mary's College., Category BThe Scores, Castlecliffe House, Garden Wall and Gatepiers, Category BThe Scores, Hamilton Hall, Category BThe Swallowgate, The Scores., Category BTown Hall, South Street and Queen's Gardens, Category BUnited College of St Salvator and St Leonard Including Boundary Walls to Butts Wynd and the Scores., Category BUniversity House, (Principal's Residence), The Scores., Category BUniversity Library 1889-90 Extension., Category BUniversity Library 1908 Extension., Category B1 Greyfriars Garden and Chestney House, 149 Market Street., Category B1 North Street, Category B1-13 Abbotsford Crescent, Abbotsford House and Macintosh Hall., Category B1-14 Hope Street., Category B1-15 Howard Place., Category B1-4 Lockhart Place, Market Street, Category B1-4 Louden's Close, South Street, Including Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B1-4 Pilmour Place, Category B1-6 Alexandra Place, (Old Station Hotel), Category B1-8 Playfair Terrace., Category B10 South Street, Category B102 Hepburn Gardens, West House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B102-104 South Street, Category B104 and 106 Hepburn Gardens, Abbot's Inch and Fulwood House (Formerly Priory Acres), Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B108, 110 South Street, Category B109-121 South Street Albert Buildings, Category B11 Greyfriars Garden., Category B11 South Castle Street (Joan's House)., Category B11, 13 South Street., Category B112 South Street (Last House in Close), Including Garden Walls, Category B112 South Street (Second House in Close), Category B117 North Street, The New Picture House, Category B12, 16 North Street,, Category B12-16 Greyfriars Garden and 150 North Street., Category B120 North Street., Category B122, 124 North Street., Category B13-15 South Castle Street., Category B133-139 South Street, Category B136 South Street (Within Close)., Category B14 South Street Including Garden Walls, Category B140-146 North Street., Category B141 South Street Within Burgher Close., Category B141, 143 South Street., Category B142-148 South Street, Including Garden Walls., Category B147, 149 South Street., Category B15 College Street., Category B15 South Street., Category B166, 168 South Street, Including Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B17 South Street., Category B172 South Street., Category B18 the Links, The Swilken, Category B18, 20 North Street., Category B19 Pilmour Links and Grannie Clark's Wynd with Boundary Walls and Gatepier, Category B19 South Street., Category B19, 21 North Street., Category B2 South Street, "Priorsgate' Including Garden Walls and Outbuilding., Category B2-10 Greyfriars Garden., Category B205, 207 South Street, Category B21 Market Street., Category B22 City Road., Category B23 Market Street, Category B23 North Street., Category B23, 25 South Street., Category B24 South Street, Category B28-32 North Street., Category B3 Bell Street, 142/144 Market Street., Category B3 Queen's Gardens., Category B3 St. Mary's Place., Category B3, 5 Market Street and 10 South Castle Street, Category B32, 34 Bell Street and 165, 167 South Street, Category B34 South Street., Category B35 - 39 North Castle Street., Category B36 and 38A-E (Formerly 36-40 South Street, "The Great Eastern')., Category B36, 36A North Street., Category B39, 41 South Street., Category B41 North Castle Street, Category B43 North Castle Street., Category B43 South Street., Category B44 South Street with Garden Walls of Lang Rig, Including the Parts Now Belonging to Greenside Cottage., Category B46 South Street, Dovecot., Category B46 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B47 South Street., Category B48 South Street, Category B49, (51) South Street, Category B49-51 Market Street, Category B5 South Street., Category B5 Union Street., Category B5-7 Pilmour Place., Category B52 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig, Including Those Now Belonging to Abbey Close and Red Roofs., Category B53 Market Street and Shop, 1 Union Street., Category B54 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B56 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B58 South Street, With Garden Wall of Lang Rig., Category B59, 61 South Street., Category B6 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores., Category B60 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig., Category B62 South Street., Category B63 South Street., Category B65 South Street., Category B68 Market Street., Category B68-78 South Street., Category B7 Union Street., Category B7, (9) South Street, Category B70 North Street., Category B72 North Street, Including Garden Wall to Union Street., Category B73-81 South Street., Category B77 North Street Old Students' Union, Category B79-83 North Street, Category B8 Market Street, Category B82 North Street and 19 College Street, Category B83-85 South Street., Category B84, 86 North Street and 20-24 College Street., Category B86-88 Market Street., Category B87-89 South Street., Category B9 Union Street., Category B90 Market Street, Category B91 South Street and 1 Crail's Lane, Category B96 Hepburn Gardens, Wayside and Easterwayside Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BAll Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street., Category ABogward Dovecot., Category ADean's Court, North Street (Including Walls of Courtyard and of Garden to North Street.), Category AHoly Trinity Church (Town Kirk), South Street, Category AMadras College Main Building, Category ANorth Haugh, University of St Andrews, Andrew Melville Hall, Category ARoyal and Ancient Golf Club House, The Scores, Golf Place, Category ASt Leonard's Chapel, Category ASt. Mary's College, West Range, Principal's House and Precinct, Including West Boundary Wall., Category ASt. Salvator's Chapel, Tower and Hebdomadar's Building., Category AUniversity Library Original Building., Category A1 South Street the Roundel, Including Garden Walls, Category A11, 13 College Street., Category A3 South Street, Category A4 South Street, Queen Mary's House Including Garden Walls and Grotto, Category A40 (A-H), 42 South Street, South Court., Category A67, 69 South Street., Category A7 and 8 The Links, Tom Morris House and Golf Shop, Category A71 North Street., Category A71 South Street., Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from All Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street.
15 of 20Category A buildings stand within 400 m of All Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street., a five-minute walk. So do 208 of the 370 listed buildings.

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

370 listed buildings by grade
20 Category A164 Category B186 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 20 Category A listed buildings in St Andrews

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 15 of these stand within 400 m of All Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street.. 18 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 164 Category B listed buildings in St Andrews

Buildings of regional importance. 149 are photographed.

Show the other 152
House · listed 197122 City Road.Photo: Abd Alsattar Ardati · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic streets

South 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.

South Street.48 listed · 2 Category A · 21 II*
11, 13 South Street.141, 143 South Street.147, 149 South Street.
North Street.24 listed · 1 Category A · 9 II*
120 North Street.122, 124 North Street.18, 20 North Street.
South Street16 listed · 1 Category A · 8 II*
10 South Street102-104 South Street108, 110 South Street
Market Street11 listed · 5 II*
1-4 Lockhart Place, Market Street23 Market Street49-51 Market Street
Church Street.9 listed
College Street.8 listed · 1 Category A · 1 II*
11, 13 College Street.15 College Street.
Market Street.7 listed · 4 II*
1 Greyfriars Garden and Chestney House, 149 Market Street.21 Market Street.68 Market Street.
The Scores.6 listed · 1 II*
6 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.
North Castle Street.5 listed · 2 II*
35 - 39 North Castle Street.43 North Castle Street.
North Street5 listed · 2 II*
1 North Street79-83 North Street
Union Street.5 listed · 4 II*
5 Union Street.53 Market Street and Shop, 1 Union Street.7 Union Street.
Crail's Lane.4 listed

South Street. holds 48 entries, 2 of them in the top category: more of the top grade than any other street. Of the 370 entries, 266 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of St Andrews’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas292
Public & civic buildings30
Walls, gates & bridges24
Churches, chapels & priories11
Inns, shops & warehouses7
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Street furniture2

292 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 are churches, chapels and priories, including 3 of the 20 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

186 Category C listed buildings

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

The first 150 of 186 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Alison's Close at 140 South Street.Balfour HouseBaptist Church, South StreetBell-Pettigrew Building.Britannia Hotel, 170 South Street.Bute Medical Building.Carron Lodge, including stable block, outbuilding and garden walls and excluding boundary walls and gatepiers to north, Lower Strathkinness Road, St AndrewsCastlegate, 51 North Castle Street.Castlemount, North Castle StreetCross Keys Hotel, Market StreetForgan House, The Links and 5 Pilmour Links, and The Old Course Shop, The Links, St AndrewsFormer West Infant School, Market StreetGate to South Part University Botanic Gardens, Queen's Terrace.Hepburn Gardens, Hepburn Hall Including Ancillary Structure, Garden, Boundary Walls and GatepiersHepburn Gardens, University Playing Field, St Andrews University Rugby Football Club StandIvy Cottage, Louden's Close, Including Garden Walls of Lang Rig.Kennedy Gardens, Liscombe and Holly Lodge Including Boundary WallsKennedy Gardens, Rathelpie (Former Free Church Manse) Including Boundary WallsKennedy Gardens, Rathmore (Formerly Rathelpie Villa) Including Little Rathmore, Upper Rathmore, North Flat, South Flat and Boundary WallsKinburn Hotel, Doubledykes RoadLade Braes, Law Mill and Lawmill CottageLade Braes, Law Mill over Kinness BurnLade Braes, Plash Mill Cottage (Formerly New Mill & New Park School Cottage)Old Castle Tavern, 22 North Street and 23 South Castle Street.Old House, Now Public Convenience, City RoadRose Park, City Road.Royal Bank of Scotland, 83 Market StreetSouth Street 2-5 and 7 Rose LaneSt Leonard's School, St. Leonard's Lane Including Garden Walls.St. Regulus Hall, Queen's Gardens and Queen's Terrace.Star Hotel, 92, 94 Market StreetThe Whaum, 22 the Scores.The White House, excluding garage to southwest, 92 Hepburn Gardens, St AndrewsWarehouse Within Court at Rear of 203 South Street1 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.1, 2 Ellice Place.1, 2 Gregory Place1-10 Gibson Place.1-8 St. Gregory's East Scores and Gregory's Lane.10 Abbey Street10 Church Street Including 2 Church Square Extension10 College Street.10-14 Market Street100 Hepburn Gardens, Century House (Formerly Newmill)101-103 South Street105, 107 South Street and 29, 31 Church Street11 Crail's Lane.11 Union Street.11, 13 Church Street.112 South Street (First House in Close), Including Walled Courtyard112, 114 South Street.112-118 North Street116 South Street.12 Greenside Place.12 the Links, St Rule Club with Boundary Wall and Railings12-24 (Even Nos) Golf Place123, 125 South Street127 South Street, Post Office.129 South Street. (Exclude Telephone Booths at Ground Floor).13 Crail's Lane.13 the Links, Links House, St Andrews Golf Club with Boundary Wall and Railings131 South Street132 South Street and 1 Rose Lane134-138 South Street.136, 138 North Street.14 South Castle Street.14-32 Bell Street.145 South Street.15 and 16 the Links, Waldon House, With Boundary Walls and Railings15, 17 Church Street.15, 17 North Street150-154 South Street, Including Garden Walls of Lang Rig.153, 155 South Street.156 South Street, Including Garden Walls of Lang Rig.157 South Street.158 South Street, With Garden Walls of Lang Rig, Including Those Now Belonging to Braidland.159 South Street.16 Crail's Lane.16, 17, 18 and 18A Pilmour Links Including Boundary Walls16, 18 Greenside Place16, 18 South Castle Street.160, 162 South Street.161-3 South Street and 45 Bell Street169, 171 South Street17 College Street.173 South Street.175 South Street.177-179 South Street.18, 18A and 20 Hepburn Gardens (Toll Park) Including Boundary Walls181-187 South Street.189, 191 South Street.19 Church Street.19 Market Street.193, 195 South Street.197, 199 South Street.2 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.2 Hepburn Gardens Including Boundary Walls2 Logie's Lane.2-4 (Even Nos) Golf Place, Auchterlonie's, And 1 Pilmour Links, Kinloch Cottage201 South Street.209 South Street21, 23 Church Street.211, 213 South Street and 3, 5, 7 City Road22 Greenside Place.24, 26 North Street and 20 South Castle Street25 Market Street25 North Castle Street.25 North Street.25 St Mary's Street Including Garden and Boundary Walls25, 27 Church Street.27 North Castle Street27 North Street.27 South Street.29 Church Street.29 Kinnessburn Road29 North Castle Street.29 North Street.29 South Street.3 Balfour Place3 Ellice Place.3 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.3 Pilmour Links3 Windmill Road, Cryanreuch Including Gate Piers and Boundary Walls3, 4, 5 Logie's Lane.3, 5 Church Street.31 North Castle Street31 South Street.31, 33, 35 and 37 Kinnessburn Road (Former 1-3 Fleming Place) Including Ancillary Structure and Boundary Walls33 North Castle Street Frontage Only Excluding Building in Court.33-37 South Street.34 Argyle Street.34 North Street.37 North Street.38-44 North Street.4 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.4 Hepburn Gardens, Rathelpie Cottage4 and 5 Balfour Place4-21 Queen's Gardens.4-6 Church Square.4-7 Ellice Place.45 South Street.45-49 North Castle Street.46-50 North Street.5 & 5A Gillespie Terrace, The Scores.5 College Street.5 St. Mary's Place.5-33 Bell Street.50 and 52 Hepburn Gardens Including Boundary Walls50-54 Market Street52 North Street, Greyfriars' Hotel.

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Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 31% of St Andrews

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

St Andrews 1970106 ha
Hepburn Gardens 197051 ha
158 hain conservation areas, of 508 ha inside the locality.

The first, St Andrews and Hepburn Gardens, were designated in 1970; the newest, Hepburn Gardens, in 1970. 363 of the 370 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

157 of St Andrews’s 370 listed buildings were added in 1971

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

1971 · 1571978 · 991959 · 70
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 70 entries were listed in 1959, 14 of the 20 Category A buildings among them. 157 came in 1971, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. 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.

4 scheduled monuments

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

Dominican Friary, 25m S of Blackfriars' Chapel, St Andrews
St Andrews Castle
St Andrews CastleSecular: castle
St Andrews Cathedral and Priory and adjacent ecclesiastical remains
St Andrews,West Port
St Andrews,West PortSecular: gateway (see also Secular: yett)

2 gardens and designed landscapes

St Andrews Botanic Garden
St Andrews Botanic GardenGarden and designed landscape
St Andrews LinksGarden and designed landscape
Born here

46 notable people born in St Andrews before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

James, Duke of Rothesay
Alexander Wilson
John Adamson
Allan Robertson
Old Tom Morris
Robert Adamson
William Saunders
Lambert Playfair
Robert Wallace
William Smoult Playfair
Andrew Strath
William McIntosh
Jamie Anderson
Rachel Scott
Tom Kidd
Young Tom Morris
Willie Fernie
Laurie Auchterlonie
Jock Hutchison
Thomas Riddell-Webster
1500165018001950
Old Tom Morris
Old Tom Morris1821–1908 · Scottish professional golfer (1821–1908)
Young Tom Morris
Young Tom Morris1851–1875 · Scottish professional golfer (1851-1875)
Alexander Wilson
Alexander Wilson1714–1786 · Scottish surgeon, astronomer, mathematician and meteorologist (1714-1…
Robert Adamson
Robert Adamson1821–1848 · Scottish chemist and photographer (1821–1848)
JR
James, Duke of Rothesay1540–1541 · (1540-1541)
William McIntosh
William McIntosh1838–1931 · Scottish physician and marine zoologist (1838-1931)
Allan Robertson
Allan Robertson1815–1859 · Professional golfer (1815–1859)
Andrew Strath
Andrew Strath1837–1868 · Professional golfer (1837–1868)

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

Towns its size

St Andrews has the 4th most Category A buildings of 126 towns its size

Scottish towns of 7,000–41,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
Stirling24
Dumfries22
St Andrews20
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Musselburgh11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
#6 of 126for listed buildings per resident (225 per 10,000). Kelso, Kirkwall and Haddington lead.

Only Lanark, Stirling and Dumfries have more. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around St Andrews

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
St Andrews16,46537020—
Cupar8,8351794—
Tayport3,967390—
Anstruther3,9432145—
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit4,119370—
Monifieth9,356300—
Dundee147,36585369—
Carnoustie11,37370—
In brief

St Andrews in brief

St Andrews has 370 listed buildings, 20 of them in the top category, including Royal and Ancient Golf Club House, The Scores, Golf Place. All Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street. sits at the heart of it all, with 15 of the town’s Category A buildings within 400 m. Only 3 of the 126 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. On South Street. alone there are 48 listed buildings.

Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 79% are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 46 people born here before 1900, the best known include Old Tom Morris (1821), Young Tom Morris (1851) and Alexander Wilson (1714). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 scheduled monuments.

Questions about St Andrews’s history

How many listed buildings are there in St Andrews?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 370 buildings inside St Andrews’s locality: 20 Category A, 164 Category B and 186 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in St Andrews?

20, including All Saint's Episcopal Church and Ancillary Buildings, North Castle Street., Bogward Dovecot., Dean's Court, North Street (Including Walls of Courtyard and of Garden to North Street.), Holy Trinity Church (Town Kirk), South Street, Madras College Main Building and North Haugh, University of St Andrews, Andrew Melville Hall.

Which street in St Andrews has the most listed buildings?

South Street. (48), North Street. (24) and South Street (16) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in St Andrews?

Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Dominican Friary, 25m S of Blackfriars' Chapel, St Andrews, St Andrews Castle, St Andrews Cathedral and Priory and adjacent ecclesiastical remains and St Andrews,West Port.

How many conservation areas are there in St Andrews?

2, covering about 158 hectares of the town. The largest are St Andrews and Hepburn Gardens.

When were St Andrews’s buildings listed?

The first in 1959; the most, 157, in 1971.

Who was born in St Andrews?

Among people born before 1900: Old Tom Morris (1821), Young Tom Morris (1851), Alexander Wilson (1714), Robert Adamson (1821) and James, Duke of Rothesay (1540).

St Andrews 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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