BPublic · listed 1989Greenlees Road and 2 Tabernacle Street, Former Cambuslang Public SchoolPhoto: Iroberts696 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greenlees Road and 2 Tabernacle Street, Former Cambuslang Public School · Photo: Iroberts696 · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Cambuslang · Historic Environment Scotland
15 listed buildings, 11 of them in the second category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Cambuslang’s locality, 4.5 for every 10,000 residents. 4 of Cambuslang’s listed buildings are Category C. We have photos of 9 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
15
4.5 per 10,000 residents
Category A
0
national importance
Category B
11
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Cambuslang in 9 photos
Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Main Street, Savoy Bingo Club (Former Savoy Cinema)Category C listed
Cairns Road, Cambuslang Old Parish Church Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls, Gates and GatepiersCategory B listed
Clydeford Road, Dovecot at Cambuslang Golf CourseCategory B listed
Cambuslang, 13 Tabernacle Lane, Masonic HallCategory C listed
4 Central Avenue, 21 Wellshot DriveCategory B listed+4See all photosPhotos 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 Cambuslang’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
0 Category A11 Category B4 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 B
The 11 Category B listed buildings in Cambuslang
Buildings of regional importance. 7 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
BWalls & gates · listed 1971Cairns Road, Cambuslang Old Parish Church Including Churchyard, Boundary Walls, Gates and GatepiersPhoto: Iroberts696 · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 1971Clydeford Road, Dovecot at Cambuslang Golf CoursePhoto: Iroberts696 · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 19934 Central Avenue, 21 Wellshot DrivePhoto: Crowsus · CC BY-SA 4.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1993Central Avenue, 5 Beech Avenue, Ashfield Including Boundary Walls and GatepiersPhoto: Crowsus · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 19932 Glasgow Road, Beech Avenue, Trinity Parish Church and Halls, Boundary Walls, Gates and GatepiersPhoto: Crowsus · CC BY-SA 4.0
BHouse · listed 199337 Greenlees Road, Cambuslang Institute Including Boundary WallsPhoto: Tony164 · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 19934 Busheyhill Street, Former School
House · listed 19716, 6A, 8 Milton Avenue, Wellshot House
House · listed 199363, 65 West Coats Road, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers
Category C
4 Category C listed buildings
This category covers buildings of local importance. Open any building to read its official list entry.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.3% of Cambuslang
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cambuslang14 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 1,120 ha inside the locality.
3 of the 15 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 Cambuslang’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1993
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1993 · 8
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1971. 8 came in 1993. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Born here
20 notable people born in Cambuslang before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Claudius Buchanan
John Claudius Loudon
James Umpherston
William Semple
James Gourlay
Joseph Sullivan
Tommy Low
Jimmy Jackson
Edward Mount
Willie McLaughlin
John Atkinson
John McWhan
Thomas Reid
J. B. Lockhart
James George Weir
Harry Keggans
Richard McFadden
Andy Jackson
Ken Campbell
Jimmy Morton
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John Claudius Loudon1782–1843 · Scottish botanist (1782-1843)
Claudius Buchanan1766–1815 · British theologian
Jimmy Jackson1875–2000 · British footballer (1875–?)
KC
Ken Campbell1892–1977 · Scottish footballer (1892-1971)
Joseph Sullivan1866–1935 · British politician (1866-1935)
JG
James Gourlay1862–1926 · British association football player (1862-1926)
JW
James George Weir1887–1973 · British aviation pioneer (1887-1973)
AJ
Andy Jackson1891–1918 · Association football player (1891-1918)
Everyone born in Cambuslang → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cambuslang
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambuslang | 33,250 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Rutherglen | 31,185 | 33 | 3 | — |
| Blantyre | 16,534 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Uddingston | 6,181 | 18 | 1 | — |
| Bothwell | 7,002 | 37 | 3 | — |
| Viewpark | 15,832 | 2 | 0 | — |
| East Kilbride | 76,626 | 45 | 4 | — |
| Bargeddie | 3,567 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Cambuslang in brief
The official list counts 15 listed buildings in Cambuslang, including Main Street, Savoy Bingo Club (Former Savoy Cinema). A conservation area protects part of it. John Claudius Loudon (1782), Claudius Buchanan (1766) and Jimmy Jackson (1875) are among the 20 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1993: 8 of 15. The rest is about typical: it has no Category A building, where the middle town its size has 2.
Questions about Cambuslang’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cambuslang?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 15 buildings inside Cambuslang’s locality: 0 Category A, 11 Category B and 4 Category C.
How many conservation areas are there in Cambuslang?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Cambuslang.
When were Cambuslang’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 8, in 1993.
Who was born in Cambuslang?
Among people born before 1900: John Claudius Loudon (1782), Claudius Buchanan (1766), Jimmy Jackson (1875), Ken Campbell (1892) and Joseph Sullivan (1866).
Cambuslang 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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