AHouse · listed 1989Clydebank, Former John Brown Shipbuilding Yard, Titan Cantilever Crane, Including Former Fitting Out DockPhoto: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0
2 Sylvania Way South/Chalmers Street, Central Warehouse (Co-Op Department Store) · Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Clydebank · Historic Environment Scotland
13 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
Historic Environment Scotland counts them inside Clydebank’s locality, 5 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
13
5 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
9
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
4
nationally important sites
In pictures
Clydebank in 12 photos
Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Clydebank, Former John Brown Shipbuilding Yard, Titan Cantilever Crane, Including Former Fitting Out DockCategory A listed
Municipal Buildings Dumbarton RoadCategory B listed
Bruce Street, Former Public Baths Facade and Swimming PoolCategory C listed
Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath AvenueScheduled monument
Clydebank, 404 Glasgow Road, Hamilton Memorial Church Including Gatepiers and Cast-Iron RailingsCategory C listed+7See 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 Clydebank’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory BScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A9 Category B3 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 Clydebank
Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Category B
The 9 Category B listed buildings in Clydebank
Buildings of regional importance. 7 are photographed.
BHouse · listed 1971Municipal Buildings Dumbarton RoadPhoto: Darrin Antrobus · CC BY-SA 2.0
BHouse · listed 19882 Sylvania Way South/Chalmers Street, Central Warehouse (Co-Op Department Store)Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0
BPublic · listed 1984Clydebank Riverside StationPhoto: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0
BWalls & gates · listed 1987Glasgow Road, Church of Our Holy Redeemer, Presbytery and Boundary Walls and GatepiersPhoto: wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0
BPublic · listed 1985Hall Street Former Fire Station TenementPhoto: JamesGangel · CC BY-SA 4.0
BPublic · listed 1971Public Library Dumbarton RoadPhoto: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0
BHouse · listed 198811 Hume Street Former Co-Op Administrative Office BuildingPhoto: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0
Memorials · listed 2025Drinking Fountain, Dalmuir Park, Clydebank
Church · listed 1994Sinclair Street, St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery
Category C
3 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 0.2% of Clydebank
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
High Dalmuir, Clydebank 19702 ha
2 hain conservation areas, of 903 ha inside the locality.
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
Clydebank’s list has grown since 1971
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1971. 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.
4 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from Historic Environment Scotland.
Antonine Wall, N of North Dalnottar CemeteryRoman: Antonine Wall; Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships
Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie RoadIndustrial: inland water
Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath AvenueIndustrial: inland water
Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - LinnvaleIndustrial: inland water
Born here
4 notable people born in Clydebank before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John McCorkindale
Jock Stirling
Andrew Davidson
John Green
18501875190019251950
JS
Jock Stirling1869–1924 · Scottish footballer (1869-1924)
JG
John Green1896–1957 · Scottish-born American labor unionist
JM
John McCorkindale1867–1953 · Association football player
AD
Andrew Davidson1892–1962 · Scottish academic, footballer, public health official, royal physicia…
Everyone born in Clydebank → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Clydebank
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clydebank | 26,220 | 13 | 1 | — |
| Duntocher and Hardgate | 6,573 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Faifley | 4,785 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Erskine | 14,857 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Bowling and Old Kilpatrick | 4,761 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Renfrew | 23,812 | 16 | 2 | — |
| Bearsden | 28,507 | 64 | 3 | — |
| Bishopton | 10,048 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Clydebank in brief
The official list counts 13 listed buildings in Clydebank, 1 of them in the top category, including Clydebank, Former John Brown Shipbuilding Yard, Titan Cantilever Crane, Including Former Fitting Out Dock. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Jock Stirling (1869), John Green (1896) and John McCorkindale (1867) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); and it also has 4 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Clydebank’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Clydebank?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 13 buildings inside Clydebank’s locality: 1 Category A, 9 Category B and 3 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Clydebank?
One: Clydebank, Former John Brown Shipbuilding Yard, Titan Cantilever Crane, Including Former Fitting Out Dock.
Are there scheduled monuments in Clydebank?
Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Antonine Wall, N of North Dalnottar Cemetery, Forth and Clyde Canal: Duntreath Avenue - Blairdardie Road, Forth and Clyde Canal: Linnvale - Duntreath Avenue and Forth and Clyde Canal: Old Kilpatrick - Linnvale.
How many conservation areas are there in Clydebank?
1, covering about 2 hectares of the town. The largest is High Dalmuir, Clydebank.
When were Clydebank’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 2, in 1971.
Who was born in Clydebank?
Among people born before 1900: Jock Stirling (1869), John Green (1896), John McCorkindale (1867) and Andrew Davidson (1892).
Clydebank 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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