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History of Inverness · Historic Environment Scotland

299 listed buildings, 14 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Inverness’s locality, 62 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 8 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 103 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town.

14Category A193Category B1948old map8scheduled monuments20on Douglas Row
Listed buildings
299
62 per 10,000 residents
Category A
14
national importance
Category B
193
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
8
1 garden or designed landscape
In pictures

Inverness in 114 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, InvernessInverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, InvernessCategory A listedNess Walk, Eden Court Theatre Including SculptureNess Walk, Eden Court Theatre Including SculptureCategory A listedClachnaharry Swing Bridge and Signal BoxClachnaharry Swing Bridge and Signal BoxCategory B listedFormer Inverness Royal Academy Building (1895 and 1913 Blocks) and Lodge, Including Boundary Wall, Railings and Gatepiers, St Stephen's Street, InvernessFormer Inverness Royal Academy Building (1895 and 1913 Blocks) and Lodge, Including Boundary Wall, Railings and Gatepiers, St Stephen's Street, InvernessCategory B listedHigh Street Market CrossHigh Street Market CrossCategory B listed+109See 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

Inverness from 1771 to 1948

An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Inverness from A Tour in Scotland1771
GeorgianInverness from A Tour in ScotlandPhoto: Thomas Pennant (Author), Moses Griffith (artist), Peter Mazell (engraver) · Public domain
Moy Hall, Inverness-shire1880
VictorianMoy Hall, Inverness-shirePhoto: Alexander Mackintosh-Shaw · Public domain
Cathedral and castle from the Ness, Inverness, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianCathedral and castle from the Ness, Inverness, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Inverness from castle, Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianInverness from castle, ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Inverness The Castle & Town1903
EdwardianInverness The Castle & TownPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Inverness The Islands1903
EdwardianInverness The IslandsPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Inverness Tom-na-hurich (Hill of the Fairies)1903
EdwardianInverness Tom-na-hurich (Hill of the Fairies)Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Inverness in 19291929
Between the warsInverness in 1929Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Ordnance Survey Town Plans Inverness Dunferrmline Aberdeen, Published 1948c. 1948
Old mapOrdnance Survey Town Plans Inverness Dunferrmline Aberdeen, Published 1948Map: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK · 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 Inverness’s history is

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

Tomnahurich Cemetery, garden or designed landscapeCaledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay, scheduled monumentCaledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks, scheduled monumentHolme Mains, motte 210m SE of, scheduled monumentInverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street, scheduled monumentLower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather Road, scheduled monumentPrehistoric settlement, north and west of Culduthel Mains Circle, scheduled monumentRemains of Cromwell's Fort, bastion west of Lotland Place, Inverness, scheduled monumentTorbreck, stone circle SW of, scheduled monumentAbban Street and Lochalsh Road, St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Category BAbertarff House, 71 Church Street, Category BAcademy Street, East Parish Church, Category BAcademy Street, Inverness Station, Lochgorm Works, Category BAcademy Street, Union Street, Church Street and Queensgate, Market Arcade and New Market, Category BArdross Street, Northern Meeting Park Pavilion Building and Boundary Walls, Category BBank Street Free North Church, Category BBank Street and Fraser Street, St Columba High Church, Category BChapel, A Hall including former laundry and kitchen, B Hall and Boundary Wall and excluding all other structures within the boundary walls, the entrance block and the rebuilt southwest corner of the boundary wall, HMP Inverness, Duffy Drive, Inverness, Category BCharleston Place Muirtown House, Category BChurch Street, Greyfriars Free Church, Category BClachnaharry Road 1 and 3 High Street, Category BClachnaharry Road Tollhouse, Category BClachnaharry Swing Bridge and Signal Box, Category BCraig Dunain Hospital, Category BCromwell Road, Clock Tower, Category BCulduthel House (Part of Culduthel Hospital), Category BCulduthel Road, Altnaskiach House, Category BCulduthel Road, Hedgefield Hostel and Stable Block, Walled Garden, Category BFormer Canal Workshops and Smiddy, Clachnaharry Road, Caledonian Canal, Category BFormer Inverness Royal Academy Building (1895 and 1913 Blocks) and Lodge, Including Boundary Wall, Railings and Gatepiers, St Stephen's Street, Inverness, Category BHigh Street Market Cross, Category BHuntly Street and King Street, Inverness Roman Catholic Junior Secondary School, Category BHuntly Street, West Parish Church, Category BInshes House, Category BIvybank, 28 Old Edinburgh Road, Category BKingmills Road, Crown Primary School, Category BMackintosh Road, RAF Filter Block (The Bunker), Category BMayfield Road, The Isobel Fraser Home of Rest, Category BNess Castle and Glass Houses, Category BNess Walk Columba Hotel, Category BNess Walk Palace Hotel, Category BNess Walk, And Ballifeary Lane, Springfield Hotel, Category BNess Walk, Ballifeary House (Home of Rest), Category BNess Walk, Eden Court (Former Bishop's Palace Only), Category BNess Walk, Royal Northern Infirmary and Tweedmouth Memorial Chapel, Category BNess Walk, Royal Northern Infirmary, Former Nurses' Home, Category BOff Montague Row Inverness High School, Category BOld Edinburgh Road, Old Edinburgh Court and Archway at Entrance, Category BOld Mill Lane, Culcabock House, Category BPerth Road and Culcabock Avenue, Drakies House, Category BPerth Road, Cameron Barracks, Category BRobertson Mausoleum, Old High Churchyard, Church Street, Category BSeafield of Raigmore, Category BSouth Kessock, Thornbush Quay, Sheer Legs, Category BSouthside Road, St Stephen's Church, Category BStoneyfield House, Category BStratherrick Road, Bellevue, Category BStratherrick Road, Drummond Hill, Category BStratherrick Road, Drummond Tower, Category BStratherrick Road, Lochardil Hotel, Category BStratherrick Road, Lodge, Drummond Hill, Category BStratherrick Road, Westwood, Category BTelford Road, Merkinch Primary School, School House and Retaining Railings, Category B1 Bishop's Road, Category B1 Ladies Walk, Eileanach, Category B1 Old Edinburgh Road at Gordon Terrace, Viewhill (Former Inverness Youth Hostel), Including Gateways, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category B1 and 3 Market Brae, Category B1 to 6 (Inclusive Nos) Ness Walk and 1 and 3 Young Street, Category B1, 3, 5 and 7 High Street, Category B1-13 (Odd Numbers Only) Queensgate and 33 Academy Street, Category B1-17 (Odd Numbers Only) Union Street, Category B1-6 (All Nos) Ardross Terrace, Category B1-9 (Odd Numbers Only) Academy Street, Category B1-9 Ardross Street (All Numbers), Category B10 Ardross Street, Category B10 Culduthel Road, Viewmount, Category B10 Douglas Row, Category B10-24 (Even Numbers Only), Union Street, Category B106, 108, 110 Academy Street and 1, 3, And 5 Rose Street (The Phoenix Bar), Category B109 Church Street, Category B11 Douglas Row, Category B11 Drummond Crescent, Category B11 Island Bank Road, Category B111 Church Street, Category B115 Church Street, Category B12 Douglas Row, Category B12 and 14 Crown Avenue, Crown House, Category B13 Annfield Road, Lethington, Category B13 Douglas Row, Category B13 Drummond Crescent (Brae Rannoch) and Cottage, Category B135 Culduthel Road, Category B14 Ardross Street, Category B14 Culduthel Road, Category B14 Douglas Row, Category B145 Culduthel Road, Category B15 Academy Street, Category B15 Ardross Street, Category B15 Douglas Row, Category B15-45 (Odd Numbers Only) Queensgate, Category B16 Ardross Street, Category B16 Culduthel Road, Category B16 Douglas Row, Category B16 and 17 Huntly Street, Category B16, 17 and 18 Ness Bank, Category B17 Douglas Row, Category B17 Island Bank Road, Riverdale, Category B17 and 19 High Street, Category B18 Academy Street, Royal Highland Hotel, Category B18 Culduthel Road, Category B18 Douglas Row, Category B18-30 (Even Numbers Only) Queensgate, 58 and 60 Church Street and 2 Post Office Lane, Category B19 Church Street, Category B19 Douglas Row, Category B19 Union Street, And 1-9 (Odd Numbers Only) Drummond Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, Category B1A and 3 Annfield Road, Category B2 Dores Road, The Firs, And Garden Wall, Category B2 Douglas Row, Category B2 Drummond Crescent, Rosedene, Category B2 Eastgate, Category B2 Hill Place, Category B2 Inglis Street and 4 Inglis Street, Category B2 Moray Park, Island Bank, Category B2 and 4 Grant Street and 1 Anderson Street, Category B2-10 (Even Numbers Only) Queensgate, Category B20 Culduthel Road Beechlawn, Category B20 Douglas Row, Category B21 Douglas Row, Category B21 and 23 High Street and 1-21 (Odd Numbers Only) Lombard Street, And Baron Taylor's Street, Category B21-39 Union Street (Odd Numbers Only), 2 Drummond Street and 24 Church Street Douglas Hotel, Category B22 Culduthel Road, Heatherly House, Category B22 and 23 Douglas Row, Category B24 (Ironside) and 26 Crown Drive, Category B24 Douglas Row, Category B24-38 (Even Numbers Only) Telford Street, Category B26 Culduthel Road, Category B26 High Street, Category B26 Oak Avenue (Old Drummond), Category B26 Southside Road, Category B27 Broadstone Park Oakdene, Category B28 Abban Street, St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Rectory with Boundary Walls, Category B28 Friars' Lane, Category B28 and 30 High Street, Category B29 Island Bank Road, Carrol, Category B3 Douglas Row, Category B3 Drummond Crescent, Category B3 Hill Place, Category B3 Huntly Place, Category B3 Ladies Walk, Category B3 Moray Park, Island Bank Road, Category B30 Huntly Street, St Mary's Rc Presbytery, Category B31 Island Bank Road, Rossal, Category B32 and 34 High Street, Category B33, 33A, 33B and 35 Castle Street, Category B36 Huntly Street, Category B37 Southside Road, Category B37 and 39 Castle Street, Category B38 Island Bank Road, Category B38-46 (Even Numbers Only) Union Street, Category B39 High Street, Category B4 Douglas Row, Category B4 Huntly Place, Category B4 Ladies Walk, Category B4-14 (Even Nos Only) Bridge Street, Category B41 High Street, Category B41 and 45 Castle Street, Category B41-44 Huntly Street (All Numbers), Category B43, 45, 47 Church Street, Category B45-48 Huntly Street (All Numbers), Category B47 and 49 Castle Street, Category B48 Culduthel Road, Category B5 Culduthel Road Ardkeen Tower, Category B5 Douglas Row, Category B5 Huntly Place, Category B5 and 6 Viewplace and Garden Wall, Category B50 Union Street and 26 Church Street Bank of Scotland, Category B51-53 (Odd Nos Only) Castle Street, Category B6 Ladies Walk, Category B6 and 8 Inglis Street, Category B60 (Maryfield) and 62 Midmills Road, Category B60 Telford Street and Outbuilding and Garden Wall, Category B60-66 Academy Street, Category B67 Church Street, Category B68 Culduthel Road, Category B7 Culduthel Road, Category B7 Ladies Walk, Category B7 and 8 Ardross Terrace, Category B7 and 8 Viewplace and Garden Wall, Category B7A,9-13 Ardconnel Terrace (Odd Nos)and 1-6 (Inclusive) Tulloch Buildings, Category B8 Douglas Row, Category B8 and 9 Huntly Place, Category B82 Church Street, Category B84 Church Street Bow Court, Category B87 Culduthel Road Cluny House, Category B89 Culduthel Road, Category B9 Douglas Row, Category B9 and 10 Ardross Terrace, Category B9 and 11 Bank Lane and Bank Street, Inverness Courier Office, Category B91-97 (Odd Numbers Only) Academy Street, Category B92 and 94 Academy Street, Category B96-104 (Even Numbers Only) Academy Street and 2 Rose Street, Category B99 Castle Street, Category B99-107 (Odd Numbers Only) Academy Street, Category BChurch Street, Old High Church, Category AHigh Street, Town House, Category AHuntly Street, Balnain House, Category AHuntly Street, St Mary's Rc Church, Category AInshes House, Tower House in Grounds, Category AInverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness, Category AMargaret Street, Former Farraline Park School, Category ANess Walk, Cathedral Church of St Andrew (Episcopal), Category ANess Walk, Eden Court Theatre Including Sculpture, Category A2 Bridge Street and Church Street, Town Steeple, Category A28-34 (Even Nos Only) Academy Street, Category A54-60 (Even Numbers Only) High Street, Category A86 and 88 Church Street Dunbar's Hospital, Category A9 and 11 High Street Bank of Scotland, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness
8 of 14Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness, a five-minute walk. So do 104 of the 299 listed buildings.

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

299 listed buildings by grade
14 Category A193 Category B92 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 14 Category A listed buildings in Inverness

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 8 of these stand within 400 m of Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness. 13 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 193 Category B listed buildings in Inverness

Buildings of regional importance. 90 are photographed.

Show the other 181
House · listed 19812 EastgatePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 19812 Hill PlacePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 19813 Hill PlacePhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 19813 Ladies WalkPhoto: thejackrustles · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets

Douglas Row 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.

Douglas Row20 listed · 20 II*
10 Douglas Row11 Douglas Row12 Douglas Row
Culduthel Road12 listed · 10 II*
14 Culduthel Road
Wells Street10 listed
Ardross Street9 listed · 4 II*
Church Street9 listed · 7 II*
109 Church Street111 Church Street115 Church Street
High Street7 listed · 7 II*
1, 3, 5 and 7 High Street26 High Street28 and 30 High Street
Island Bank Road7 listed · 3 II*
Southside Road7 listed · 2 II*
Academy Street6 listed · 3 II*
15 Academy Street60-66 Academy Street92 and 94 Academy Street
Castle Street6 listed · 5 II*
Ladies Walk6 listed · 4 II*
3 Ladies Walk
Huntly Place5 listed · 4 II*

Of the 299 entries, 192 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Inverness’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas245
Public & civic buildings18
Churches, chapels & priories15
Walls, gates & bridges11
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs4

245 entries (82%) are houses, terraces and villas. 15 are churches, chapels and priories, including 3 of the 14 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

92 Category C listed buildings

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

All 92 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Academy Street, Monument to 79TH Queen`S Own Cameron Highlanders Killed in Egypt and the Sudan(1882-1887)Ardross Street, Highland Regional Council BuildingsCastle Wynd Statue of Flora Macdonald, Castle HillCelt Street Thistle InnChapel Street Chapel Yard, Gatepiers and Boundary WallClachnaharry High Street, Former Clachnaharry Public SchoolClachnaharry, Clan Battle MonumentDrumdevan HouseDunolly, Caledonian Canal, Clachnaharry Road, InvernessFormer Inshes estate entrance archway and gate lodge including outbuilding to the east, and excluding later corrugated iron addition at the southwest of the gate lodge, Culloden Road, InvernessHuntly Street, Former Queen Street ChurchInshes, Helen's LodgeLadies Walk, Forbes FountainLadies Walk, War MemorialMuirtown Cottage, Clachnaharry Road, InvernessNess Bank and Haugh Road, Ness Bank ChurchNess Walk, Royal Northern Infirmary, Porter's LodgeOld Edinburgh Road, LamburnPerth Road, Viewfield HousePlaque in Boundary Wall Only, Clachnaharry Road, InvernessStratherrick Road, Lodge, Lochardil HotelTomnahurich Bridge Keeper's Cottage, Caledonian Canal, Inverness1 Ballifeary Road and 15 Bishop's Road1 Grant Street, Argyle Bar1 and 2 Viewplace and Castle Street and Culduthel Road1, 1A, 1B and 3 Muirtown Street1-10 (Inclusive Numbers) and 12 Victoria Terrace1-11 (Odd Nos) Tomnahurich Street10 Huntly Place10 Ness Bank (Including Former Number 12 Ness Bank)10 and 11 Viewplace10 and 12 Inglis Street101 and 103 Castle Street105, 107 Church Street11 and 12 Ardross Street118, 120, 122 Academy Street12 Huntly Place, (Formerly Known As 78 Kessock Street Upper)12 Muirtown Street12 Ness Bank (Formerly Number 13 Ness Bank)13 Ardross Street13 Island Bank Road, Woodfield13-19 (Odd Numbers Only) Young Street14 Ness Bank, Struan14 and 16 Inglis Street15 Island Bank Road15 Ness Bank16 Celt Street17 Ardross Street18 Ardross Street19 Ardross Street19 Culduthel Road19 Island Bank Road19 and 21 Southside Road2 Ladies Walk20 Baron Taylor's Street20 Island Bank Road, Maybank20 Ness Bank21 Island Bank Road, Ach-an-Eas22 Bank Street, Dr Black's Memorial Hall24 Culduthel Road, Inglewood27 Island Bank Road3 and 4 Viewplace and 2 and 4 Culduthel Road30 Wells Street30, 32, 34 Grant Street, Grant Street Welfare Hall32 Wells Street34 Wells Street36 Wells Street38 Wells Street38, 40, 42 and 44 Academy Street4 Eastgate4 Wells Street40 Wells Street42 Southside Road42 Wells Street42 and 44 Island Bank Road44 Southside Road44 Wells Street46 Southside Road48 Southside Road49 Huntly Street5 Ladies Walk5 and 7 Young Street5, 6 and 7 Ness Bank51-57 Grant Street (Odd Nos Only) including gatepiers, Inverness63 Haugh Road7-9 (Inclusive) Falcon Square78 King Street8 Wells Street8 and 10 Academy Street9 Culduthel Road9 and 11 Young Street92 and 94 Church Street
Conservation areas

3 conservation areas cover 8.9% of Inverness

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

Inverness (Riverside) 1970155 ha
Inverness (Crown) 197055 ha
Inverness: Clachnaharry 19705 ha
214 hain conservation areas, of 2,414 ha inside the locality.

The first, Inverness (Riverside), Inverness (Crown) and Inverness: Clachnaharry, were designated in 1970; the newest, Inverness: Clachnaharry, in 1970. 251 of the 299 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 Inverness’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981

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

1981 · 2111971 · 46
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 46 entries were listed in 1971, 10 of the 14 Category A buildings among them. 211 came in 1981, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 6 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.

8 scheduled monuments

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

Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks
Lower Slackbuie, unenclosed settlement 90m E of 1 West Heather RoadPrehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
PrehistoricPrehistoric settlement, north and west of Culduthel Mains CirclePrehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Torbreck, stone circle SW ofPrehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring

1 garden or designed landscape

Tomnahurich Cemetery
Tomnahurich CemeteryGarden and designed landscape
Born here

79 notable people born in Inverness before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

James Mackintosh
Robert Menli Lyon
William Fraser Tolmie
David Lewis Macpherson
William E. Smith
John Ferguson McLennan
Jane Elizabeth Waterston
Alexander Dawes
Marion Wallace Dunlop
William Campbell
Murdoch Macdonald
John Smith Archibald
Andy McCombie
George Cornet
Roddy McEachrane
Peter McWilliam
Donald Grant
John Alexander Mackay
Josephine Tey
Douglas Wimberley
175017751800182518501875190019251950
JT
Josephine Tey1896–1952 · Scottish author (1896–1952)
James Mackintosh
James Mackintosh1765–1832 · British politician (1765-1832)
George Cornet
George Cornet1877–1952 · Scottish water polo player (1877-1952)
JM
John Ferguson McLennan1827–1881 · British lawyer and ethnologist (1827–1881)
Marion Wallace Dunlop
Marion Wallace Dunlop1864–1942 · British artist and suffragette (1864-1942)
Jane Elizabeth Waterston
Jane Elizabeth Waterston1843–1932 · Scottish teacher and doctor in South Africa
William E. Smith
William E. Smith1824–1883 · American politician (1824–1883)
RM
Roddy McEachrane1877–1952 · Scottish footballer (1878-1952)

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

Towns its size

Inverness has the 7th most Category A buildings of 36 towns its size

Scottish towns of 19,000–121,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Stirling24
Paisley24
Dumfries22
Perth20
Ayr16
Greenock15
Inverness14
Elgin13
Hamilton13
Musselburgh11
Kirkcaldy and Dysart10
Dunfermline10
#8 of 36for listed buildings per resident (62 per 10,000). Stirling, Elgin and Dumfries lead.

Only Stirling, Paisley, Dumfries, Perth, Ayr and Greenock have more. The typical town its size has 4.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Inverness

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Inverness48,25729914—
Milton of Leys3,16800—
Westhill5,68130—
Smithton2,90500—
Culloden3,69962—
Muir of Ord2,83200—
Dingwall5,274251—
In brief

Inverness in brief

Inverness has 299 listed buildings, 14 of them in the top category, including Ness Walk, Cathedral Church of St Andrew (Episcopal). Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness sits at the heart of it all, with 8 of the town’s Category A buildings within 400 m. Only 6 of the 36 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. On Douglas Row alone there are 20 listed buildings.

Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 82% are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 79 people born here before 1900, the best known include Josephine Tey (1896), James Mackintosh (1765) and George Cornet (1877).

Questions about Inverness’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Inverness?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 299 buildings inside Inverness’s locality: 14 Category A, 193 Category B and 92 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Inverness?

14, including Church Street, Old High Church, High Street, Town House, Huntly Street, Balnain House, Huntly Street, St Mary's Rc Church, Inshes House, Tower House in Grounds and Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court, including Police Station and boundary wall, Castle Wynd, Castle Hill, Inverness.

Which street in Inverness has the most listed buildings?

Douglas Row (20), Culduthel Road (12) and Wells Street (10) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Inverness?

Yes, 8 scheduled monuments, including Caledonian Canal,Clachnaharry Sea Lock to Muirtown Quay, Caledonian Canal,Dochgarroch Lock - Muirtown Locks, Holme Mains, motte 210m SE of and Inverness, site of Dominican friary and effigy of a knight, Friars' Street.

How many conservation areas are there in Inverness?

3, covering about 214 hectares of the town. The largest are Inverness (Riverside) and Inverness (Crown).

When were Inverness’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 211, in 1981.

Are there old photos of Inverness?

Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1771 to 1929, and an old map from 1948, all on this page.

Who was born in Inverness?

Among people born before 1900: Josephine Tey (1896), James Mackintosh (1765), George Cornet (1877), John Ferguson McLennan (1827) and Marion Wallace Dunlop (1864).

Inverness 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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