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Newmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge (Newbattle Abbey West Lodge), With Gateway and Adjoining WallNewmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge (Newbattle Abbey West Lodge), With Gateway and Adjoining Wall · Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Dalkeith · Historic Environment Scotland

168 listed buildings, 8 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Dalkeith’s locality, 111 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 16 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town.

8Category A81Category B1scheduled monument26on High Street
Listed buildings
168
111 per 10,000 residents
Category A
8
national importance
Category B
81
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
1
3 gardens & designed landscapes
In pictures

Dalkeith in 17 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Eskbank Road, St David's Church (Roman Catholic), With Boundary Walls and GatepiersEskbank Road, St David's Church (Roman Catholic), With Boundary Walls and GatepiersCategory A listed176-180 (Even Nos) High Street, Dalkeith Tolbooth176-180 (Even Nos) High Street, Dalkeith TolboothCategory A listedHigh Street, Duke's Gate, Town Lodge and Estate WallsHigh Street, Duke's Gate, Town Lodge and Estate WallsCategory B listedStation Road, Former Eskbank and Dalkeith Station, Foot Bridge, Road Bridge and PlatformsStation Road, Former Eskbank and Dalkeith Station, Foot Bridge, Road Bridge and PlatformsCategory B listed100 and 102 High Street, Clydesdale Bank100 and 102 High Street, Clydesdale BankCategory B listed+12See 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

Dalkeith in old photos

1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

CS p5.442 - Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian - Morris's County Seats, 1880c. 1866
VictorianCS p5.442 - Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian - Morris's County Seats, 1880Photo: British Library · 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 Dalkeith’s history is

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

Dalkeith House (Palace), garden or designed landscapeMelville Castle, garden or designed landscapeNewbattle Abbey, garden or designed landscapeChoir of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Dalkeith, scheduled monumentBonnyrigg Road, Westfield Park, With Gates, Railings, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category BCemetery Road, Bridge, Category BCemetery Road, Water Tower, Category BCowden Cleugh Cottage, Category BCroft Street, King's Park Primary School, Category BEdinburgh Road, Grannies Park, Dalkeith Mills, Category BEdinburgh Road, Lugton Bridge, Category BEskbank Road, St John's and King's Park Church (Church of Scotland), With Boundary Walls, Category BHigh Street, Duke's Gate, Town Lodge and Estate Walls, Category BIronmills Park, Ironmills, Cartshed Range, Category BIronmills Park, Ironmills, Iron Mill, Category BIronmills Park, Ironmills, Miller's House, Category BIronmills Park, Memorial Bridge, Category BIronmills Park, Pavilion, Category BLugton Walled Gardens, Head Gardener's House, Category BNewbattle, Newbattle Road, Lamb's Nursery, Former Newbattle Abbey Walled Garden, Category BNewmills Road, Newmills Bridge, Category BNewmills Road, The Old Mill House (Formerly Newmills House), Category BOld Edinburgh Road, New Burial Ground, Watch Tower, Category BOld Edinburgh Road, West Church (Church of Scotland), With Boundary Walls, Category BStation Road, Former Eskbank and Dalkeith Station, Foot Bridge, Road Bridge and Platforms, Category BWoodburn Road Gatepiers to Former Woodburn House Opposite Post Office, Category B1 Lugton Brae, Greenacres, Category B1-5 (Inclusive Nos) London Road, Category B10 and 12 High Street, Category B100 and 102 High Street, Clydesdale Bank, Category B101 and 103 High Street, Category B104 and 106 High Street, Category B105-111 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B11 South Street, Category B112 and 114 High Street, Category B113 High Street, And 1A, 1B Brunton's Close, Category B12 Old Edinburgh Road, West Church Manse, Category B122-126 High Street, Category B127 High Street, Birchlea, Category B128-134 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B129 High Street, Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning No 10 (Masonic Lodge), Category B13 Waverley Road, Glencairn, Category B13 and 15 Glebe Street, Glebe Bank House, With Garden and Boundary Walls, Category B135 and 137 High Street, Category B140 and 142 High Street, Category B161 and 163 High Street, Category B165-169 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B168-172 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B177 High Street, Dalkeith Park House, Category B18 Ancrum Road, Dalriada House, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B182 High Street, Cross Keys Hotel, Category B19 Abbey Road, Hobart House, With Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category B19 Edinburgh Road, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B19 Lugton Brae Old Parsonage, With Boundary Wall and Gatepiers, Category B196 and 198 High Street, Category B2 Ancrum Road, Greenore, Category B2 Avenue Road, Strathesk, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B2 Lothian Street, With Outbuildings, Category B2-6 (Even Nos) Lothian Road, Category B2-8 (Even Nos) Buccleuch Street, Municipal Buildings, Category B20 Ancrum Road and 24 Newbattle Road, Dunallan, With Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category B20 Edinburgh Road , Airdene with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B21 South Street, Category B212 and 214 High Street, Category B228 and 230 High Street, Category B23, 25 and 27 South Street, Category B27-35 (Odd Nos) Croft Street, Former Tannery, Category B3 and 5 Eskbank Road, Category B40 Eskbank Road, Elm Lodge, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B44 Eskbank Road, Woodville, Category B45 Buccleuch Street, Black Bull, Category B47 Eskbank Road, Belmont, With Boundary Walls, Gates and Gatepiers and Former Coach House, Category B48 Eskbank Road, Langlands Lodge, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B49 Eskbank Road, The Birks, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B5 Edinburgh Road, Category B6 London Road, Category B6 Newbattle Road, Appin Lodge, Category B67-71 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B7 and 9 Eskbank Road, Category B75 High Street, Category B8 Lothian Road, Fairfield House, With Boundary Walls and Outbuildings, Category B8 Newbattle Road, Hazelbank, Category B83 and 85 High Street, Category B9 Lasswade Road, Bernafay, Category B93 High Street and 1 Edinburgh Road, Category BCroft Street, Fairfield House, Hot House, Category AEskbank Road, St David's Church (Roman Catholic), With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category AHigh Street, St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church, with graveyard walls and watch house, excluding scheduled monument SM1188, Category ANewmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge (Newbattle Abbey West Lodge), With Gateway and Adjoining Wall, Category A12 Melville Road, Linsandel House, With Outbuildings, Boundary Walls, Gates and Gatepiers, Category A14 Glenesk Crescent, Eskbank House, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category A176-180 (Even Nos) High Street, Dalkeith Tolbooth, Category A200 High Street and 61 St Andrew Street, Corn Exchange, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden

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168 listed buildings by grade
8 Category A81 Category B79 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 8 Category A listed buildings in Dalkeith

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. 5 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 81 Category B listed buildings in Dalkeith

Buildings of regional importance. 11 are photographed.

Show the other 69
Historic streets

High 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.

High Street26 listed · 13 II*
104 and 106 High Street140 and 142 High Street228 and 230 High Street
With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers12 listed · 1 Category A · 6 II*
Croft Street3 listed
Dalkeith3 listed
Edinburgh Road3 listed · 1 II*
Eskbank Road3 listed · 2 II*
South Street3 listed · 3 II*
With Outbuildings3 listed · 1 II*

Of the 168 entries, 120 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Dalkeith’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas147
Walls, gates & bridges14
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1

147 entries (88%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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

79 Category C listed buildings

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

All 79 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Edinburgh Road, Grannies Park, Former SkinneryElmfield Court, Former BarracksKing's Park, War MemorialLugton Walled Gardens (Formerly to Dalkeith House) Including Upper Walled Garden, Lower Walled Garden, Boundary Wall to E and Lugton Brae Retaining Wall to E of Main EntranceNewbattle Road and Abbey Road, Gatepiers and Quadrant WallsThornybank HouseWester Cowden Farmhouse1 Eskbank Terrace, Tor Lodge1 and 3 High Street, And 1 Old Edinburgh Road1 and 3 Musselburgh Road, With Outbuildings1-9 (Inclusive Nos) Thornybank Cottages and Gateway to Thornybank Steading10 Dalhousie Road, Parkend House10-14 (Even Nos) Glebe Street, Lanfine and Glebe Lodge with Boundary Wall108 and 110 High Street11 Park Road, Hollybush115 and 117 High Street, And 3-6 (Inclusive Nos) Brunton's Close116, 118 and 118A High Street excluding single-storey and attic rear range at Roberton's Close, Dalkeith119 High Street12 Park Road, Ardchattan Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers13 and 15 Lasswade Road, With Boundary Walls13 and 15 Park Road, The Lilacs and Ellon Cottage131 and 133 High Street14 Newbattle Road, Greenend14 Park Road, Waverley Cottage, Including Boundary Walls, Gates, Gatepiers, Forecourt and Outbuilding15 and 17 High Street153 and 155 High Street17 Lugton Brae17 and 19 Croft Street17 and 19 Eskbank Road175 High Street, Militia House18 Park Road, Meadowbank, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers186 and 188 High Street, Masons Arms190-194 High Street2 Bridgend, The Neuk, With Outbuildings2 Edinburgh Road2 and 4 Eskbank Road, Harrow Hotel2 and 4 St Andrew Street, The Old Mealmarket Inn21 Newbattle Road, Orwell Bank21 and 23 Croft Street216 and 218 High Street22 Ironmills Road, Lade Cottage22 Park Road, Stonefield with Boundary Wall and Gatepiers23 Newbattle Road25 Croft Street27 Park Road28 Newmills Road, Eskside House, With Outbuilding and Boundary Walls2B Lothian Street3 Edinburgh Road, Full Gospel Church37 and 39 High Street38 Eskbank Road, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers4 Bridgend, Craigievar4 Edinburgh Road4 Lothian Street and 2-6 (Even Nos) Newmills Road, Former Co-Operative Buildings41 High Street42 Eskbank Road, Mayfield Lodge43 High Street46 Eskbank Road, Beechmohr, And 1 Avenue Road, Dunmohr, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers4A and 4B Lothian Street Including Courtyard and Range to E5 and 7 High Street5 and 7 Station Road51 Eskbank Road, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers51 and 53 Bonnyrigg Road53 Eskbank Road, Gilston Lodge, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers6 Bridgend, Tower House6 Lugton Brae, Lugton House, With Boundary Walls and Railings64-70 (Even Nos) St Andrew Street72-76 (Even Nos) St Andrew Street77 High Street, Dalkeith78-82 (Even Nos) St Andrew Street79 and 81 High Street, Dalkeith8 Bridgend, Rosecot, With Railings8-11 (Inclusive Nos) London Road84-90 (Even Nos) St Andrew Street87 High Street89 and 91 High Street9 Lothian Bank, Mount Lothian, With Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Lamp Standards9 Park Road, Roseneuk9-13 (Odd Nos) High Street95-99 (Odd Nos) High Street
Conservation areas

3 conservation areas cover 28% of Dalkeith

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

Eskbank & Ironmills 197072 ha
Dalkeith House & Park 197031 ha
Newbattle 197025 ha
128 hain conservation areas, of 460 ha inside the locality.

The first, Eskbank & Ironmills, Dalkeith House & Park and Newbattle, were designated in 1970; the newest, Newbattle, in 1970. 151 of the 168 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

77 of Dalkeith’s 168 listed buildings were added in 1992

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

1992 · 771983 · 55
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 9 entries were listed in 1971, 3 of the 8 Category A buildings among them. 77 came in 1992. 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.

Choir of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Dalkeith
Choir of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, DalkeithEcclesiastical: collegiate church

3 gardens and designed landscapes

Dalkeith House (Palace)Garden and designed landscape
Melville CastleGarden and designed landscape
Newbattle AbbeyGarden and designed landscape
Born here

22 notable people born in Dalkeith before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

David Calderwood
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian
Mark Kerr
Robert Smith
John Brown
David Brown
Robert Aitken
John Aitken
David Mushet
Robert Turnbull Macpherson
Lord Mark Kerr
T. B. H. Stenhouse
Peter Guthrie Tait
James Fletcher
Lord Walter Kerr
Bob Pringle
Alexander Brown
Andy Walker
Billy Blyth
155016001650170017501800185019001950
Peter Guthrie Tait
Peter Guthrie Tait1831–1901 · Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901)
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll1629–1685 · Scottish politician
BB
Billy Blyth1895–1968 · Scottish footballer (1895-1968)
WL
William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian1661–1722 · British Army general
Lord Walter Kerr
Lord Walter Kerr1839–1927 · Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1839-1927)
David Mushet
David Mushet1772–1847 · Scottish metallurgist
DC
David Calderwood1575–1650 · Minister of the Church of Scotland and Historian
Robert Turnbull Macpherson
Robert Turnbull Macpherson1814–1872 · Scottish artist and photographer (1814-1872)

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

Towns its size

Dalkeith has the 11th most Category A buildings of 134 towns its size

Scottish towns of 6,000–38,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
Dumfries22
St Andrews20
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Musselburgh11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
Dunbar7
#24 of 134for listed buildings per resident (111 per 10,000). Kelso, Kirkwall and Haddington lead.

Only Lanark, Dumfries, St Andrews, Elgin, Helensburgh, Montrose, Musselburgh, Kelso, Haddington and Linlithgow have more. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Dalkeith

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Dalkeith15,1251688—
Mayfield14,259131—
Bonnyrigg18,088592—
Danderhall3,38931—
Musselburgh21,47618811—
Gorebridge8,900200—
Wallyford4,49310—
Loanhead7,00760—
In brief

Dalkeith in brief

The official list counts 168 listed buildings in Dalkeith, 8 of them in the top category. Only 10 of the 134 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. High Street alone has 26 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.

Most entries on the list, 88%, are houses, terraces and villas. Peter Guthrie Tait (1831), Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1629) and Billy Blyth (1895) are among the 22 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Dalkeith’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Dalkeith?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 168 buildings inside Dalkeith’s locality: 8 Category A, 81 Category B and 79 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Dalkeith?

8, including Croft Street, Fairfield House, Hot House, Eskbank Road, St David's Church (Roman Catholic), With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, High Street, St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church, with graveyard walls and watch house, excluding scheduled monument SM1188, Newmills Road, Dalkeith Lodge (Newbattle Abbey West Lodge), With Gateway and Adjoining Wall, 12 Melville Road, Linsandel House, With Outbuildings, Boundary Walls, Gates and Gatepiers and 14 Glenesk Crescent, Eskbank House, With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers.

Which street in Dalkeith has the most listed buildings?

High Street (26), With Boundary Walls and Gatepiers (12) and Croft Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Dalkeith?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Choir of St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Dalkeith.

How many conservation areas are there in Dalkeith?

3, covering about 128 hectares of the town. The largest are Eskbank & Ironmills and Dalkeith House & Park.

When were Dalkeith’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 77, in 1992.

Are there old photos of Dalkeith?

Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1866 to 1866, all on this page.

Who was born in Dalkeith?

Among people born before 1900: Peter Guthrie Tait (1831), Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1629), Billy Blyth (1895), William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian (1661) and Lord Walter Kerr (1839).

Dalkeith 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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