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129 Muir Street, Low Parks Museum, Incorporating Former Crawford House with Assembly Room and Former Hamilton Palace Riding School, Including Remnant Wall and Gatepier to Se Corner of Site129 Muir Street, Low Parks Museum, Incorporating Former Crawford House with Assembly Room and Former Hamilton Palace Riding School, Including Remnant Wall and Gatepier to Se Corner of Site · Photo: Supergolden · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Hamilton · Historic Environment Scotland

151 listed buildings, 13 of them in the top category

Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Hamilton’s locality, 27 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 29 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town.

13Category A67Category B3scheduled monuments
Listed buildings
151
27 per 10,000 residents
Category A
13
national importance
Category B
67
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
3
2 gardens & designed landscapes
In pictures

Hamilton in 32 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Almada Street, Lanark County BuildingsAlmada Street, Lanark County BuildingsCategory A listedParish Church Ann StreetParish Church Ann StreetCategory A listedBothwell Road, Bandstand at Hamilton Public ParkBothwell Road, Bandstand at Hamilton Public ParkCategory C listedKemp Street, Former Caledonian Railway Booking OfficeKemp Street, Former Caledonian Railway Booking OfficeCategory C listedBothwell Road, Gatepiers to Sewage WorksBothwell Road, Gatepiers to Sewage WorksCategory B listed+27See 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

Hamilton from 1882 to 1916

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

Hamilton Palace Long Gallery, 1882c. 1882
VictorianHamilton Palace Long Gallery, 1882Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Hamilton Palace II1916
Between the warsHamilton Palace IIPhoto: Unknown photographer · 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 Hamilton’s history is

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

Barncluith, garden or designed landscapeChatelherault (Wham), garden or designed landscapeFairhill, cairn 20m N of 96 Millgate Road, scheduled monumentHamilton Low Parks, motte, scheduled monumentNetherton Cross, cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk, scheduled monumentAlmada Street 63 Currie House, Category BAuchencampbell Road, Hamilton Grammar School, Category BAuchingramont Road 29, Category BAuchingramont Road, 19, The Orchard, Category BAuchingramont Road, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Category BAvon Street, St Andrews Parish Church, Category BBarncluith, Category BBarncluith House, Category BBent Road, Bent Cemetery, Monument to Robert Brown, Category BBothwell Road, Gatepiers to Sewage Works, Category BBothwell Road, Railings at Hamilton College of Education, Category BBrandon Street, Brandon Tower, Category BBurnbank Road, 53, Category BBurnbank Road, 63 Dunrod, Category BBurnbank Road, West Church of Scotland, Including Church House, 40 Burnbank Road, Category BCadzow Street 26-42 (Even Nos) and Corner of Campbell Street, Category BCadzow Street, 104, 106 Masonic Buildings, And Corner of Lower Auchingramont Road, Category BCadzow Street, 105 Royal Bank of Scotland, Category BCadzow Street, 108, 110, 112, Category BCadzow Street, 111,113 AND1 Auchingramont Road, Bank of Scotland, Category BCadzow Street, 114, Category BCadzow Street, 116, Category BCadzow Street, 78, 80, 82, 84 and Corner of Church Street, Category BCadzow Street, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, Category BCadzow Street, 86, 88, Category BCadzow Street, 98-102 Municipal Buildings, Category BCadzow Street, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Category BChurch Street, 5, Category BHamilton Mausoleum, Keeper's House/Lodge, Category BPremises of L.S. Smellie & Sons, Auction Mart. Muir Street., Category BSt John's Church. Duke Street, Category BToll House (No. 50 Carlisle Road), Category BTownhead Street, 89 Staneacre House, Category BUnion Street, Auchingramont Church, Category BUnion Street, Auchingramont Church Manse, Category BUnion Street, Waugh's Premises, Corner of Auchinampbell Road, Category BWoodside Walk, Cadzow Parish Church, Including Gatepiers, Gates, Boundary Walls and Railings, Category B1-9 (Odd Nos) Keith Street, Douglas Chambers, Category B117-121 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street and 2-8 (Even Nos) Duke Street, Royal Hotel, Category B118-122 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B14 Beckford Street, Lanarkshire Health Board Offices, Including Gatepiers and Lampstandards, Category B14-18 (Even Nos) Brandon Street, Brandon Chambers, Category B15-27 (Odd Nos) Townhead Street, Category B164 Quarry Street and 1 and 2 Kemp Street, Category B166-170 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B172-176 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B2, 4, 6 Cadzow Street and 3, 5 Castle Street, Category B20 Strathmore Road, Old Parish Church Halls, Including Gatepiers, Gates and Railings, Category B20-22 (Even Nos) Brandon Street, Post Office, Category B21-31 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street, Victoria Buildings, Category B24 Brandon Street, Post Office, Category B26, 28, 30, 32 Muir Street, Category B3-10 (Inclusive Nos) Kemp Street, Category B30-36 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B38-46 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B4 Auchingramont Road, Strathclyde Regional Council Education Resource Centre, Including Gatepiers, Category B4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16 Muir Street, Category B4-24 (Even Nos) Gateside Street and 175-177 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street, Category B40, 42 Castle Street, Category B48-56 (Even Nos) Quarry Street, Category B5 Blackswell Lane, Category B51 Union Street, Linnburn, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Wall, Category B56 Muir Street, Category B56 Woodfoot Road, Earnock Cottage, Category B57 Union Street, Including Coach House/Stable, Boundary and Terrace Walls, Category B72 Muir Street, Category B76 Burnbank Centre, Burnbank Library, Including Rear Enclosing Wall, Category BAlmada Street, Lanark County Buildings, Category AAvon Bridge, Category ABothwell, Bothwell Bridge, Category ACadzow Bridge Cadzow Street, Category ACadzow Street, 92, 94, Category AChurchyard, The Old Parish Church of Hamilton, excluding Scheduled Monument No 1143 'Netherton Cross,Cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk', Strathmore Road, Hamilton, Category AHamilton Mausoleum, Category AHamilton Monument, Category AHamilton Sheriff Court including boundary walls and railings, Almada Street, Beckford Street, Hamilton, Category AOld Avon Bridge, Category AParish Church Ann Street, Category ATerraces and Summerhouse, Barncluith, Category A129 Muir Street, Low Parks Museum, Incorporating Former Crawford House with Assembly Room and Former Hamilton Palace Riding School, Including Remnant Wall and Gatepier to Se Corner of Site, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Cadzow Bridge Cadzow Street
5 of 13Category A buildings stand within 400 m of Cadzow Bridge Cadzow Street, a five-minute walk. So do 66 of the 151 listed buildings.

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

151 listed buildings by grade
13 Category A67 Category B71 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 13 Category A listed buildings in Hamilton

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 5 of these stand within 400 m of Cadzow Bridge Cadzow Street. 12 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Walls & gates · listed 1971Avon BridgePhoto: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1971Old Avon BridgePhoto: Elliott Simpson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Category B

The 67 Category B listed buildings in Hamilton

Buildings of regional importance. 15 are photographed.

Show the other 55
Historic streets

The Muir Street and Quarry Street have 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.

Muir Street4 listed · 4 II*
Quarry Street4 listed
Including Boundary Wall3 listed

Of the 151 entries, 45 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Hamilton’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas110
Churches, chapels & priories16
Walls, gates & bridges10
Public & civic buildings6
Memorials, crosses & tombs6
Inns, shops & warehouses3

110 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 13 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

71 Category C listed buildings

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

All 71 Category C listed buildings, A to Z
Auchencampbell Road, House at Hamilton Grammar School (45 Union Street)Auchingramont Road, 21Auchingramont Road, 31Auchingramont Road, 4A Hall to St Mary's ChurchAuchingramont Road, 7 and Glen Cottage AdjoiningBent Road, Bent Cemetery, Monument to Dukes of HamiltonBothwell Road, 65 Lodge and Gatepiers at Hamilton Public ParkBothwell Road, Bandstand at Hamilton Public ParkBurnbank Centre, Gilmour Memorial Church, Including GatepiersBurnbank Road 61Burnbank Road, 55Burnbank Road, 57Burnbank Road, 59, HerbertfieldCadzow Street, 118A Old Chapel HouseCadzow Street/Muir Street Watson FountainCarlisle Road, 4 the PrioryCarlisle Road, 9 Angus HotelFerniegair, Carlisle Road, Ferniegair Mission Church (Church of Scotland)Hamilton Park Racecourse, Weighing Room Bothwell Road, HamiltonKeith Street, Salvation Army Citadel, Including Boundary Wall and RailingsKemp Street and Graham Street, Hamilton Baptist Church, Including Adjoining Church Hall and Offices, Boundary Wall, Gatepiers and RailingsKemp Street, Former Caledonian Railway Booking OfficeMill Road, Hamilton South Church, Including Boundary RailingsQuarry Street, Former Entrance to Railway Station, Including Adjoining WallSaffronhall Lane, Hamilton North Church, Including Gatepiers, Boundary Wall and RailingsUdston Road, Burnbank Parish Church and HallWindmill Road, 10Windmill Road, 12Windmill Road, 19, 211, 3 Burnbank Road and 2, 4 Wellhall Road, Harveys Bar1, 3, 5 Gateside Street and 2, 4 Avon Street102-106 (Even Nos) Quarry Street115 Cadzow Street, Hamilton District Council Computer Department (Formerly British Linen Bank)118 Cadzow Street, Muirbrow Chambers120 Cadzow Street, St Mary's Presbytery and Hall123-127 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street129 Cadzow Street129-135 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street14-18 (Inclusive Nos) Kemp Street143 and 145 Quarry Street and 2-6 (Even Nos) John Street147-155 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street157-165 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street167 and 169 Quarry Street and 3 Avon Street17 Burnbank Road, Ulva Cottage178-184 (Even Nos) Quarry Street179 and 181 Quarry Street183 Quarry Street185 Quarry Street186 and 188 Quarry Street29 Wellhall Road, Flakedale, Including Boundary Wall29-41 (Odd Nos) Townhead Street, Hamilton Town Hotel33 Quarry Street and 2 Regent Way35-39 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street371 Glasgow Road, Limetree, Including Boundary Wall4 and 6 Keith Street41-49 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street5, 7 Burnbank Road51 Neilsland Road, Burnhouse, With Boundary Wall57-65 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street58-64 (Even Nos) Quarry Street59 Union Street, Cadzowburn, Including Boundary Wall66-72 (Even Nos) Quarry Street67-75 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street68 Wellhall Road, Cemetery Lodge, Including Gatepiers, Gates, Adjoining Walls and Waiting Room7-17 (Odd Nos) Gateside Street74-78 (Even Nos) Quarry Street8 Keith Street and 1 Bourne Street85-89 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street88-94 (Even Nos) Quarry Street91-99 (Odd Nos) Quarry Street96-100 (Even Nos) Quarry Street
Conservation areas

4 conservation areas cover 1.8% of Hamilton

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

Hamilton Area 1 197031 ha
Hamilton - Castlehill Crescent 19702 ha
Hamilton - Burnside Road 19701 ha
Hamilton Area 2 19701 ha
35 hain conservation areas, of 1,928 ha inside the locality.

The first, Hamilton Area 1, Hamilton - Castlehill Crescent and Hamilton - Burnside Road, were designated in 1970; the newest, Hamilton Area 2, in 1970. 99 of the 151 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

73 of Hamilton’s 151 listed buildings were added in 1993

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

1993 · 731979 · 451971 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 18 entries were listed in 1971, 10 of the 13 Category A buildings among them. 73 came in 1993. Only 1 has 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.

3 scheduled monuments

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

Fairhill, cairn 20m N of 96 Millgate RoadPrehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Netherton Cross, cross, Hamilton Old Parish KirkCrosses and carved stones: cross (free-standing)

2 gardens and designed landscapes

BarncluithGarden and designed landscape
Chatelherault (Wham)
Chatelherault (Wham)Garden and designed landscape

1 Inventory battlefield

Born here

39 notable people born in Hamilton before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
Charles Alston
William Cullen
William Aiton
Charles Dodgson
William Cunningham
John McArthur (artist and merchant)
John Mather
David Wotherspoon
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
John Clelland
James Craig Annan
Arthur James Arnot
Jocky Wright
Edmund Breon
James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm
Bill Carnihan
16001650170017501800185019001950
William Aiton
William Aiton1731–1793 · British botanist
William Cullen
William Cullen1710–1790 · Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist; (1710-1790)
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton1850–1922 · Monegasque princess
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton1658–1712 · Scottish nobleman (1658-1712)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton1606–1649 · Scottish nobleman and leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1…
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney1666–1737 · Scottish nobleman and field marshal (1666-1737)
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Charles Alston1685–1760 · Scottish botanist and physician (1683/5 – 1760)
Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon1882–1951 · Actor

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Hamilton

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Hamilton55,17115113—
Blantyre16,534121—
Bothwell7,002373—
Motherwell33,021291—
Bellshill19,48830—
Uddingston6,181181—
Larkhall15,319150—
Viewpark15,83220—
In brief

Hamilton in brief

The official list counts 151 listed buildings in Hamilton, 13 of them in the top category, including 129 Muir Street, Low Parks Museum, Incorporating Former Crawford House with Assembly Room and Former Hamilton Palace Riding School, Including Remnant Wall and Gatepier to Se Corner of Site. Its Category A buildings cluster together: 5 of them stand within 400 m of Cadzow Bridge Cadzow Street. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.

Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. William Aiton (1731), William Cullen (1710) and Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850) are among the 39 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: it has 13 Category A buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 4); and it also has 3 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Hamilton’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Hamilton?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 151 buildings inside Hamilton’s locality: 13 Category A, 67 Category B and 71 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Hamilton?

13, including Almada Street, Lanark County Buildings, Avon Bridge, Bothwell, Bothwell Bridge, Cadzow Bridge Cadzow Street, Cadzow Street, 92, 94 and Churchyard, The Old Parish Church of Hamilton, excluding Scheduled Monument No 1143 'Netherton Cross,Cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk', Strathmore Road, Hamilton.

Which street in Hamilton has the most listed buildings?

Muir Street (4), Quarry Street (4) and Including Boundary Wall (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Hamilton?

Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Fairhill, cairn 20m N of 96 Millgate Road, Hamilton Low Parks, motte and Netherton Cross, cross, Hamilton Old Parish Kirk.

How many conservation areas are there in Hamilton?

4, covering about 35 hectares of the town. The largest are Hamilton Area 1 and Hamilton - Castlehill Crescent.

When were Hamilton’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 73, in 1993.

Are there old photos of Hamilton?

Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1882 to 1916, all on this page.

Who was born in Hamilton?

Among people born before 1900: William Aiton (1731), William Cullen (1710), Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658) and James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606).

Hamilton 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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