House · listed 1971Lasswade, Wadingburn Road, Barony House (Formerly Lasswade Cottage)
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bonnyrigg · Historic Environment Scotland
59 listed buildings, 2 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Bonnyrigg’s locality, 33 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
59
33 per 10,000 residents
Category A
2
national importance
Category B
32
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
1 garden or designed landscape
In pictures
Bonnyrigg in 7 photos
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Lasswade old parish churchScheduled monument
Lasswade ViaductCategory B listed
Lasswade, High Street, Brigdgend HouseCategory C listed
Lasswade, Melville Dykes Road, Pittendreich House, Including Gatepiers and Boundary WallsCategory B listed
Bonnyrigg, High Street, Bonnyrigg Parish ChurchCategory B listed+2See 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 Bonnyrigg’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
59 listed buildings by grade
2 Category A32 Category B25 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 Bonnyrigg
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1971Mavisbank House, Gazebo
Category B
The 32 Category B listed buildings in Bonnyrigg
Buildings of regional importance. 5 are photographed.
BWalls & gates · listed 1995Lasswade ViaductPhoto: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1979Lasswade, Melville Dykes Road, Pittendreich House, Including Gatepiers and Boundary WallsPhoto: Jeff Wells · CC BY-SA 2.0
BChurch · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, High Street, Bonnyrigg Parish ChurchPhoto: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1979Bonnyrigg, Polton Road, Strathesk Church of Scotland (Lasswade Parish Church) Including Boundary Walls and RailingsPhoto: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1979Lasswade, High Street, Lasswade Bridge, River North EskPhoto: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, 10 Hillhead, Olrig, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, 16 Hillhead, Oakmount Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers
House · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, 19 Broomieknowe, Vaila
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, 4 Elm Row, Formerly District Council Offices, Including Boundary Walls, Railings and Gates
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, 45 Polton Road, Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, Broomieknowe, The Elms Including Outbuilding, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
Inns & shops · listed 1998Bonnyrigg, Cockpen Road, Courtyard Country Inn, Dovecot and Stable Block
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Walls & gates · listed 1999Bonnyrigg, Cockpen Road, Courtyard Country Inn, Including Boundary Wall
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, Eldindean Road, Whitehill Villa, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
House · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, Lothian Street, Parish Council Offices, Orchard Centre
Public · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, Lothian Street, Public Library, Orchard Centre
Walls & gates · listed 1997Bonnyrigg, Sherwood Crescent, Cockpen Nursery School Including Boundary Walls and Outbuilding
House · listed 1991Bonnyrigg, Viewbank View, Viewbank House, Summerhouse
Walls & gates · listed 1997Lasswade Cemetery; Lodges, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 1971Lasswade, 11 Kevock Road, Mount Esk, Including Former Stables Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 1997Lasswade, 16 Kevock Road, Including Boundary Wall
Walls & gates · listed 1987Lasswade, 3 Kevock Road, Eskgrove, Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Conservatory and Summerhouse
Walls & gates · listed 1997Lasswade, 5 School Green, Droman House, Including Former Stable Block, Gatepiers and Gates
House · listed 1971Lasswade, Dunesk House
Walls & gates · listed 1979Lasswade, Esk Tower, Including Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls
Walls & gates · listed 1997Lasswade, Wadingburn Lane, Fettes Mount Including Conservatory, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
House · listed 1971Lasswade, Wadingburn Road Barony House, Cottage and Gateway
Walls & gates · listed 1997Polton Bank, Priorwood House, Formerly Mavisbush House, Including Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
Inns & shops · listed 1993Polton Bank, St Ann's Mount
House · listed 1985Polton Road, Polton Summerhouse
Church · listed 1997St Leonard's Episcopal Church, Dobbies Road, Bonnyrigg
What’s protected
Most of Bonnyrigg’s listed buildings are walls, gates and bridges
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Walls, gates & bridges35
Houses, terraces & villas16
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (27%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
25 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 25 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Baird Smith MemorialBonnyrigg, 11 Elm RowBonnyrigg, 12 Broomieknowe, Gordon Bank, Including Boundary Walls, Railings and GatesBonnyrigg, 13 and 15 Dundas Street, Including Boundary WallsBonnyrigg, 17 and 19 Dundas Street, Including Boundary WallsBonnyrigg, 3 Broomieknowe, Dunraven, Including Gatepiers, Boundary Walls and OutbuildingBonnyrigg, 33 Broomieknowe, The Hill, Garden Pavilion and SummerhouseBonnyrigg, 34 Broomieknowe, Hay Cottage, Including Boundary WallsBonnyrigg, 7 Broomieknowe, Strathmore, Including Boundary Wall and GatepiersBonnyrigg, 7 Hillhead, Viewpark Including Boundary Walls and GatepiersBonnyrigg, Hillhead, Nazareth HouseBonnyrigg, Hillhead, Nazareth House, Lodge Including Quadrant Walls and GatepiersBonnyrigg, Polton Road, Springbank Lodge Including Gateway and Boundary WallsBonnyrigg, Polton Street, Midlothian Teachers' Centre, Formerly Bonnyrigg Infant SchoolLasswade, 12 Kevock Road, The Old Lodge, Including Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary WallsLasswade, 20 Kevock Road, Little Crawfurd, Including Former Cart Shed, Stables and Boundary WallsLasswade, Dunesk House, Lodge, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary WallsLasswade, Dunesk House, Walled GardenLasswade, Greenfield Lodge, Including Gatepiers, Gates and OutbuildingLasswade, High Street, Brigdgend HouseLasswade, Kevock Road, Kevock Tower, SummerhouseLasswade, School Brae, Lasswade Parish Church Eskside Hall, Including Boundary Wall, Gatepiers and RailingsLasswade, Wadingburn Lane, Carlethan HouseMavisbank House, Dairy (Comprising South Lodge, The Coach House and the Barn), Including Gatepiers, Gates and Walled YardRosewell, The Chesters Hotel
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 25% of Bonnyrigg
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Mavisbank 197060 ha
Lasswade & Kevock 197049 ha
Broomieknowe 197019 ha
128 hain conservation areas, of 518 ha inside the locality.
The first, Mavisbank, Lasswade & Kevock and Broomieknowe, were designated in 1970; the newest, Broomieknowe, in 1970. 43 of the 59 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 Bonnyrigg’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1997
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1997 · 391971 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1971, 2 of the 2 Category A buildings among them. 39 came in 1997. Only 0 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.
Lasswade old parish churchEcclesiastical: church; Secular: mausoleum
1 garden or designed landscape
MavisbankGarden and designed landscape
1 Inventory battlefield
Born here
6 notable people born in Bonnyrigg before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Richard Baird Smith
John Hislop
Thomas Ainslie
Jimmy Ross
Isabel Wilson
Eleanor Pairman
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EP
Eleanor Pairman1896–1973 · Mathematician (1896-1973)
JH
John Hislop1821–1904 · New Zealand teacher, school inspector, educationalist, public servant…
JR
Jimmy Ross1895–1962 · Scottish footballer (1895-?)
Richard Baird Smith1818–1861 · British engineer officer (1818-1861)
TA
Thomas Ainslie1860–1926 · Rugby union player (1860–1926)
IW
Isabel Wilson1895–1982 · British psychiatrist (1895-1982)
Everyone born in Bonnyrigg → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bonnyrigg
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnyrigg | 18,088 | 59 | 2 | — |
| Loanhead | 7,007 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Mayfield | 14,259 | 13 | 1 | — |
| Dalkeith | 15,125 | 168 | 8 | — |
| Danderhall | 3,389 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Gorebridge | 8,900 | 20 | 0 | — |
| Penicuik | 16,431 | 46 | 4 | — |
| Musselburgh | 21,476 | 188 | 11 | — |
In brief
Bonnyrigg in brief
Bonnyrigg has 59 listed buildings, 2 of them in the top category, including Lasswade old parish church. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Most entries on the list, 59%, are walls, gates and bridges.
Of the 6 people born here before 1900, the best known include Eleanor Pairman (1896), John Hislop (1821) and Jimmy Ross (1895). The big year was 1997, when 39 of the 59 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it has 2 Category A buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Bonnyrigg’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bonnyrigg?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 59 buildings inside Bonnyrigg’s locality: 2 Category A, 32 Category B and 25 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Bonnyrigg?
2, including Lasswade, Wadingburn Road, Barony House (Formerly Lasswade Cottage) and Mavisbank House, Gazebo.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bonnyrigg?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Lasswade old parish church.
How many conservation areas are there in Bonnyrigg?
3, covering about 128 hectares of the town. The largest are Mavisbank and Lasswade & Kevock.
When were Bonnyrigg’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 39, in 1997.
Who was born in Bonnyrigg?
Among people born before 1900: Eleanor Pairman (1896), John Hislop (1821), Jimmy Ross (1895), Richard Baird Smith (1818) and Thomas Ainslie (1860).
Bonnyrigg 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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