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History of Kelso · Historic Environment Scotland

185 listed buildings, 10 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Kelso’s locality, 264 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 94 of its listed buildings.

10Category A100Category B2scheduled monuments21on Roxburgh Street
Listed buildings
185
264 per 10,000 residents
Category A
10
national importance
Category B
100
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
In pictures

Kelso in 93 photos

Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Kelso BridgeKelso BridgeCategory A listedRoxburgh Street St John's Edenside and Ednam Church of ScotlandRoxburgh Street St John's Edenside and Ednam Church of ScotlandCategory A listedRoxburgh Street Walton Hall, And Stable WingRoxburgh Street Walton Hall, And Stable WingCategory A listedAbbey Court, Ednam House Hotel, Boundary Walls, Gates and GatepiersAbbey Court, Ednam House Hotel, Boundary Walls, Gates and GatepiersCategory B listedChalkheugh Terrace Royal British Legion ClubChalkheugh Terrace Royal British Legion ClubCategory C listed+88See 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 Kelso’s history is

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

Kelso Abbey, scheduled monumentPinnaclehill Farm,burial mound & cists 90m NW of, scheduled monumentAbbey Court St Andrew's Episcopal Church and Churyard Walls, Category BAbbey Court, Ednam House Hotel, Boundary Walls, Gates and Gatepiers, Category BAbbotsford Grove Korea House, Category BBowmont Street Orchard House, Orchard Cottage, And Dovecot, Category BBowmont Street Public Library, Category BBowmont Street, Kelso High School, Formerly Kelso Academy, Category BBridge Street Ednam House Hotel, Garden House, Category BBridge Street Ednam House Hotel, Garden Walls and Terrace Walls, Category BBridge Street, Abbey House (Offices of Croall & Bryson), Category BBridge Street, Ednam House Hotel Gatepiers, Category BBridge Street, Kelso Abbey, Monument to the Dukes of Roxburghe, Category BBridge Street, Manse, Category BBridge Street, Queens Head Hotel, Category BBridge Street, War Memorial, Category BBroomlands House, Category BChalkheugh Terrace Duncan House, Category BEast Bowmont Street. Former Trinity North Church of Scotland and Church Halls, Category BEdenside Road Edenside, Category BEdenside Road Kerfield, Category BHermitage Lane Hermitage, Category BHermitage Lane Pointfield, Category BJedburgh Road Maxwellheugh Cottage, Category BMaxwell Lane, Maxwell Place and Bellachroy, Category BMaxwell Lane, St Leonards, Category BMill Wynd, Kelso Mills, (John Hogarth Ltd), Category BMill Wynd, Kelso Mills, Offices, Category BOven Wynd, Ramsay Lodge, Category BShedden Park Road Gateway to Shedden Park, Category BShedden Park Road Shedden Park Pavilion or Keeper's Lodge, Category BShedden Park Road Tweedbank with Walled Garden, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category BShedden Park Road, Rosebank, Category BSpringwood Estate, (Springwood Caravan Park), Walled Garden, Category BSpringwood Estate, Springwood Home Farm, Category BThe Knowes; Abbey Bank, Category BThe Square Cross Keys Hotel, Category BThe Square, Kelso Town Hall, Category BThe Square, Robert Macdonald(Now Peter Dominic), Category BWoodmarket, Corn Exchange, Category BWoodside House Hotel, Category B1 Bridge Street, Category B1 the Square and Abbey Row, Category B1, 3 Horsemarket, Category B1, 3, 5 Roxburgh Street, Category B1, 3, 5 Woodmarket, Category B10 Abbey Row, Category B10, 11 the Square, Category B106 Roxburgh Street and Ormiston Cottage, Category B108 Roxburgh Street Falcon Hall, Category B126 Roxburgh Street, Category B13, 14, 16 Bowmont Street, Category B13, 15, 17 Horsemarket, Category B13, 15, 17, 19 Woodmarket, Category B144 Roxburgh Street, Category B146 Roxburgh Street, Category B15 the Square, Category B15, 16, 26, 28, 30 Abbey Court, Belmont Place and Gatepiers, Category B18, 19 the Square, Category B18, 20, 22, 24 Roxburgh Street, Category B2, 4 Roxburgh Street, Category B2, 4, 6 Horsemarket, Category B20 Bridge Street, Category B20 the Square, Category B21 Roxburgh Street, Category B21 and 23 Woodmarket Sinclair Mcgill, Nursery-Men and Seedsmen, Category B21 and 23-25 Bridge Street, Category B22 Bowmont Street Bowmont House, Category B22, 24 Woodmarket, Category B23 Bowmont Street, Category B26, 27, 29 the Square, Category B27 Woodmarket, Wm Roxburgh (Lauder Bros Ltd) and N B Douglas Also Frazer Tennant Ltd, Category B27-29 Bridge Street W & M Cockburn, Category B3 Abbey Court, Category B3 Simon Square, Category B3, 4, And 5, 6 Maxwellheugh Terrace, Category B30, 31, 32 the Square, Category B30,32 Bridge Street, Category B31 Bridge Street Wares and Mcdonald, Category B32-38 Woodmarket (Even Nos.), Category B33, 34, 35 the Square, Category B33-35 Woodmarket, The Priory, Category B35 Roxburgh Street, Category B37, 39, 41, 43 Roxburgh Street, Category B38, 39, 40 and 41 The Square, Kelso, Category B4 East Bowmont Street (Colesdale House), Category B4, 6, 8 Bridge Street, Category B40 - 44 (Even Nos) Bridge Street and 2, 2A Abbey Row, Category B42, 43, 44, 45, 46 The Square, Kelso, Category B44 Horsemarket Former Post Office, Category B47, 48, 49 the Square, Category B48 Roxburgh Street, Category B5 Abbey Court, Category B51 Roxburgh Street, Category B60 Roxburgh Street, Category B7 Abbey Court, Category B7 Woodmarket, Category B7, 8 Maxwellheugh Terrace, Category B8 Abbey Court Turret House, Category B8, 9 the Square, Bank of Scotland, Category B9, 11 Bridge Street Robert Swan, Cycle and Sports Depot, Category B9-11 Woodmarket, Category BAbbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church, Category ABridge Street Bridge-End Cottage, Category ABridge Street, Ednam House Hotel, Category AKelso Bridge, Category ARoxburgh Street Floors Castle Gates and Gate Lodges, Category ARoxburgh Street St John's Edenside and Ednam Church of Scotland, Category ARoxburgh Street Walton Hall, And Stable Wing, Category ARoxburgh Street Walton Hall, Entrance Gateways and Wall, Category ASpringwood Estate (Springwood Caravan Park), Scott-Douglas Mausoleum, Category ASpringwood Park, Gateway and Gates, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monument400 m from Abbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church
4 of 10Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Abbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church, a five-minute walk. So do 147 of the 185 listed buildings.

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

185 listed buildings by grade
10 Category A100 Category B75 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 10 Category A listed buildings in Kelso

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 4 of these stand within 400 m of Abbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Walls & gates · listed 1971Kelso BridgePhoto: Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Category B

The 100 Category B listed buildings in Kelso

Buildings of regional importance. 83 are photographed.

Show the other 88
House · listed 198010 Abbey RowPhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 19807 WoodmarketPhoto: Victuallers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic streets

Roxburgh 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.

Roxburgh Street21 listed · 12 II*
1, 3, 5 Roxburgh Street126 Roxburgh Street144 Roxburgh Street
Horsemarket10 listed · 3 II*
1, 3 Horsemarket13, 15, 17 Horsemarket2, 4, 6 Horsemarket
Bridge Street9 listed · 5 II*
1 Bridge Street20 Bridge Street21 and 23-25 Bridge Street
Woodmarket9 listed · 5 II*
1, 3, 5 Woodmarket13, 15, 17, 19 Woodmarket22, 24 Woodmarket
Bowmont Street7 listed · 2 II*
13, 14, 16 Bowmont Street
Abbey Court4 listed · 3 II*
3 Abbey Court5 Abbey Court7 Abbey Court
Union Street4 listed
Maxwellheugh Terrace3 listed · 2 II*
3, 4, And 5, 6 Maxwellheugh Terrace7, 8 Maxwellheugh Terrace

Of the 185 entries, 107 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Kelso’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas149
Walls, gates & bridges18
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories6
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Memorials, crosses & tombs2

149 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 10 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

75 Category C listed buildings

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

All 75 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Abbey Court, Gardens ShopAbbey Row Masonic LodgeAbbey Row and the Butts, Kelso Old Parish Church, Church-Yard Wall and GatesBowmont Street R C Church of the Immaculate ConceptionBroomlands House Walled GardensButts, Property of 2ND Roxburghe Discretionary TrustChalkheugh Terrace Royal British Legion ClubCrawford Street, Red Lion InnEdenside Road Edenside, Stables and Gatepiers.Horsemarket, Black SwanMaxwell Lane 'Dalveen'Oven Wynd, (South Side) Premises of J Utterson and J Walker, Plumbers and Slaters.Roxburgh Street Selkirk and Kelso Society Co-OpShedden Park Road Rosebank, Lodge and GatepiersSprouston Road Pinnaclehill Lodge and GatepiersThe Knowes, Waverley LodgeThe Knowes; Walton Grove1 Cross Street1 Oven Wynd (North Side) and Pettigrew's Property1 Simon Square1 Union Street1, 2 Maxwellheugh Terrace10, 12 Bridge Street12, 14 Woodmarket Border Hotel13, 15 Oven Wynd (North Side)132-134 Roxburgh Street14 Bridge Street14, 16, Roxburgh Street140 Roxburgh Street, Haybank142 Roxburgh Street15-23 Sheddon Park Road (Odd Nos)2, 6 Woodmarket20 Bowmont Street21, 22 the Square, Kelso Savings Bank22 Horsemarket23-25 the Square29 Bowmont Street3, 4 Oven Wynd (South Side)3, 4 the Square3, 4, 5, 6 Winchester Row3, 4, 5, 6, Bowmont Street31-33 Sheddon Park Road36 Bowmont Street36, 38 Bridge Street38 Bowmont Street4 Union Street4, 5, 6, Mill Wynd40-42 Woodmarket41 Woodmarket44-50 Woodmarket (Even Nos.)46 Bowmont Street Allanbank46 Bridge Street and 1 Abbey Row46-48 Horsemarket47-49 Roxburgh Street47-49 Sheddon Park Road5, 7 Bridge Street50 Horsemarket50 Roxburgh Street50, 51, 52 the Square51 Sheddon Park Road, Lyme House52 Horsemarket53 Roxburgh Street53 Sheddon Park Road, Lyme Cottage56 Horsemarket6 Abbey Court6 Union Street6, 12 Roxburgh Street61 Horsemarket65 Horsemarket66 Roxburgh Street7 Bowmont Street Commercial Inn8, 10 Woodmarket9 Roxburgh Street9, 11 Oven Wynd (North Side) and Unnumbered House (Veitch)9, 11, 13, 15 Union Street
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 16% of Kelso

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

Kelso 197068 ha
68 hain conservation areas, of 433 ha inside the locality.

167 of the 185 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 Kelso’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980

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

1980 · 1311971 · 46
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 46 entries were listed in 1971, 8 of the 10 Category A buildings among them. 131 came in 1980, as Scotland’s list was resurveyed from the 1970s. 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.

2 scheduled monuments

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

Kelso Abbey
Kelso AbbeyEcclesiastical: abbey
Pinnaclehill Farm,burial mound & cists 90m NW ofPrehistoric ritual and funerary: cist
Born here

26 notable people born in Kelso before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Archibald Laidlie
James Ballantyne
William Glass
William Fairbairn
John Davidson
Mary Lundie Duncan
James Brunlees
Henry James Sumner Maine
Christiana Douglas
James Forsyth
Jennie Kidd Trout
Alexander Clay
Jane Stoddart
Henry Oliver
William Henry Ogilvie
Ellice Horsburgh
Donald Dickson Farmer
Walter Torrie Forrest
Maurice Nicoll
Henry Macintosh
170017501800185019001950
Henry James Sumner Maine
Henry James Sumner Maine1822–1888 · British jurist and historian (1822–1888)
Henry Macintosh
Henry Macintosh1892–1918 · Scottish athlete (1892-1918)
Jennie Kidd Trout
Jennie Kidd Trout1841–1921 · Canadian physician
William Fairbairn
William Fairbairn1789–1874 · Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
Henry Oliver
Henry Oliver1865–1965 · Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1865–1965)
MN
Maurice Nicoll1884–1953 · British writer (1884–1953)
WG
William Glass1786–1853 · British army officer
William Henry Ogilvie
William Henry Ogilvie1869–1963 · Scottish-Australian poet

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

Towns its size

Kelso has the 6th most Category A buildings of 234 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
Dunbar7
#9 of 234for listed buildings per resident (264 per 10,000). Kirkcudbright, Banff and Anstruther lead.

Only Lanark, St Andrews, Helensburgh, Montrose and Banff have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Kelso

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Kelso7,00418510—
Jedburgh4,1311488—
In brief

Kelso in brief

The official list counts 185 listed buildings in Kelso, 10 of them in the top category, including Kelso Bridge. Abbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s Category A buildings within 400 m. Only 5 of the 234 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. On Roxburgh Street alone there are 21 listed buildings.

A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 81% are houses, terraces and villas. Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Henry Macintosh (1892) and Jennie Kidd Trout (1841) are among the 26 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Kelso’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Kelso?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 185 buildings inside Kelso’s locality: 10 Category A, 100 Category B and 75 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Kelso?

10, including Abbey Row Kelso Old Parish Church, Bridge Street Bridge-End Cottage, Bridge Street, Ednam House Hotel, Kelso Bridge, Roxburgh Street Floors Castle Gates and Gate Lodges and Roxburgh Street St John's Edenside and Ednam Church of Scotland.

Which street in Kelso has the most listed buildings?

Roxburgh Street (21), Horsemarket (10) and Bridge Street (9) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Kelso?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Kelso Abbey and Pinnaclehill Farm,burial mound & cists 90m NW of.

How many conservation areas are there in Kelso?

1, covering about 68 hectares of the town. The largest is Kelso.

When were Kelso’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 131, in 1980.

Who was born in Kelso?

Among people born before 1900: Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Henry Macintosh (1892), Jennie Kidd Trout (1841), William Fairbairn (1789) and Henry Oliver (1865).

Kelso 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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