AChurch · listed 2008East Main Street, Brucefield Church (Church of Scotland) with Courtyard and Church Halls (Including Former Church)Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Whitburn · Historic Environment Scotland
2 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category
On the Historic Environment Scotland list, all of them stand inside Whitburn’s locality, 1.7 for every 10,000 residents. 1 of Whitburn’s listed buildings are Category B.
Listed buildings
2
1.7 per 10,000 residents
Category A
1
national importance
Category B
1
regional importance
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Whitburn
Nearly every Category A and B building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
East Main Street, Brucefield Church (Church of Scotland) with Courtyard and Church Halls (Including Former Church)Category A listed
Whitburn Parish Kirk (South Church) Manse RoadCategory B listedPhotos 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 Whitburn’s history is
Every Category A and B building, monument and historic park.
Category ACategory B
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
2 listed buildings by grade
1 Category A1 Category B0 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 Whitburn
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 Category B listed building in Whitburn
Buildings of regional importance. Every one is photographed.
BChurch · listed 1980Whitburn Parish Kirk (South Church) Manse RoadPhoto: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Whitburn
| Town | People | Listed | Category A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitburn | 11,772 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Armadale | 12,590 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Harthill | 2,613 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fauldhouse | 4,587 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Blackburn | 5,263 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Bathgate | 22,229 | 11 | 1 | — |
| West Calder | 3,405 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Shotts | 8,794 | 4 | 1 | — |
In brief
Whitburn in brief
Whitburn has 2 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top category, including East Main Street, Brucefield Church (Church of Scotland) with Courtyard and Church Halls (Including Former Church). The rest is about typical: it has one Category A building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); Tom Nicol (1870) and Robert Davidson (1876) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1980 and 2008.
Questions about Whitburn’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whitburn?
Historic Environment Scotland lists 2 buildings inside Whitburn’s locality: 1 Category A, 1 Category B and 0 Category C.
What are the Category A listed buildings in Whitburn?
One: East Main Street, Brucefield Church (Church of Scotland) with Courtyard and Church Halls (Including Former Church).
Whitburn 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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