List of post-war Category A listed buildings in Scotland

This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Scotland which date from after 1945 (the post-war period). The majority of these buildings are examples of Brutalist architecture or related modernist architecture which was ambitiously adopted by a number of Scottish architects, such as Sir Robert Matthew and Sir Basil Spence.

In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of “special architectural or historic interest”.^[1] Category A structures are those considered to be “buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type.”^[2] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.^[3] The authority for listing rests with Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building’s structure or its fittings. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities prior to any alteration to such a structure.^[3]

There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings and statues in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,600) are Category A. The number which date from post 1945 currently stands at 49, following the addition of the Cables Wynd House and Linksview House buildings in January 2017.^[4] The two oldest buildings in this list both commenced construction prior to World War II but completion then occurred in the post-war period, the buildings are generally considered post-war.

Name	Location	Date Listed	Grid Ref. ^{[note 1]}	Geo-coordinates	Notes	LB Number ^{[note 2]}	Image
St. Columba’s Cathedral	Corran Esplanade, Oban, Argyll and Bute	20 July 1971	NM8553230679	56°25′10″N 5°28′44″W / 56.419458°N 5.478834°W / 56.419458; -5.478834 (St. Columba’s Cathedral)	Sir Giles Gilbert Scott	38820	Upload another image See more images
Joseph Black Building	University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Campus, Glasgow	15 January 1985	NS5661466700	55°52′19″N 4°17′36″W / 55.872065°N 4.293206°W / 55.872065; -4.293206 (Joseph Black Building)	T Harold Hughes and DSR Waugh with later works by Alexander Waugh & Kay	32918	Upload another image
Lanark County Buildings (South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters)	Hamilton, Almada Street	18 November 1993	NS7147155882	55°46′45″N 4°03′03″W / 55.779122°N 4.050819°W / 55.779122; -4.050819	International modern tower by D G Bannerman, 1959–64^[5]	34472	Upload another image See more images
Easterheughs	Dalachy, Aberdour, Fife	24 March 2004	NT2103085988	56°03′37″N 3°16′11″W / 56.060195°N 3.269753°W / 56.060195; -3.269753 (Easterheughs)	William Thomas	49686
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery	Port Glasgow, Parkhill Avenue	23 September 2004	NS3399473809	55°55′43″N 4°39′31″W / 55.928608°N 4.658681°W / 55.928608; -4.658681	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	40088	Upload another image
Pitlochry Power Station, dam and fish ladder	Loch Faskally, Pitlochry	20 December 2000	NN9354257719	56°41′56″N 3°44′24″W / 56.699013°N 3.740113°W / 56.699013; -3.740113	Harold Ogle Tarbolton	47534	Upload another image See more images
Notre Dame High School	160 Observatory Road, Dowanhill, Glasgow	28 July 1987	NS5626667407	55°52′42″N 4°17′57″W / 55.878309°N 4.299138°W / 55.878309; -4.299138 (Notre Dame High School)	Thomas S Cordiner	32571	Upload another image
Robin Chapel	Thistle Foundation Estate, Niddrie, Edinburgh	14 June 2002	NT2946971498	55°55′53″N 3°07′50″W / 55.931352°N 3.130457°W / 55.931352; -3.130457 (Robin Chapel)	John F Matthew	48686	Upload another image
Sloy Power Station	Loch Sloy, Argyll and Bute	29 March 1996	NN2887111074	56°15′40″N 4°45′52″W / 56.261234°N 4.76445°W / 56.261234; -4.76445 (Sloy Power Station)	Harold Ogle Tarbolton	43188	Upload another image See more images
Commando Memorial	Spean Bridge, Highland	5 October 1971	NN2078882369	56°53′53″N 4°56′39″W / 56.897923°N 4.944103°W / 56.897923; -4.944103 (Commando Memorial)	Scott Sutherland	6842	Upload another image See more images
HMSO Store	11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate, Edinburgh	29 November 1990	NT1910970886	55°55′27″N 3°17′46″W / 55.924222°N 3.296045°W / 55.924222; -3.296045 (HMSO Store)	Stewart Sim	30250
St Laurence’s RC Church and Presbytery	Kilmacolm Road, Greenock, Inverclyde	23 September 1994	NS2859775289	55°56′24″N 4°44′45″W / 55.939997°N 4.745897°W / 55.939997; -4.745897	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	34184	Upload another image See more images
Crombie Halls of Residence	Meston Walk, Aberdeen	11 Nov 2004	NJ9380608115	57°09′50″N 2°06′15″W / 57.163847°N 2.104046°W / 57.163847; -2.104046 (Crombie Halls of Residence)	Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (Robert Matthew)	50016	Upload another image See more images
Former Lady and St Francis Secondary School	72 Charlotte Street, by Glasgow Green, Glasgow	4 September 1989	NS5979364539	55°51′13″N 4°14′29″W / 55.8536°N 4.241324°W / 55.8536; -4.241324	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	32662	Upload another image See more images
St Paul’s RC Church and Presbytery	Warout Road, Glenrothes, Fife	B 15 September 1987 A 28 September 2009	NO28093454	56°11′29″N 3°09′41″W / 56.191518°N 3.161266°W / 56.191518; -3.161266 (St Paul’s RC Church and Presbytery)	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	10012	Upload another image See more images
High Sunderland	Selkirk, Scottish Borders	18 April 2007	NT2965732412	55°34′49″N 3°07′03″W / 55.580258°N 3.117362°W / 55.580258; -3.117362 (High Sunderland)	Peter Womersley	50862	Upload another image
University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls of Residence	Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh	17 January 2006	NT2698272343	55°56′17″N 3°10′13″W / 55.938034°N 3.170194°W / 55.938034; -3.170194	Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul	50187	Upload another image See more images
Forth Road Bridge with Approach Ramps and Piers	Firth of Forth, between Edinburgh and Fife	21 March 2001	NT1253579638	56°00′06″N 3°24′15″W / 56.001681°N 3.404057°W / 56.001681; -3.404057	Mott, Hay and Anderson with Freeman Fox & Partners	47778	Upload another image See more images
St Columba’s Parish Church	Church Street, Glenrothes, Fife	5 October 2004	NO2696800916	56°11′43″N 3°10′43″W / 56.195231°N 3.178513°W / 56.195231; -3.178513 (St Columba’s Parish Church)	Wheeler & Sproson	49999	Upload another image See more images
St Peter’s College	Cardross	6 August 1992	NS3530478404	55°58′13″N 4°38′26″W / 55.9703°N 4.640546°W / 55.9703; -4.640546 (St Peter’s College)	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	6464	Upload another image See more images
Ben Cruachan Hydro Electric Scheme, Turbine Hall	Ben Cruachan, Argyll and Bute	11 February 2011	NN0801428152	56°24′23″N 5°06′47″W / 56.406389°N 5.113056°W / 56.406389; -5.113056	J B Armstrong	51688
David Hume Tower (Block A) and Lecture Block (Block B), University of Edinburgh	George Square, Edinburgh	17 January 2006	NT2598172878	55°56′36″N 3°11′12″W / 55.943223°N 3.18665°W / 55.943223; -3.18665	Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards)	50189	Upload another image
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church	Camelon, Falkirk	23 September 1994	NS8641780573	56°00′17″N 3°49′23″W / 56.004599°N 3.823036°W / 56.004599; -3.823036 (St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church)	Gillespie Kidd and Coia	31252	Upload another image See more images
9 and 10 St Andrew Square	St Andrew Square, Edinburgh	28 March 1996	NT2552374024	55°57′12″N 3°11′39″W / 55.953447°N 3.194298°W / 55.953447; -3.194298 (9 and 10 St Andrew Square)	Basil Spence & Partners	43349	Upload another image
Dollan Aqua Centre	Town Centre Park, East Kilbride	13 June 2002	NS6316054220	55°45′43″N 4°10′57″W / 55.761919°N 4.18239°W / 55.761919; -4.18239 (Dollan Aqua Centre)	Alexander Buchanan Campbell	48682	Upload another image See more images
St Bride’s Roman Catholic Church	Platthorn Drive, East Kilbride	23 September 1994	NS6404754304	55°45′47″N 4°10′06″W / 55.762923°N 4.168307°W / 55.762923; -4.168307 (St Bride’s Roman Catholic Church)	Gillespie, Kidd and Coia	26630	Upload another image See more images
Bannockburn Rotunda, Memorial Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I	Bannockburn, Borestone Brae	8 June 2004	NS7948890691	56°05′38″N 3°56′19″W / 56.093761°N 3.938636°W / 56.093761; -3.938636	Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (Robert Matthew, Eric Stevenson and HF Clark) with statue by Pilkington Jackson	49860	Upload another image See more images
Andrew Melville Hall, University of St Andrews	North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife	18 November 2011	NO4956716755	56°20′26″N 2°49′03″W / 56.340454°N 2.817406°W / 56.340454; -2.817406	James Stirling	51846	Upload another image See more images
Craigsbank Parish Church (Church of Scotland)	Craigs Bank, Corstorphine, Edinburgh	13 November 2002	NT1909073038	55°56′37″N 3°17′49″W / 55.943549°N 3.296995°W / 55.943549; -3.296995	Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul (William Kininmonth)	48977	Upload another image See more images
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery	Kyle Road, Kildrum, Cumbernauld	23 September 1994	NS7668374959	55°57′06″N 3°58′37″W / 55.951694°N 3.976984°W / 55.951694; -3.976984	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	24091	Upload another image See more images
Mortonhall Crematorium	Howdenhall Road, Edinburgh	15 April 1996	NT2692268318	55°54′09″N 3°10′13″W / 55.902406°N 3.170352°W / 55.902406; -3.170352 (Mortonhall Crematorium)	Spence Glover & Ferguson (A Dewar)	43242	Upload another image
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Glasgow	73 Craigpark, Dennistoun, Glasgow	23 September 1994	NS6101065499	55°51′45″N 4°13′21″W / 55.862571°N 4.222392°W / 55.862571; -4.222392	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	33891	Upload another image See more images
Pitcorthie House	Colinsburgh, Fife	28 February 2014	NO4879804088	56°13′36″N 2°49′39″W / 56.226579°N 2.8273824°W / 56.226579; -2.8273824 (Pitcorthie House)	Trevor Dannatt	52177
University of Edinburgh, Main Library	George Square	17 January 2006	NT2584772828	55°56′34″N 3°11′20″W / 55.942754°N 3.188781°W / 55.942754; -3.188781	Spence, Glover and Ferguson (John Hardie Glover, JM Marshall and Andrew Merrylees)	50191	Upload another image
Brucefield Church	East Main Street, Whitburn, West Lothian	4 December 2008	NS9485765021	55°52′01″N 3°40′54″W / 55.866855°N 3.6816941°W / 55.866855; -3.6816941 (Brucefield Church)	Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul (William Kininmonth and Tom Duncan)	51254	Upload another image See more images
84–87 Princes Street, incorporating the New Club	Princes Street, Edinburgh New Town	28 March 1996	NT2528473885	55°57′08″N 3°11′53″W / 55.952161°N 3.198086°W / 55.952161; -3.198086	Alan Reiach, Eric Hall & Partners	43322	Upload another image
Scottish Ambulance Service station and St Andrew’s House, St Andrew’s Ambulance Association	30 Maitland Street and 54 Milton Street, Cowcaddens, Glasgow	7 February 2005	NS5888166138	55°52′04″N 4°15′24″W / 55.867689°N 4.256713°W / 55.867689; -4.256713	Skinner, Bailey & Lubetkin then Bailey and Robb (Douglas Carr Bailey)	50073	Upload another image See more images
Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling	University of Stirling, Stirling	15 May 2009	NS8039796841	56°08′57″N 3°55′36″W / 56.149213°N 3.9267942°W / 56.149213; -3.9267942	Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards, Gerrard Bakker and Frank Clark)	51327	Upload another image
Principal’s House, University of Stirling	University of Stirling, Stirling	15 May 2009	NS8113796808	56°08′57″N 3°54′54″W / 56.149102°N 3.9148755°W / 56.149102; -3.9148755	Morris and Steedman	51322
Anniesland Court	833-861 (Odd Nos) Crow Road, Anniesland, Glasgow	2 April 1996	NS5467368865	55°53′27″N 4°19′31″W / 55.89092°N 4.325361°W / 55.89092; -4.325361 (Anniesland Court)	Jack Holmes and Partners	43034	Upload another image See more images
Royal Commonwealth Pool	Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh	29 March 1996	NT2681472414	55°56′21″N 3°10′22″W / 55.939187°N 3.172758°W / 55.939187; -3.172758 (Royal Commonwealth Pool)	Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (John Richards, Euan Colam and Harold Medd)	43148	Upload another image See more images
Royal Botanic Garden, 1967 Greenhouse	Inverleith, Edinburgh	4 June 2003	NT2469675491	55°57′59″N 3°12′29″W / 55.966495°N 3.207949°W / 55.966495; -3.207949	GAH Pearce	49216	Upload another image See more images
Burrell Collection	2060 Pollokshaws Road, Pollok Country Park, Glasgow	23 January 2013	NS5548662138	55°49′51″N 4°18′27″W / 55.830833°N 4.3075°W / 55.830833; -4.3075 (Burrell Collection)	Barry Gasson Architects (Barry Gasson, Brit Andresen, John Meunier, Jack Wilson and Margaret Maxwell)	52002	Upload another image See more images
Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society Head Office	Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh	3 March 2006	NT2674572537	55°56′25″N 3°10′28″W / 55.940277°N 3.174328°W / 55.940277; -3.174328	Spence, Glover & Ferguson (John Hardie Glover, John Legge, Norman Arthur and Dame Sylvia Crowe)	50213	Upload another image
The Studio (former Bernat Klein Studio)	High Sunderland, Selkirk	B 4 October 1994 A 25 July 2002	NT4737631377	55°34′24″N 2°50′10″W / 55.573199°N 2.836139°W / 55.573199; -2.836139	Peter Womersley	19484	Upload another image See more images
Eden Court Theatre	Inverness, Bishop’s Road	27 July 2004	NH6631644732	57°28′23″N 4°13′51″W / 57.473078°N 4.230821°W / 57.473078; -4.230821 (Eden Court Theatre)	Law & Dunbar-Nasmith (Graham Law)	49959	Upload another image See more images
Centrelink 5 (Former Cummins Engine Company Ltd)	Calderhead Road, Shotts, North Lanarkshire	18 November 2004	NS8641860847	55°49′39″N 3°48′51″W / 55.827489°N 3.814214°W / 55.827489; -3.814214	Ahrends, Burton & Koralek	50013	Upload another image See more images
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh	15 October 2001	NT2501673652	55°57′00″N 3°12′08″W / 55.950026°N 3.202312°W / 55.950026; -3.202312 (Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial)	Ian Hamilton Finlay	48255	Upload another image
Cables Wynd House	Cables Wynd, Leith, Edinburgh	30 January 2017	NT 26818 76260	55°58′26″N 3°10′27″W / 55.973821°N 3.174224°W / 55.973821; -3.174224 (Cables Wynd House)	Alison & Hutchison & Partners (Robert Forbes Hutchison, Walter Scott and Francis W Tinson)	52403	Upload another image See more images
Linksview House	Tolbooth Wynd and Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh	30 January 2017	NT2705676276	55°58′26″N 3°10′21″W / 55.973906°N 3.172525°W / 55.973906; -3.172525 (Linksview House)	Alison & Hutchison & Partners (Robert Forbes Hutchison, Walter Scott and Francis W Tinson)	52404	Upload another image See more images

Former Grade A listings

Name	Location	Date Listed	Grid Ref. ^{[note 3]}	Geo-coordinates	Notes	LB Number ^{[note 4]}	Image
Clunie Power Station	Loch Faskally	A 5 March 2001 B 11 February 2011	NN9126759775	56°43′01″N 3°46′41″W / 56.71695°N 3.778116°W / 56.71695; -3.778116 (Clunie Power Station)	Harold Ogle Tarbolton	47621

A-Groups

The University of Glasgow’s Joseph Black building forms an A-Group with the Category A listed Graham Kerr building. The Graham Kerr building is a pre-war building, dating from 1923.
The Sloy Awe power station forms an A-Group with the Category B listed Sloy dam.
The Ben Cruachan turbine hall forms an A-Group and the Category B listed Cruachan dam which forms the reservoir above Loch Awe.
The University of Edinburgh’s David Hume Tower (Block A) and David Hume Lecture Block (Block B); and their Main Library, George Square, form an A-Group with their Category B listed William Robertson (Block C); Adam Ferguson (Block D) and George Square Theatre (Block E) buildings.
The University of Stirling’s Principals House and Pathfoot Building for an A-Group with the Nuffield Staff Houses (2-3, 4-5 and 6-7) Airthrey Castle Yard. The three buildings are Category B listed.
The Edinburgh Botanic Garden’s 1967 greenhouse forms an A-Group with the Head Gardener’s Cottage, Inverleith House, 1858 Palm House and 1834 Palm Stove, Linnaeus Monument, Caledonian Horticultural Society Hall, and the Laboratory and Lecture Hall Buildings at 20a Inverleith Row.
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial forms an A-Group with a number of other Category A, Category B and Category C listed public art installations in Princes Street Gardens.

Bibliography

Campsie, Alison (8 July 2016). “10 of Scotland’s most unusual buildings”. The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
“Scotland’s 50 post-war A-listed buildings”. BBC News. BBC. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
“In Pictures: Post-war listed buildings in Edinburgh”. BBC News. BBC. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2017.