Walls & gates · listed 2001Wishaw, Young Street, St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church Including Boundary Wall and Gate Pier
Cambusnethan, Kirk Road, Cambusnethan Old Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Church Hall, Vestry and Session House, War Memorial, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Railings · Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Wishaw · Historic Environment Scotland
42 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Wishaw’s locality, 14 for every 10,000 residents. Category C covers 32 of Wishaw’s listed buildings.
Listed buildings
42
14 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
9
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
The map
Where Wishaw’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
42 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A9 Category B32 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 Category A listed building in Wishaw
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Category B
The 9 Category B listed buildings in Wishaw
Buildings of regional importance. 1 is photographed.
BWalls & gates · listed 1971Cambusnethan, Kirk Road, Former Parish Church Including Boundary Wall and Cemetery (Church of Scotland)Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 2001Wishaw, 2 Belhaven Road
House · listed 2001Wishaw, 2 Kirk Road
Walls & gates · listed 2001Wishaw, 47 Clelland Road, Including Boundary Wall
House · listed 1998Wishaw, 6 West Thornlie St, Thornile Manse
House · listed 1978Wishaw, 9-35 (Odd Nos) Banchory Road, The Coach House
Walls & gates · listed 2001Wishaw, Main Street and Kenilworth Avenue Former Coltness Gatehouse
Church · listed 2000Wishaw, Main Street, Wishaw Old Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
What’s protected
Most of Wishaw’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Walls, gates & bridges14
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings1
24 entries (57%) 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
32 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 32 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Cambusnethan, Kirk Road, Cambusnethan North Parish Church Including Church Hall and Boundary Wall (Church of Scotland Formerly Free Church)Cambusnethan, Kirk Road, Cambusnethan Old Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Church Hall, Vestry and Session House, War Memorial, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and RailingsWishaw 3-19 (Odd Nos) Main Street and 2 Caledonian RoadWishaw, 11 Walter StreetWishaw, 147 Stewarton Street, Coltness Masonic LodgeWishaw, 161 Kirk Road Including Boundary WallWishaw, 177 Kirk Road Including Boundary WallWishaw, 177-191(Odd Nos) Main Street and 2-20 (Even) Belhaven Terrace, Cylde ChambersWishaw, 19-21 Campbell StreetWishaw, 2 Coltness Road and 279 Kirk RoadWishaw, 206-216 (Even Numbers) Main StreetWishaw, 231 - 257 (Odd Nos) Main StreetWishaw, 26-30 (Even Nos) Main StreetWishaw, 307 Kirk Road, Vine CottageWishaw, 32-38 (Even Nos) Main StreetWishaw, 325 North Dryburgh Road, Bellside Lodge Including Boundary Wall and RailingsWishaw, 40-50 (Even Nos) Main StWishaw, 43-45 Clelland Road Including Boundary WallWishaw, 5 Stewarton StreetWishaw, 57 Kirk Road, Former CinemaWishaw, 57-59 (Odd Nos) Main StreetWishaw, 59-69 (Odd Nos) Kirk Road, Mecca Bingo (Formerly Green's Playhouse)Wishaw, 9 Glencairn Avenue, CraigneukWishaw, 9 Kenilworth Avenue, Reformed Presbertyrian Church ManseWishaw, Ballater Crescent, Marker PostWishaw, Belhaven Terrace, St Andrews Episcopal Church Including Boundary WallWishaw, East Academy Street, Chalmers Parish Church Including Church Hall and Boundary Wall (Church of Scotland Formerly United Presbertyrian)Wishaw, Glasgow Road, St Patricks Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery Including Stone Steps and ConcourseWishaw, Kenilworth Avenue, Reformed Presbyterian Church Including Boundary Wall and RailingsWishaw, Stewarton Street, Stewarton Street Park, Marker PostWishaw, West Thornlie Street, Thornlie Parish Church, Church of Scotland Former United Free Church Including Hall Gates and Boundary Walls141-145 (Odd Nos) Main Street, YMCA Building
How the list grew
More than half of Wishaw’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2001
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2001 · 31
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1971. 31 came in 2001. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Born here
18 notable people born in Wishaw before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William John Hamilton
Andrew McGregor
Sandy Rowan
David Alexander
Alexander G. Burgess
Robert Sprot
Willie Wardrope
Kenny McKay
James May
William Patrick Scott
Bob Pollock
George Stewart
George Gibb
William Johnstone Milne
John Ford
John Boylen
George W. Smith
Robert Stevenson
1800182518501875190019251950
WH
William John Hamilton1805–1867 · British geologist (1805-1867)
DA
David Alexander1869–1941 · Scottish footballer (1869-1941)
KM
Kenny McKay1876– · Scottish footballer (1876-?)
GS
George Stewart1883–1962 · Association football player
AB
Alexander G. Burgess1872–1932 · (1873 – 1932) Scottish mathematician
Willie Wardrope1874–1911 · (1874-1911)
WS
William Patrick Scott1880–1948 · Scottish rugby union player (1880-1948)
William Johnstone Milne1892–1917 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1892-1917)
Everyone born in Wishaw → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wishaw
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wishaw | 30,190 | 42 | 1 | — |
| Cleland | 3,043 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Newmains | 5,364 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Carfin | 4,427 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Law | 3,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Motherwell | 33,021 | 29 | 1 | — |
| Newarthill | 6,956 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Stevenston | 6,298 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Wishaw in brief
Wishaw has 42 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category, including Cambusnethan, Kirk Road, Cambusnethan Old Parish Church (Church of Scotland) Including Church Hall, Vestry and Session House, War Memorial, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers, Gates and Railings. Most entries on the list, 57%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 18 people born here before 1900, the best known include William John Hamilton (1805), David Alexander (1869) and Kenny McKay (1876). The big year was 2001, when 31 of the 42 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2).
Questions about Wishaw’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wishaw?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 42 buildings inside Wishaw’s locality: 1 Category A, 9 Category B and 32 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Wishaw?
One: Wishaw, Young Street, St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church Including Boundary Wall and Gate Pier.
When were Wishaw’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 31, in 2001.
Who was born in Wishaw?
Among people born before 1900: William John Hamilton (1805), David Alexander (1869), Kenny McKay (1876), George Stewart (1883) and Alexander G. Burgess (1872).
Wishaw 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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