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History of Elgin · Historic Environment Scotland

243 listed buildings, 13 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Elgin’s locality, 99 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 36 of its listed buildings.

13Category A117Category B4scheduled monuments36on High Street
Listed buildings
243
99 per 10,000 residents
Category A
13
national importance
Category B
117
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
4
nationally important sites
In pictures

Elgin in 40 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Pluscarden Road, Gray's HospitalPluscarden Road, Gray's HospitalCategory A listed7 High Street, Braco's Banking House7 High Street, Braco's Banking HouseCategory A listedBlackfriars Road, Mansion House Hotel (Formerly the Haugh)Blackfriars Road, Mansion House Hotel (Formerly the Haugh)Category B listedBrewery BridgeBrewery BridgeCategory B listedOld Mills Road, Bow BridgeOld Mills Road, Bow BridgeCategory B listed+35See 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 Elgin’s history is

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

Bishop's House,Elgin, scheduled monumentElgin Castle, scheduled monumentElgin Cathedral, scheduled monumentElgin, Pans Port and precinct wall, scheduled monumentBishopmill, Braemoriston Road, Braemoriston House, Category BBishopmill, Bridge Street, Bishopmill Bridge over River Lossie, Category BBishopmill, East High Street, Deansford, Category BBishopmill, East High Street, Millbank, Category BBishopmill, Hythe Hill, 23 West High Street, House, Gatepiers, Garden Walling, Former Gighouse and Stable, Category BBishopmill, Off Bridge Street, Ivybank, House, Garden Walling and Gatepiers, Category BBishopmill, Woodlands Farm, Horse Engine House, Category BBlackfriars Road, Mansion House Hotel (Formerly the Haugh), Category BBrewery Bridge, Category BDeanshaugh, Deansburgh House and Outbuilding, Category BElgin Sheriff Court including boundary wall and railings, High Street and Glover Street, Elgin, Category BElgin Town Hall, Including Former Water Feature and Flagpoles, Category BGordon Street, Victoria School of Science and Art, And Gate Piers, Category BHigh Street, Fountain on the Plainstones, Category BHigh Street, Maryhill House, Garden Walls and Bridge Linking Gardens and Spanning the Ladies Walk, Oldmills Road, Category BHigh Street, Muckle Cross on the Plainstones, Category BHill Street, Ladyhill House Hotel, Category BInstitution Road, East End School, Category BInstitution Road, Lodge to Anderson's Institution, Category BInstitution Road, St Sylvester's Rc Church, Presbytery and School, Category BLesmurdie, 1-17 (Inclusive Nos) Lesmurdie House, Category BMaisondieu Road, Laich Moray Hotel (Formerly Station Hotel), Category BMaisondieu Road, Railway Station (Formerly Great North of Scotland Railway), Category BMaisondieu Road, Railway Station, Engine Shed, Category BMoray Street, Moray College of Further Education (Former Elgin Academy) Fronting Moray Street, Arch and Bellcote, Category BMoray Street, South High Church, (Church of Scotland), Category BMoss Street, Eastwood, Category BMoss Street, St Columba's Church of Scotland, Category BNew Elgin, Doocot Park, Dovecot, Category BNewmill, Newmill Warehouse Front Block, Category BNorth College Street, Former North College Stages, Category BNorth College Street, Grant Lodge (Elgin Library), Category BNorth College Street, North College, North College Lodge ("Tregarne"), Garden Walls and Gate Piers, Category BNorthfield Terrace, Highfield House and Former Carriage House, Elgin Community Surgery, Category BNorthfield Terrace, St Michael's (Former Episcopalian) Rectory with Garden Walls, Category BOld Mills Road, Bow Bridge, Category BOld Mills Road, The Mill and Ancillary Working Buildings, Category BPluscarden Road, Lodge to Gray's Hospital, Category BSheriffmills Bridge, Category BSouth Street, High Church (Church of Scotland), Category BSouth Street, Park House (Centre), Category BStation Road, Royal Hotel, Category BThunderton Place, Thunderton House, Adjoining Garage Wing and Low Courtyard Wall Incorporating Heraldic Beasts (Thunderton Hotel), Category BTrinity Place, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Category BWards Road, Former City Corn Mills, Including Malting Kiln, Category BWest Road, Braelossie, Category BWest Road, Connet Hill, Category B1 High Street, K6 Telephone Kiosk at Museum, Category B1 King Street, Winchester House and Garden Walls, Category B1 North College Street, Category B1, 2 St Catherine's Place, Category B1, 3 Duff Avenue, Avenue House, Category B1-55 (Odd Nos) Harrison Terrace, Category B10 Commerce Street (The Elgin Club), Category B10 King Street, Category B101 High Street, Category B103-107 High Street, The Tower Hotel, Category B11 Institution Road, Friars House, Category B114-116 High Street, Category B115 High Street, Category B128, 130, 132, 134, 136 High Street, Category B13 Reidhaven Street, Category B13 South Guildry Street, Category B141-145 High Street, Category B147-149 High Street, Category B15 and 17 High Street, Masonic Building, Category B161-163 High Street, Category B164, 166 High Street, Category B165-167 High Street, Category B17 Reidhaven Street, Category B17 South Guildry Street, Category B19 West Road, Craigie, Category B2 King Street, Kinnore, Category B2 Mayne Road, The Mansefield House Hotel, Category B2 West Road, West Lodge, Category B20 Duff Avenue, The Lodge, Category B20 King Street, Category B21 Institution Road, Moray Bank, Category B227B High Street (In Close), Category B23 High Street, Category B23 Institution Road, Kinrara, Category B23 Reidhaven Street, Category B25 High Street, Category B25A High Street, Category B25B High Street (Through Pend), Category B25C High Street, Morlich (Through Pend), Category B26 Hay Street, Former South Manse, Category B26, 28 South Guildry Street, Category B27 Reidhaven Street, Category B3 Reidhaven Street, Category B3,4 St Catherine's Place and Garden Walls, Category B31 Wittet Drive, Category B35 Moss Street, Girnigoe, Category B39-45 (Odd Nos) Reidhaven Street, Category B4 Mayne Road, Brae Birnie, Category B40 Hay Street, Darliston, House, Stables, Former Gighouse and Garden Walls, Category B42-46 Moss Street, Category B49 Reidhaven Street, Category B50 Moss Street, Category B54 High Street, Category B56-58 South Street, Category B58-62 High Street, 2 Commerce Street, Category B5A High Street (Through Pend), Category B5B High Street (Through Pend), Category B6 Institution Road, Kilmorie, Category B6 Queen Street, Greyfriars House, Category B6 Trinity Place (Former Episcopal Parsonage), Category B64-102 Even Nos Only South College Street (Even Numbers Only), Category B7 Mayne Road, Prospect Lodge, Category B76, 78, 80 High Street, Category B8 Institution Road, Limuru, Category B8, 10 Forteath Avenue with Garden Walls, Category B82, 84, 86 High Street, Category B9 High Street, St Giles, Category B9 Institution Road, Friars Park, Category B94 High Street, Category B96-98 High Street, 100 High Street, Category BAbbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel, Category AAbbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Convent Buildings, Category AHigh Street, Lady Hill, Duke of Gordon Monument, Category AHigh Street, Little Cross, Category AHigh Street, St Giles' Church (Church of Scotland), Category APluscarden Road, Gray's Hospital, Category ASouth College Street, Anderson's Institution and Gatepiers (The Elgin Institution for Support of Old Age and Education of Youth, Category A1 High Street, Elgin Museum and Museum Hall, Category A41 Moss Street, South Villa, Garden Walls and Ice House, Category A42-46 High Street, Category A50-52 High Street, Category A7 High Street, Braco's Banking House, Category A9 West Road, Ingleside (Formerly the Cottage), Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monument400 m from Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel
10 of 13Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel, a five-minute walk. So do 115 of the 243 listed buildings.

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

243 listed buildings by grade
13 Category A117 Category B113 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 13 Category A listed buildings in Elgin

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 10 of these stand within 400 m of Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel. 8 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 117 Category B listed buildings in Elgin

Buildings of regional importance. 28 are photographed.

Walls & gates · listed 1971Brewery BridgePhoto: Iain Macaulay · CC BY-SA 2.0
Show the other 105
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 Street36 listed · 2 Category A · 17 II*
25 High Street
High Street (Through Pend)13 listed · 3 II*
5A High Street (Through Pend)
Reidhaven Street13 listed · 6 II*
South Guildry Street9 listed · 3 II*
Harrow Inn Close6 listed
High Street (In Close)6 listed · 1 II*
King Street6 listed · 2 II*
West Road4 listed
(Through Pend)3 listed
Elgin3 listed

High Street holds 36 entries, 2 of them in the top category: more of the top grade than any other street. Of the 243 entries, 160 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Elgin’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas187
Public & civic buildings19
Walls, gates & bridges19
Inns, shops & warehouses7
Churches, chapels & priories6
Memorials, crosses & tombs5

187 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 13 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

113 Category C listed buildings

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

All 113 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Bishopmill, 1 Bridge StreetBishopmill, 2 Bridge StreetBishopmill, 21 West High Street, MontpelierBishopmill, 3 Bridge StreetBishopmill, 42 North Street, Elm BankBlackfriars Road, Lodge to Mansion House Hotel (Formerly the Haugh)Elgin Centre, Signal BoxHarvest Centre (former St Giles Parish Church Hall), 10 Greyfriars Street, ElginHigh Street, Sulva Cottage and Messines Cottage, Lady Hill. (War Veterans' Cottages)High Street, War Memorial, On the PlainstonesLesmurdie, Lesmurdie House, DovecotLinkwood House Including Ancillary Building, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and GatesNewmill Garvald House, Walling, Gate Piers and Pedestrian EntranceNewmill, Newmill Cottages (Formerly Newmill House Stables)Newmill, Newmill HouseNewmill, Newmill Warehouse and Weaving ShedNorth College Street, Cooper Park LodgeNorth College Street, Length of Walling Abutting North College Street and South College House to Pans PortOld Mills Road, Bridge Approaching the Mill and Ancillary BuildingsPend at Rear of 95 High Street E-FSouth Guildry Street, St Brendons and ArdluiSouth Street, Free ChurchThe Granary excluding later extensions and detached store to rear, Oldmills Road, ElginTrinity Place, Holy Trinity Church Hall (Formerly School)Walls to Pend Behind Nos 23 and 25 High Street102, 104, 106, 108 High Street109 High Street11 Reidhaven Street11, 13 Harrow Inn Close111-113 High Street114 High Street (Through Pend, Harrow Inn Close)114A High Street (Through Pend, Harrow Inn Close)116-126 High Street (Former Gordon Arms Hotel)117, 119 and 121 High Street12, 13 Harrow Inn Close123-133 High Street (St Giles' Building)13 North College Street, "Downham"13 and 15 King Street135-139 High Street14, 15 Harrow Inn Close15 South Guildry Street16 Harrow Inn Close17 Batchen Street17 King Street17 West Road171-177 (Odd Nos) High Street181 High Street184A, 184B and 184C High Street, Elgin185 High Street186 and 188 High Street, Elgin187 High Street19 Reidhaven Street2 South College Street, Elgin207 High Street21 Reidhaven Street211, 211A and 211B High Street211C High Street (In Close)211D High Street (In Close)211E High Street (In Close)211F High Street (In Close)22, 22A, 24, 24A South Guildry Street227C High Street (In Close)229B,C High Street (Through Pend)229F High Street(Through Pend)229G High Street(Throiugh Pend)233 and 235 High Street233A,B High Street, (Through Pend)233C,D High Street (Through Pend)233E and 233F High Street, (Through Pend)239 High Street23A High Street (Through Pend at 25 High Street)23B High Street25 and 29 South Guildry Street27 Moray Street with 14 and 16 North Guildry Street284 High Street, Fern Hurst, Former Civic Lamps29 Reidhaven Street3 High Street3 West Road3, 4, 5, 6 Harrow Inn Close3-17 (Odd Nos) Victoria Road, Jubilee Homes (Odd Number Only)31 Reidhaven Street33 Abbey Street, Heatherley33 Reidhaven Street36 Academy Street, South Bank Guest House37F High Street, (Through Pend)47 Reidhaven Street49, 51, 53 South Guildry Street5 West Road55, 57 South Guildry Street57 South Street, Former Market Entrance (Now Your More Store)5C High Street (Thrugh Pend)5D High Street (Through Pend)62 Pluscarden Road, Fleurs House62, 64, 66 South Guildry Street66-68 High Street, 1 Commerce Street68 South Guildry Street, Clifton House69-71 South Street7 King Street7 West Road7, 8, 9, 10 Harrow Inn Close85,87,89,91,93 High Street87A High Street (Through Pend)87B High Street (Through Pend)87C,D High Street (Through Pend)9 King Street91A High Street (Through Pend)91B High Street91C,D High Street (Through Pend)91E and 91F High Street (Through Pend)92 High Street (Through Pend)95 High Street99 High Street, In Pend, Rear Wing to 101 High Street 99A, 99B and 99C9A Moss Street, High Spirits , Formerly Moss Street United Presbyterian Church
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 3.5% of Elgin

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

Elgin High Street 197019 ha
Elgin South 197016 ha
35 hain conservation areas, of 1,005 ha inside the locality.

The first, Elgin High Street and Elgin South, were designated in 1970; the newest, Elgin South, in 1970. 141 of the 243 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 Elgin’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981

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

1981 · 1801971 · 29
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 29 entries were listed in 1971, 10 of the 13 Category A buildings among them. 180 came in 1981, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 2 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.

4 scheduled monuments

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

Bishop's House,Elgin
Bishop's House,ElginEcclesiastical: precincts; Secular: house
Elgin Castle
Elgin CastleSecular: motte
Elgin Cathedral
Elgin CathedralEcclesiastical: cathedral
Elgin, Pans Port and precinct wall
Elgin, Pans Port and precinct wallEcclesiastical: precinct walls
Born here

28 notable people born in Elgin before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

William Gordon
Robert Calder
Robert Alves
George Brown
James Grant
John Hossack
J. Stuart Russell
George Ashdown Audsley
Alexander Marshall Mackenzie
William Wyinks
Ethel Gordon Fenwick
Charles Morison
George Macdonald
Mary Murdoch
Charles McFarlane Inglis
Ronald Gordon
Robert Hamilton
Jimmy Millar
John Wardlaw-Milne
George Fraser
170017501800185019001950
Robert Calder
Robert Calder1745–1818 · Royal Navy admiral (1745-1818)
George Brown
George Brown1790–1865 · British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Cr…
GM
George Macdonald1862–1940 · British archaeologist and numismatist (1862–1940)
RH
Robert Hamilton1877–1948 · Scottish footballer (1877-1948)
Ethel Gordon Fenwick
Ethel Gordon Fenwick1857–1947 · British nurse and founder of the International Council of Nurses
JG
James Grant1802–1879 · British newspaper editor
Charles McFarlane Inglis
Charles McFarlane Inglis1870–1954 · British naturalist
George Ashdown Audsley
George Ashdown Audsley1838–1925 · British-American architect, decorator, organ builder (1838-1925)

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

Towns its size

Elgin has the 8th most Category A buildings of 86 towns its size

Scottish towns of 10,000–62,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Stirling24
Dumfries22
St Andrews20
Perth20
Ayr16
Greenock15
Inverness14
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Hamilton13
Montrose11
Musselburgh11
#13 of 86for listed buildings per resident (99 per 10,000). Haddington, Montrose and St Andrews lead.

Only Stirling, Dumfries, St Andrews, Perth, Ayr, Greenock and Inverness have more. Elgin is level with Helensburgh and Hamilton. The typical town its size has 2.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Elgin

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Elgin24,61724313—
Lossiemouth6,654251—
Forres9,2901714—
In brief

Elgin in brief

The official list counts 243 listed buildings in Elgin, 13 of them in the top category, including Pluscarden Road, Gray's Hospital. Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel sits at the heart of it all, with 10 of the town’s Category A buildings within 400 m. Only 7 of the 86 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. On High Street alone there are 36 listed buildings.

Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas. Robert Calder (1745), George Brown (1790) and George Macdonald (1862) are among the 28 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Elgin’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Elgin?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 243 buildings inside Elgin’s locality: 13 Category A, 117 Category B and 113 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Elgin?

13, including Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Chapel, Abbey Street, Convent of Mercy, Convent Buildings, High Street, Lady Hill, Duke of Gordon Monument, High Street, Little Cross, High Street, St Giles' Church (Church of Scotland) and Pluscarden Road, Gray's Hospital.

Which street in Elgin has the most listed buildings?

High Street (36), High Street (Through Pend) (13) and Reidhaven Street (13) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Elgin?

Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Bishop's House,Elgin, Elgin Castle, Elgin Cathedral and Elgin, Pans Port and precinct wall.

How many conservation areas are there in Elgin?

2, covering about 35 hectares of the town. The largest are Elgin High Street and Elgin South.

When were Elgin’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 180, in 1981.

Who was born in Elgin?

Among people born before 1900: Robert Calder (1745), George Brown (1790), George Macdonald (1862), Robert Hamilton (1877) and Ethel Gordon Fenwick (1857).

Elgin 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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