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Comrie Street, Old South Church, Antique Galleries Including Mission Hall, Boundary Walls, Railings, Gatepiers and GatesComrie Street, Old South Church, Antique Galleries Including Mission Hall, Boundary Walls, Railings, Gatepiers and Gates · Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Crieff · Historic Environment Scotland

113 listed buildings, 3 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Crieff’s locality, 158 for every 10,000 residents. 58 of Crieff’s listed buildings are Category C. We have photos of 16 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town.

3Category A52Category B6on Burrell Street
Listed buildings
113
158 per 10,000 residents
Category A
3
national importance
Category B
52
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
1 garden or designed landscape
In pictures

Crieff in 19 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

High Street, The Bank Restaurant, Former British Linen BankHigh Street, The Bank Restaurant, Former British Linen BankCategory A listedHigh Street, Tourist Information Centre, Former Town HallHigh Street, Tourist Information Centre, Former Town HallCategory B listedDrummond Terrace, Roundelwood Health Spa Including Boundary Walls with GatepiersDrummond Terrace, Roundelwood Health Spa Including Boundary Walls with GatepiersCategory B listedMacrosty Park, BandstandMacrosty Park, BandstandCategory B listed36 Burrell Street, Meadow Inn36 Burrell Street, Meadow InnCategory C listed+14See 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

Crieff from 1890 to 1890

3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

From south, Creiff (i.e. Crieff), Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianFrom south, Creiff (i.e. Crieff), ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Hydropathic, Creiff, (i.e., Crieff), Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianHydropathic, Creiff, (i.e., Crieff), ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Ochtertyre and Lake, Creiff (i.e. Crieff), Scotlandc. 1890
VictorianOchtertyre and Lake, Creiff (i.e. Crieff), ScotlandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · 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 Crieff’s history is

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

Drummond Castle, garden or designed landscapeArdvreck School Including Sanatorium, Category BBroich Road, Duchlage, Category BBroich Terrace, And Pittenzie Road, Old St Michael's and Manse Cottage Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BBroich Terrace, Gowrie House Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BBurrell Square, Stone Lamp Standard and Holder, Category BChurch Street, Crieff Community Hall, Former St Michael's Parish Church, Category BChurch Street, Ruberslaw House Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category BComrie Road and Gordon Road, Hawkshaw and Merlin Cottage Including Terrace Walls, Cart Arch and Boundary Walls, Category BComrie Road, Leven House Hotel Including Boundary Walls, Category BComrie Road, War Memorial with Boundary Walls, Railings and Gate, Category BCrieff Bridge over River Earn, Category BDrummond Terrace, Roundelwood Health Spa Including Boundary Walls with Gatepiers, Category BEwanfield, Crieff Hydro Hotel Including Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category BEwanfield, Crieff Hydro Hotel, Leigh Annex, Category BFerntower Road, Knowehead House Including Terraced Garden with Sundial, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BFerntower Road, Larchgrove Including Boundary Walls and Gates, Category BFerntower Road, Morrison's Academy Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls, Category BFerntower Road, Morrison's Academy Lodge, Category BFerntower Road, Morrison's Academy, Old School Building, Category BFerntower Road, St Andrews Halls Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BFord Road, St Fillans Catholic Church and Presbytery, Category BHigh Street, Post Office, Category BHigh Street, Tourist Information Centre, Former Town Hall, Category BHigh Street, Tourist Information Centre, Former Town Hall, Cross of Burgh of Regality of Drummond, Category BJames Square, Jubilee Lamps, Category BJames Square, Murray Fountain, Category BJames Square, North Bank Buildings, Category BKing Street, Police Station Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Railings, Category BLodge Street, Masonic Lodge with 2 and 4 Comrie Street and Library, Category BMacrosty Park, Bandstand, Category BPerth Road and Rectory Road, The Old Rectory and Rectory Cottage Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category BPerth Road, Ferntower Lodge Including Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category BPerth Road, Old Schoolhouse and Royal British Legion Hall, Former Taylor's Institute Including Gatepiers, Boundary Walls, Railings and Gate, Category BSouth Bridgend, Mill House Including Boundary Walls and Gate, Category BStrathearn Terrace, St Michael's Church of Scotland Parish Church Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Lamps, Category BWest High Street, Clydesdale Bank with 28-30 (Even Nos), And 2 Galvelmore Street, Category B1 Galvelmore Street, Bank of Scotland Including Boundary Walls, Category B1 and 2 Dallerie Road, The Limes, Category B1-5 (Odd Nos) Hill Street and High Street, Category B10 Strathearn Terrace, Croftweit Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates, Category B115 King Street, Category B15 and 17 James Square, Royal Bank of Scotland and Drummond Arms Hotel, Category B40 Burrell Street, Category B42 Commissioner Street with Lamp Standard, Category B44 Commissioner Street, Category B45 Burrell Street, Sauchie Cottage Including Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B49-57 (Odd Nos) King Street and 51-59 (Odd Nos) Commissioner Street, Category B60 and 62 King Street and 45 and 47 Commissioner Street, Category B62 and 64 Burrell Street, Category B77 - 83 (Odd Nos) East High Street, Category B85 and 87 East High Street (Known As 81), Tower Hotel Including Boundary Walls, Category B89 and 91 East High Street, Category BBroich Terrace, Inchglas Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category AComrie Street, Old South Church, Antique Galleries Including Mission Hall, Boundary Walls, Railings, Gatepiers and Gates, Category AHigh Street, The Bank Restaurant, Former British Linen Bank, Category A
Category ACategory BPark or garden

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113 listed buildings by grade
3 Category A52 Category B58 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 3 Category A listed buildings in Crieff

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 52 Category B listed buildings in Crieff

Buildings of regional importance. 13 are photographed.

Show the other 40
Historic streets

Burrell 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.

Burrell Street6 listed · 2 II*
High Street4 listed
East High Street3 listed · 1 II*

Of the 113 entries, 43 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Crieff’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas58
Walls, gates & bridges38
Public & civic buildings9
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Street furniture2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

58 entries (51%) 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

58 Category C listed buildings

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

All 58 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Ancaster Road, Newstead Including Boundary Walls and GatepiersBridge of TurretChurch Street, St Michael's Churchyard Including Boundary Walls and GatepiersColdwells Road, Bute CottageCommissioner Street, Crieff Primary School Dining Hall, Former United Presbyterian Church, Including Boundary Walls and RailingsComrie Road, Glengyle Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and GatesComrie Road, Gwydyr House Hotel Including Boundary Walls and GatepiersConnaught Terrace, Tighmonadh Including Gatepiers and Boundary WallsDalvreck Bridge over Turret Burn, Comrie Road, CrieffDollerie Terrace, Walton Lodge Including Boundary Walls, Gate and RailingsEarnbank Road, Earnbank House Inlcuding Ancillary Building, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and GatesEwanfield, Crieff Hydro Hotel, East Lodge House Including Boundary WallsFerntower Road, Morrison's Academy Music DepartmentFord Road, Cemetery Including Triumphal Arches, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and FountainGalvelmore Street, Galvelmore House Including Boundary WallsHigh Street, Provost's LampHigh Street, The PretoriaKing Street, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's WitnessesKing Street, Market ParkMacrosty Park Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Railings and GatesPerth Road, Keppoch House Hotel Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and RailingsPerth Road, St Columba's Scottish Episcopal Church War Memorial, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary WallsTurretbank Road, West March Including Priest's WalkVictoria Terrace, Benheath Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates1-7 (Inclusive Nos) Burrell Square Including Railings12 a, B,C & D Burrell Street13 and 15 Commissioner Street13, 15 and 17 High Street14 Burrell Street14 and 15 Burrell Square147 and 151 King Street, 84 and 86 Burrell Street, 1 and 3 Gallowhill19, 19A and 19B High Street2 Coldwells Road, Dalknock26 West High Street29-31 (Inclusive Nos) James Square, The Golf Company32 Drummond Terrace, St Oswald's Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates32 West High Street, Strathearn Gallery34 Burrell Street35 James Square, Strathearn Tower36 Burrell Street, Meadow Inn36 James Square37 - 39 (Inclusive Nos) James Square39 Drummond Terrace, Tom-an-Oir Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers4, 5 and 6 James Square, Glenburn Hotel41 Burrell Street Including Boundary Walls41 Drummond Terrace, Castellar Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers42-46 (Even Nos) Burrell Street43 Burrell Street Including Boundary Walls62-68 (Even Nos) Commissioner Street and 72 King Street, Commercial Place66 Burrell Street7 - 15 a and B (Odd Nos) Galvelmore Street7 High Street7 and 8 James Square, Waverley Hotel74 East High Street76 East High Street8 and 9 Burrell Square9 - 13 (Inclusive Nos) James Square, Ancaster Studios9 and 11 High Street
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 29% of Crieff

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

Crieff 1970106 ha
106 hain conservation areas, of 373 ha inside the locality.

96 of the 113 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 Crieff’s listed buildings were added in one year, 2002

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

2002 · 751971 · 211981 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 21 entries were listed in 1971, 3 of the 3 Category A buildings among them. 75 came in 2002. 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 garden or designed landscape

Drummond CastleGarden and designed landscape
Born here

9 notable people born in Crieff before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

William Wright
Alexander Dow
Thomas Thomson
Alexander Murray
David Jacks
William McLellan
George William Thomson Omond
Daniel John Cunningham
Sir James Henderson-Stewart, 1st Baronet
170017501800185019001950
Thomas Thomson
Thomas Thomson1773–1852 · Scottish chemist (1773-1852)
William Wright
William Wright1735–1819 · British physician, botanist and slave owner (1735-1819)
Alexander Murray
Alexander Murray1810–1884 · Scottish geologist immigrated in Canada (1810-1884)
Daniel John Cunningham
Daniel John Cunningham1850–1909 · Scottish anatomist
Alexander Dow
Alexander Dow1735–1779 · British orientalist and writer; (1735-1779)
David Jacks
David Jacks1822–1909 · American businessman (1822-1909)
GO
George William Thomson Omond1846–1929 · Scottish advocate and writer
SB
Sir James Henderson-Stewart, 1st Baronet1897–1961 · British politician (1897-1961)

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

Towns its size

Crieff has the 31st most Category A buildings of 230 towns its size

Scottish towns of 3,000–18,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
St Andrews20
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Banff11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
Jedburgh8
Rothesay7
Crieff3
#29 of 230for listed buildings per resident (158 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.

30 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Crieff

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Crieff7,1361133—
Auchterarder6,058270—
In brief

Crieff in brief

The official list counts 113 listed buildings in Crieff, 3 of them in the top category. Its Category A buildings cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of High Street, The Bank Restaurant, Former British Linen Bank. Only 30 of the 230 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.

Most entries on the list, 51%, are houses, terraces and villas. Thomas Thomson (1773), William Wright (1735) and Alexander Murray (1810) are among the 9 people born here before 1900. The big year was 2002, when 75 of the 113 went on the list.

Questions about Crieff’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Crieff?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 113 buildings inside Crieff’s locality: 3 Category A, 52 Category B and 58 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Crieff?

3, including Broich Terrace, Inchglas Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Comrie Street, Old South Church, Antique Galleries Including Mission Hall, Boundary Walls, Railings, Gatepiers and Gates and High Street, The Bank Restaurant, Former British Linen Bank.

Which street in Crieff has the most listed buildings?

Burrell Street (6), High Street (4) and East High Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Crieff?

1, covering about 106 hectares of the town. The largest is Crieff.

When were Crieff’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 75, in 2002.

Are there old photos of Crieff?

Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.

Who was born in Crieff?

Among people born before 1900: Thomas Thomson (1773), William Wright (1735), Alexander Murray (1810), Daniel John Cunningham (1850) and Alexander Dow (1735).

Crieff 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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