BChurch · listed 1971Inverkip Parish Church. Inverkip.Photo: wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inverkip Parish Church. Inverkip. · Photo: wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Inverkip · Historic Environment Scotland
5 listed buildings, 4 of them in the second category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Inverkip’s locality, 14 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
5
14 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
4
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Inverkip
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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 Inverkip’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category BScheduled monument
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5 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A4 Category B1 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 4 Category B listed buildings in Inverkip
Buildings of regional importance. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
BHouse · listed 1979Bothy House and No. 15, Bridgend, By Inverkip.Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1979"Woodside" Main Street, Inverkip.
House · listed 1984Inverkip Village Ellenbank
Category C
1 Category C listed building
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 18% of Inverkip
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Inverkip18 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 104 ha inside the locality.
5 of the 5 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.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.
Kirkbrae House, burial vault 65m ENE ofEcclesiastical: burial avile/vault
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Inverkip
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverkip | 3,542 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Gourock | 10,072 | 63 | 0 | — |
| Dunoon | 7,982 | 27 | 1 | — |
| Greenock | 42,870 | 112 | 15 | — |
| Largs | 10,916 | 49 | 4 | — |
| Port Glasgow | 14,260 | 19 | 3 | — |
| Rothesay | 4,206 | 151 | 7 | — |
| Helensburgh | 14,128 | 204 | 13 | — |
In brief
Inverkip in brief
The official list counts 5 listed buildings in Inverkip, including Inverkip Parish Church. Inverkip.. A conservation area protects part of it. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Category A building; the list grew between 1971 and 1984; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Inverkip’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Inverkip?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 buildings inside Inverkip’s locality: 0 Category A, 4 Category B and 1 Category C.
Are there scheduled monuments in Inverkip?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Kirkbrae House, burial vault 65m ENE of.
How many conservation areas are there in Inverkip?
1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Inverkip.
Inverkip 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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