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History of Nairn · Historic Environment Scotland

63 listed buildings, 2 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Nairn’s locality, 66 for every 10,000 residents. Category B covers 38 of Nairn’s listed buildings. We have photos of 28 of its listed buildings.

2Category A38Category B
Listed buildings
63
66 per 10,000 residents
Category A
2
national importance
Category B
38
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Nairn in 28 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Academy Street, Old Parish ChurchAcademy Street, Old Parish ChurchCategory A listedNairn Railway Station Including Main Offices, Former Waiting Room and Shelter, West Signal Box, East Signal Box and FootbridgeNairn Railway Station Including Main Offices, Former Waiting Room and Shelter, West Signal Box, East Signal Box and FootbridgeCategory B listedCawdor Street, British Legion Club; House, Gatepiers and_Walling to Cawdor StreetCawdor Street, British Legion Club; House, Gatepiers and_Walling to Cawdor StreetCategory B listedCrescent Road, Havelock HotelCrescent Road, Havelock HotelCategory C listedNairn Viaduct over River NairnNairn Viaduct over River NairnCategory B listed+23See 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.

The map

Where Nairn’s history is

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

Academy Street, Nairn Rosebank Parish Church (Formerly Nairn Up Church), Category BAcademy Street, Nairn Rosebank Parish Church Hall, Category BAlbert Street, Lion Cottage and Garden Wall, Category BAlbert Street, Tarland, Category BAltonburn Road, Achareidh House, Category BAltonburn Road, Alltan Donn House Including 1, 2, 3 Tradespark Road, Category BCawdor Street, British Legion Club; House, Gatepiers and_Walling to Cawdor Street, Category BCawdor Street, War Memorial, Enclosing Wall and Piers, Category BCrescent Road, Kingillie, Category BCrescent Road, Rawcliffe, Category BFormer Court House including prison and boundary walls to rear, High Street, Nairn, Category BHigh Street, Bank of Scotland, Category BHigh Street, Mackintosh`S Buildings, Category BHigh Street, Market Cross, Category BHigh Street, Royal Bank of Scotland (Formerly the National Bank of Scotland), Category BHigh Street, Royal Hotel, Category BHigh Street, St Ninian`S Church and Parish Hall, Category BHigh Street,Highland(Formerly Station Hotel) on Corner with Leopold Street., Category BInverness Road, Newton Court, Category BInverness Road, Newton Hotel and Fountain, Category BLeopold Street, Former Up Manse, Category BManse Road, Old Parish Church Manse, Category BNairn Railway Station Including Main Offices, Former Waiting Room and Shelter, West Signal Box, East Signal Box and Footbridge, Category BNairn Viaduct over River Nairn, Category BOff King Street, Viewfield, Category BOff King Street, Viewfield, Statue to Dr John Grigor(1814-1866), Category BSeabank Road, Broomholm, Broomholm Cottage and Boundary_Walling, Category BTradespark Road, Willowvale, Category BTulloch Crescent, Woodville, Category B1, 2, 3 and 4 Gordon Street (Corner Site with 94 High Street), Category B103 High Street, Category B2 Wellington Road Gate Piers and Garden Walls, Category B24-30 High Street Rose Bros and Co (Even Nos), Category B4 and 6 Courthouse Lane, Category B58 Seabank Road, Linkside, Linkside Cottage and Boundary Wall, Category B79 and 79A High Street, (Department of Employment, And Peggys), Category B8 and 9 Bath Street, Category B88 High Street (Tulloch), Category BAcademy Street, Old Parish Church, Category AMarine Road, Bandstand, Category A
Category ACategory B

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63 listed buildings by grade
2 Category A38 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 A

The 2 Category A listed buildings in Nairn

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.

Category B

The 38 Category B listed buildings in Nairn

Buildings of regional importance. 25 are photographed.

Show the other 26
What’s protected

Most of Nairn’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas34
Public & civic buildings8
Churches, chapels & priories7
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Street furniture1

34 entries (54%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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

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
Academy Street, St Mary`S Roman Catholic Church and ManseCawdor Road, Nairn Town and County HospitalChurch Road, Former Parish ChurchChurch Road, Former School (C G Higgins & Co)Crescent Road 1 and 2 Balvenie PlaceCrescent Road, Havelock HotelHigh Street, Constabulary Gardens with Gatepiers and RailingsHigh Street, Jubilee FountainHigh Street, Straith MonumentKing Street, Congregational ChurchKing Street, Roseneath HouseQueen Street, St Columba`S Episcopal ChurchWaverley Hotel and 4,6,8,10,12,14 High Street1 Marine Road and 2 Charles Place10 and 12 Cumming Street Beach Lea113 and 109 High Street125 and 117 High Street17 and 19 High Street, Clydesdale Bank20 Queen Street, Scorrybreck57 High Street, The Victoria Hotel6 and 8 Cumming Street61 High Street, (The Brass Kettle)75-77 High Street
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 3.6% of Nairn

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

Nairn Fishertown 197018 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 505 ha inside the locality.

4 of the 63 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 Nairn’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981

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

1981 · 501971 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 7 entries were listed in 1971. 50 came in 1981, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Born here

5 notable people born in Nairn before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

James Augustus Grant
Isaac B. Cameron
Angus Cameron
George Marshall McCall Smith
Frederick John Knowles
1800182518501875190019251950
James Augustus Grant
James Augustus Grant1827–1892 · Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)
Isaac B. Cameron
Isaac B. Cameron1851–1930 · American politician (1851-1930)
AC
Angus Cameron1871–1961 · British colonial administrator
GS
George Marshall McCall Smith1882–1958 · Scottish doctor, medical superintendent, community leader
FK
Frederick John Knowles1895–1979 · British World War I flying ace

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Nairn

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Nairn9,576632—
Forres9,2901714—
Culloden3,69962—
In brief

Nairn in brief

Nairn has 63 listed buildings, 2 of them in the top category, including Marine Road, Bandstand. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 54% are houses, terraces and villas.

Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include James Augustus Grant (1827), Isaac B. Cameron (1851) and Angus Cameron (1871). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1981: 50 of 63. The rest is about typical: it has 2 Category A buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1).

Questions about Nairn’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Nairn?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 63 buildings inside Nairn’s locality: 2 Category A, 38 Category B and 23 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Nairn?

2, including Academy Street, Old Parish Church and Marine Road, Bandstand.

How many conservation areas are there in Nairn?

1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Nairn Fishertown.

When were Nairn’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 50, in 1981.

Who was born in Nairn?

Among people born before 1900: James Augustus Grant (1827), Isaac B. Cameron (1851), Angus Cameron (1871), George Marshall McCall Smith (1882) and Frederick John Knowles (1895).

Nairn 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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