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History of Linlithgow · Historic Environment Scotland

159 listed buildings, 9 of them in the top category

On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Linlithgow’s locality, 127 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 50 of its listed buildings.

9Category A75Category B1948old map2scheduled monuments46on High Street
Listed buildings
159
127 per 10,000 residents
Category A
9
national importance
Category B
75
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
In pictures

Linlithgow in 51 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

St Michael's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Gateway and Livingston Burial VaultSt Michael's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Gateway and Livingston Burial VaultCategory A listedLinlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal ParkLinlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal ParkScheduled monumentBraehead, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 46Braehead, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 46Category B listedUnion Road, Railway Wall (To N of Track) Including Rail Bridge to EUnion Road, Railway Wall (To N of Track) Including Rail Bridge to ECategory C listed29, 31 High Street Post Office29, 31 High Street Post OfficeCategory B listed+46See 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

Linlithgow in old photos and maps

An old map and 0 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Ordnance Survey Sheet NT 07 (36 07) Linlithgow, Published 1948c. 1948
Old mapOrdnance Survey Sheet NT 07 (36 07) Linlithgow, Published 1948Map: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK · 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 Linlithgow’s history is

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

Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park, scheduled monumentUnion Canal, River Almond to River Avon, scheduled monumentBack Station Road, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Aqueduct, Category BBathgate Road, Ashley Hall, Category BBell's Burn, Baron's Hill, Category BBlackness Road, Boghall Lodge, Category BBlackness Road, Low Port Primary School, (Former Linlithgow Academy), Category BBlackness Road, St Michael's Church and Presbytery (Roman Catholic), Category BBraehead, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 46, Category BEdinburgh Road, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Aqueduct, Category BFalkirk Road, Longcroft House, Category BFalkirk Road, St Ninian's Craigmailen Church,Boundary Wall and Gatepiers, Category BFriarsbrae, Douglas Cottage (Former Douglas Cottage School), Category BFriarsbrae, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 44, Category BFriarsbrae, Rivaldsgreen House with Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category BFriarsbrae, Rosemount, Category BFriarsbrae, Victoria Place with Boundary Walls, Category BHigh Street, County Buildings with Screen Wall Lamp Standards and Provost's Lamp, Category BHigh Street, St Peter`S (Episcopal) Church, Category BKirkgate and the Cross, Burgh Halls (Former Town House and Old County Hall), Category BKirkgate, Rosegarden, Statue of 1ST Marquess of Linlithgow, Category BKirkgate, Walls, Category BLinlithgow Bridge, 2-14 (Even Nos) Main Street, Chalmers Cottages, Category BLinlithgow Bridge, Main Street, Public Hall (Community Centre), Category BManse Road Canal House with Gig House Gatepiers and Boundary Wall, Category BManse Road, Clarendon House with Gatepiers, Boundary Walls, And Stables, Category BManse Road, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 43, Category BManse Road, Friarbank with Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Wall, Category BManse Road, Glebe House, Former Linlithgow Manse with Gatepiers and Boundary Wall, Category BManse Road, Nether Parkley, Category BManse Road, Nether Parkley Lodge, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls, Category BPreston House Lodge with Gates and Gatepiers, Category BPreston Road, Poldrait, Category BThe Court Residence (Former Linlithgow Sheriff Court), including boundary walls and gatepiers, 1 Court Square, High Street, Linlithgow, Category BThe Cross, Cross Well with Pedestal and Commemorative Stone, Category BThe Low Port Centre, with mural by James Cumming, 1 Blackness Road, Linlithgow, Category BUnion Road, Lindisfarne with Boundary Walls and Gate, Category B1 High Street, The Star and Garter Hotel, Category B1-3 (Odd Nos) Preston Road, Category B10 and 11 Royal Terrace with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B123-127 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B129 High Street, Category B13 Lion Well Wynd, Category B131-135 High Street, Category B14 Royal Terrace with Boundary Walls and Piers, Category B143 High Street, Annet House, Category B165 High Street, Category B17 Lion Well Wynd and Boundary Wall, Category B177, 179 (Odd Nos) High Street the Crown Arms, Category B2 Kirkgate, Category B20-24 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B212, 214 High Street, Category B213, 215 High Street, Category B232, 234 and 236 High Street, Category B257 High Street, Category B259, 261 High Street, Category B263, 265 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B275 High Street and 18, 20 St John's Avenue, Category B29, 31 High Street Post Office, Category B293 High Street, Category B3 Kirkgate, Category B30-34 (Even Nos) High Street, Category B303 to 313 and 315 and 325 (Odd Nos) High Street and Gateway, Category B36, 36A High Street, Category B39,41 High Street, Category B43-47 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category B49, 51 High Street, Category B50 High Street Red Lion Inn, Category B52 and 54 High Street, Category B53, 55 High Street with Gateways, Gatepiers, Gates and Railings the Royal Bank of Scotland, Category B6 Royal Terrace, Category B63 High Street with Railings, Category B7, 7A Royal Terrace with Coach House, Outbuildings, Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Boundary Wall, Category B78, 80 High Street, Category B8, 9 Royal Terrace with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category B89, 91 High Street, Category B9-17 and 19-21 (Odd Nos) High Street, Category BHigh Street, St Michael's Well, Category ALearmonth Gardens, Dovecot, Category APreston House Including Screen Wall and Coach Archway, Category ASt Michael's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Gateway and Livingston Burial Vault, Category AThe Cross and Kirkgate, Burgh Halls (Former Town House and Old County Hall), Category A297, 299 High Street, West Port House with Retaining Walls, Category A38-44 (Even Nos) High Street, Hamilton's Land, Category A46, 48 High Street, Hamiltons' Land, Category A5 the Cross, Cross House, Category A
Category ACategory BScheduled monument400 m from High Street, St Michael's Well
7 of 9Category A buildings stand within 400 m of High Street, St Michael's Well, a five-minute walk. So do 88 of the 159 listed buildings.

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

159 listed buildings by grade
9 Category A75 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 9 Category A listed buildings in Linlithgow

Buildings of national or international importance, about 7.5% of all listed buildings; 7 of these stand within 400 m of High Street, St Michael's Well. 7 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Category B

The 75 Category B listed buildings in Linlithgow

Buildings of regional importance. 42 are photographed.

Show the other 63
House · listed 19713 KirkgatePhoto: Ammienoot · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected

Most of Linlithgow’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas116
Walls, gates & bridges25
Public & civic buildings10
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2

116 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 9 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
Burgh Mill Lane, Burgh Mill House and Adjoining OutbuildingCottage and Stables, Canal Basin, Manse Road, LinlithgowEdinburgh Road, RosebankEdinburgh Road, St Magdalene's Distillery East BarnsEdinburgh Road, St Magdalene's Distillery Malting Barn and Double KilnFalkirk Road, Longcroft House Gatepiers and Boundary WallFalkirk Road, Westerpark with Former Coach-HouseFriarsbrae, Rivaldsgreen Coach HouseHigh Street, Baird HallHigh Street, New WellHigh Street, Police StationLinlithgow Palace, LodgeLinlithgow Railway StationLion Well Wynd WallsMarket Lane, Masonic Lodge of LinlithgowSt Michael's Wynd Rear 23 High StreetThe Maltings, Corner Mains Road and Moray Drive, Mains and CottagesUnion Road, Railway Wall (To N of Track) Including Rail Bridge to EUnion Road, St John's Evangelical Church1 Royal Terrace with Boundary Wall10-18 (Even Nos) High Street100 High Street102, 104 High Street103, 105 High Street107, 109 High Street11 the Cross111, 113 High Street, Football and Cricketers Arms114 High Street115 High Street, Football and Cricketers Arms12 the Cross12, 14 West Port the Black Bitch Hotel13 Royal Terrace with Boundary Walls and Piers13, 14 the Cross137-141 (Odd Nos) High Street145 High Street147 High Street149 High Street16 Lion Well Wynd and Boundary Wall161, 161C, 163 High Street169-173 (Odd Nos) High Street175 High Street19 Lion Well Wynd and Boundary Wall2 Royal Terrace2, 4 High Street20 Royal Terrace with Retaining Wall and Railings201,203, 205 High Street216, 218 High Street217-221 (Odd Nos) High Street220 High Street222, 224 High Street23 High Street238 High Street246, 248 High Street258, 260 High Street26 West Port26, 28 High Street267, 269 High Street271, 273 High Street the Portcullis33-37 (Odd Nos) High Street4, 4A, 5, 5A Strawberry Bank5 Union Road with Boundary Wall56-60 (Even Nos) High Street57, 59 High Street6 Union Road and Lion Well Wynd61 High Street62, 64 High Street65, 67 High Street, The Four Marys66, 68 High Street69, 71 High Street70, 72 High Street73,75 High Street74, 76 High Street77, 79 High Street82-86 (Even Nos) High Street96, 98 High Street
Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 26% of Linlithgow

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

Linlithgow Palace and High Street83 ha
Linlithgow - Upper Linlithgow and Union Canal45 ha
128 hain conservation areas, of 492 ha inside the locality.

150 of the 159 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 Linlithgow’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1992

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

1992 · 971971 · 261978 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 26 entries were listed in 1971, 8 of the 9 Category A buildings among them. 97 came in 1992. 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.

2 scheduled monuments

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

Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park
Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal ParkEcclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; Secular: palace

1 Inventory battlefield

Born here

15 notable people born in Linlithgow before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

James V of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
David Jamison
James Glen
Andrew Auld
John West
Louis Hope
Alexander Fraser
Charles Wyville Thomson
Robert Blair
George Graham
Duncan McFarlane
Daniel Kirkwood
James Blessington
George Allan
1500165018001950
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots1542–1587 · Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 (1542–1587)
James V of Scotland
James V of Scotland1512–1542 · King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542
Charles Wyville Thomson
Charles Wyville Thomson1830–1882 · Scottish marine zoologist (1830-1882)
GA
George Allan1875–1899 · Scottish footballer (1875–1899)
James Glen
James Glen1701–1777 · American politician
Alexander Fraser
Alexander Fraser1827–1899 · Scottish landscape painter (1827-1899)
Louis Hope
Louis Hope1817–1894 · Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1817–1894)
DK
Daniel Kirkwood1867–1928 · Scottish footballer and director (1867-1928)

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

Towns its size

Linlithgow has the 8th most Category A buildings of 151 towns its size

Scottish towns of 5,000–31,000 people, by Category A listed buildings.

Lanark25
St Andrews20
Elgin13
Helensburgh13
Montrose11
Musselburgh11
Kelso10
Haddington9
Linlithgow9
Dalkeith8
Dunbar7
Brechin6
#18 of 151for listed buildings per resident (127 per 10,000). Kelso, Kirkwall and Haddington lead.

Only Lanark, St Andrews, Elgin, Helensburgh, Montrose, Musselburgh and Kelso have more. Linlithgow is level with Haddington. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Linlithgow

TownPeopleListedCategory AHistory
Linlithgow12,5221599—
Bo'ness14,875956—
Maddiston3,83500—
Polmont5,04451—
Brightons4,04810—
Grangemouth16,028121—
Redding3,81210—
Winchburgh4,29030—
In brief

Linlithgow in brief

Linlithgow has 159 listed buildings, 9 of them in the top category, including St Michael's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Gateway and Livingston Burial Vault. Its Category A buildings cluster together: 7 of them stand within 400 m of High Street, St Michael's Well. Only 7 of the 151 towns nearest its size have more Category A buildings. High Street alone has 46 listed buildings.

Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 15 people born here before 1900, the best known include Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), James V of Scotland (1512) and Charles Wyville Thomson (1830). The rest is about typical: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Linlithgow’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Linlithgow?

Historic Environment Scotland lists 159 buildings inside Linlithgow’s locality: 9 Category A, 75 Category B and 75 Category C.

What are the Category A listed buildings in Linlithgow?

9, including High Street, St Michael's Well, Learmonth Gardens, Dovecot, Preston House Including Screen Wall and Coach Archway, St Michael's Parish Church (Church of Scotland) with Gateway and Livingston Burial Vault, The Cross and Kirkgate, Burgh Halls (Former Town House and Old County Hall) and 297, 299 High Street, West Port House with Retaining Walls.

Are there scheduled monuments in Linlithgow?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Linlithgow Palace, Peel and Royal Park and Union Canal, River Almond to River Avon.

How many conservation areas are there in Linlithgow?

2, covering about 128 hectares of the town. The largest are Linlithgow Palace and High Street and Linlithgow - Upper Linlithgow and Union Canal.

When were Linlithgow’s buildings listed?

The first in 1971; the most, 97, in 1992.

Who was born in Linlithgow?

Among people born before 1900: Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), James V of Scotland (1512), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), George Allan (1875) and James Glen (1701).

Linlithgow 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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