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History of Dalry · Historic Environment Scotland

60 listed buildings, 18 of them in the second category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Dalry’s locality, 114 for every 10,000 residents. 42 of Dalry’s listed buildings are Category C. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.

Listed buildings
60
114 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
18
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures

Landmarks of Dalry

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

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 Dalry’s history is

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

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 18 Category B listed buildings in Dalry

Buildings of regional importance. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Show the other 6
Historic streets

New Street Dalry 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.

New Street Dalry9 listed · 3 II*
43, 45 New Street Dalry
Main Street5 listed
Main Street Dalry5 listed · 1 II*
Dalry4 listed · 1 II*
Aitken Street Dalry3 listed · 2 II*
Townend Street Dalry3 listed · 2 II*

Of the 60 entries, 38 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Dalry’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas50
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1

50 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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

42 Category C listed buildings

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

All 42 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 3.4% of Dalry

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

Dalry 19707 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 195 ha inside the locality.

44 of the 60 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 Dalry’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980

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

1980 · 521971 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1971. 52 came in 1980, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Born here

8 notable people born in Dalry before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

James Dunlop
Daniel Kerr
Alexander Y. Malcomson
Arthur Wilson
James Orr
James McKie
Hugh Goldie
William Donald Patrick
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James Dunlop
James Dunlop1793–1848 · Australian astronomer (1793–1848)
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr1836–1916 · American politician (1836-1916)
William Donald Patrick
William Donald Patrick1889–1967 · Scottish airman, advocate and judge (1889-1967)
AW
Arthur Wilson1869–1948 · Western Australian politician (1869-1948)
JO
James Orr1871–1942 · Scottish footballer (1871-1942)
JM
James McKie1873– · Scottish footballer, born 1873
AM
Alexander Y. Malcomson1865–1923 · American businessman (1865–1923)
HG
Hugh Goldie1874– · Association football player

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Dalry

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Dalry5,274600—
Kilbirnie7,110241—
Kilwinning16,22471—
Beith5,773660—
Stevenston8,658160—
Saltcoats12,171440—
Ardrossan10,338711—
West Kilbride4,876113—
In brief

Dalry in brief

Dalry has 60 listed buildings, including Blair Road Garnock Bridge, Dalry. New Street Dalry alone has 9 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 83% are houses, terraces and villas.

Of the 8 people born here before 1900, the best known include James Dunlop (1793), Daniel Kerr (1836) and William Donald Patrick (1889). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 52 of 60. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Category A building.

Questions about Dalry’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Dalry?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 60 buildings inside Dalry’s locality: 0 Category A, 18 Category B and 42 Category C.

Which street in Dalry has the most listed buildings?

New Street Dalry (9), Main Street (5) and Main Street Dalry (5) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Dalry?

1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Dalry.

When were Dalry’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 52, in 1980.

Who was born in Dalry?

Among people born before 1900: James Dunlop (1793), Daniel Kerr (1836), William Donald Patrick (1889), Arthur Wilson (1869) and James Orr (1871).

Dalry 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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