List of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeen facts for kids

Aberdeen shown within Scotland

This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeen, Scotland.

In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". 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". 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. 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. There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A.

The council area of Aberdeen City covers 184.5 square kilometres (71.2 sq mi), and has a population of around 210,400. There are 68 Category A listed buildings in the area. Much of the architecture of Aberdeen is built in the distinctive local granite, leading to the nickname, "The Granite City". During the first half of the 19th century, the most prominent architect in Aberdeen was Archibald Simpson (1790–1847), who completed many of the major public buildings in the city. Older buildings include the medieval Brig o' Balgownie and King's College Chapel, and the oldest town houses in the city: Provost Skene's house (1545), and Provost Ross' house (1593). More recently, Sir Robert Matthew's Crombie Halls of Residence at the University, completed in 1960, were listed at Category A in 2004, and five 1960s multi-storey residential tower blocks (Gilcomstoun Land, Porthill Court, Seamount Court, Virginia Court and Marischal Court [de], with three others removed on appeal) were listed in 2021. Other A-listed structures include a rare surviving locomotive turntable, an early suspension bridge by Samuel Brown, the intact Victorian Tivoli Theatre, and Scotland's oldest iron-framed mill building.

Listed buildings

Name	Location	Date Listed	Grid Ref.	Geo-coordinates	Notes	LB Number	Image
Lidell's Monument	Dyce	16 Apr 1971	NJ8692515198	57°13′38″N 2°13′05″W / 57.227327°N 2.218189°W / 57.227327; -2.218189 (Lidell's Monument)	17th-century monument to Duncan Lidell (1561–1613)	2230	Upload another image See more images
Old Parish Church of Dyce with Churchyard Wall and Watchhouse	Dyce	16 Apr 1971	NJ8752715413	57°13′45″N 2°12′30″W / 57.229275°N 2.20823°W / 57.229275; -2.20823	13th/14th-century church, much altered	2245	Upload another image See more images
Culter House (St. Margaret's School for Girls Boarding House)	Peterculter	16 Apr 1971	NJ8448001343	57°06′10″N 2°15′28″W / 57.102792°N 2.257815°W / 57.102792; -2.257815	17th-century country house	15714	Upload another image See more images
Grandholm Works, Old Spinning Mill, Wing Mill, Engine and Turbine Houses	Grandholm Drive	25 Nov 1991	NJ9257009602	57°10′38″N 2°07′28″W / 57.177186°N 2.124527°W / 57.177186; -2.124527	18th- and 19th-century textile mill, the largest vertically integrated tweed mill in Scotland	18985	Upload another image See more images
Former St Nicholas Congregational Church	Belmont Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9394506236	57°08′49″N 2°06′06″W / 57.14697°N 2.101702°W / 57.14697; -2.101702	1865 Romanesque chapel	19937	Upload another image See more images
Former Triple Kirks (East and Belmont Church and Albion and St Paul's Church)	69-71 Schoolhill	12 Jan 1967	NJ9387506307	57°08′51″N 2°06′10″W / 57.147607°N 2.10286°W / 57.147607; -2.10286	Remains of three conjoined Gothic churches, 1844 by Archibald Simpson	19940	Upload another image See more images
Greyfriars Church	Broad Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9429006424	57°08′55″N 2°05′46″W / 57.148663°N 2.096004°W / 57.148663; -2.096004 (Greyfriars Church)	Gothic church of 1903 by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie	19941	Upload another image See more images
Kings College Chapel	College Bounds, Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9395608149	57°09′51″N 2°06′06″W / 57.164155°N 2.101567°W / 57.164155; -2.101567 (Kings College Chapel)	Chapel, begun 1500	19943	Upload another image See more images
Aberdeen Arts Centre	King Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9440906519	57°08′58″N 2°05′39″W / 57.149518°N 2.09404°W / 57.149518; -2.09404 (Aberdeen Arts Centre)	Greek-revival style former church of 1830 by John Smith	19946	Upload another image See more images
Queen's Cross Church	Carden Place	12 Jan 1967	NJ9253705828	57°08′36″N 2°07′30″W / 57.143284°N 2.124958°W / 57.143284; -2.124958 (Queen's Cross Church)	Idiosyncratic Victorian Gothic church of 1881 by John Bridgeford Pirie of Pirie and Clyne	19948	Upload another image See more images
St. Andrew's (Episcopal) Cathedral	King Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9447306471	57°08′57″N 2°05′35″W / 57.149088°N 2.092981°W / 57.149088; -2.092981	Gothic cathedral of 1817 by Archibald Simpson	19953	Upload another image See more images
St Machar's Cathedral	The Chanonry	12 Jan 1967	NJ9392008785	57°10′12″N 2°06′08″W / 57.169867°N 2.102178°W / 57.169867; -2.102178 (St Machar's Cathedral)	14th century with later additions and alterations	19957	Upload another image See more images
Episcopal Convent and Chapel of St. Margaret of Scotland	17 Spital	12 Jan 1967	NJ9405607407	57°09′27″N 2°06′00″W / 57.157491°N 2.099896°W / 57.157491; -2.099896	Gothic complex by Ninian Comper, 1898	19961	Upload another image See more images
St Mary's Church (Episcopal)	Carden Place	12 Jan 1967	NJ9286605949	57°08′40″N 2°07′10″W / 57.144376°N 2.119525°W / 57.144376; -2.119525 (St Mary's Church (Episcopal))	Victorian Gothic church of 1864	19964	Upload another image See more images
St. Nicholas' Church	Union Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9407306302	57°08′51″N 2°05′59″W / 57.147565°N 2.099588°W / 57.147565; -2.099588 (St. Nicholas' Church)	Medieval church, extensively rebuilt by James Gibbs in 1755 and Archibald Simpson in 1837	19966	Upload another image See more images
St. Nicholas' Church Churchyard	Union Street, 9 Back Wynd, Schoolhill and Correction Wynd	12 Jan 1967	NJ9408606184	57°08′47″N 2°05′58″W / 57.146505°N 2.09937°W / 57.146505; -2.09937 (St. Nicholas' Church Churchyard)	Graveyard dating from the 16th century, with monuments from the 17th century onward	19967	Upload another image See more images
Advocates' Hall Concert Court	Broad Street	19 Mar 1984	NJ9434306375	57°08′54″N 2°05′42″W / 57.148224°N 2.095127°W / 57.148224; -2.095127 (Advocates' Hall Concert Court)	Classical hall by James Matthews, 1869	19977	Upload another image See more images
Aberdeen Art Gallery, War Memorial and Cowdray Hall, (Robert Gordon's Institute Of Technology)	78 Schoolhill	12 Jan 1967	NJ9388406372	57°08′53″N 2°06′10″W / 57.148191°N 2.102713°W / 57.148191; -2.102713	Renaissance-style gallery by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie 1885, war memorial added 1925	19978	Upload another image See more images
Custom House	35 Regent Quay	26 May 1977	NJ9458806185	57°08′47″N 2°05′28″W / 57.14652°N 2.091074°W / 57.14652; -2.091074 (Custom House)	18th-century Georgian townhouse	19982	Upload another image See more images
Medico-Chirurgical Hall and County Record Office	27, 29, 31 King Street	26 May 1977	NJ9441906457	57°08′56″N 2°05′38″W / 57.148961°N 2.093873°W / 57.148961; -2.093873	Three conjoined buildings comprising Medico-Chirurgical Hall by Archibald Simpson (1820), County Record Office by John Smith (1823), and house of 1840	19983	Upload another image See more images
Town House, including Municipal Offices, Court Houses and Tolbooth	Castle Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9437006358	57°08′53″N 2°05′41″W / 57.148071°N 2.094681°W / 57.148071; -2.094681	17th-century tolbooth, with 19th-century offices by Peddie & Kinnear	19990	Upload another image See more images
Music Hall	174-194 Union Street	28 Feb 1962	NJ9374506064	57°08′44″N 2°06′18″W / 57.145422°N 2.105002°W / 57.145422; -2.105002 (Music Hall)	Greek-revival hall by Archibald Simpson, 1820	19991	Upload another image See more images
Old Aberdeen Town House	High Street, Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9391508479	57°10′02″N 2°06′08″W / 57.167118°N 2.102253°W / 57.167118; -2.102253 (Old Aberdeen Town House)	18th-century town hall	19992	Upload another image See more images
Woolmanhill Hospital	Woolmanhill	25 May 1977	NJ9371006470	57°08′57″N 2°06′20″W / 57.149069°N 2.105591°W / 57.149069; -2.105591 (Woolmanhill Hospital)	Neoclassical hospital of 1840 by Archibald Simpson, later 19th-century additions	19995	Upload another image See more images
Mercat Cross	Castle Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9449606380	57°08′54″N 2°05′33″W / 57.148271°N 2.092599°W / 57.148271; -2.092599 (Mercat Cross)	17th-century mercat cross, since moved and repaired	19999	Upload another image See more images
Bishop Elphinstone Memorial	King's College Grounds, College Bounds, Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9394308152	57°09′51″N 2°06′06″W / 57.164181°N 2.101782°W / 57.164181; -2.101782 (Bishop Elphinstone Memorial)	1926 memorial to William Elphinstone (1431–1514)	20005	Upload another image See more images
Fountain, Victoria Park	Westburn Road and Argyll Place, Rosemount	19 Mar 1984	NJ9270306789	57°09′07″N 2°07′20″W / 57.151919°N 2.122244°W / 57.151919; -2.122244 (Fountain, Victoria Park)	Granite fountain with Greek Revival details (1878) by John Bridgeford Pirie of Pirie and Clyne	20065	Upload another image See more images
Brig o' Balgownie (Old Bridge Of Don)	Bridge of Don	12 Jan 1967	NJ9412909606	57°10′38″N 2°05′55″W / 57.177245°N 2.098742°W / 57.177245; -2.098742	14th-century bridge, attributed to Richard Cementarius	20067	Upload another image See more images
Bridge of Dee	Stonehaven Road and Anderson Drive South, Ruthrieston	12 Jan 1967	NJ9290103557	57°07′22″N 2°07′08″W / 57.122889°N 2.118878°W / 57.122889; -2.118878 (Bridge of Dee)	Early-16th-century bridge over the River Dee	20068	Upload another image See more images
Wellington Suspension Bridge	Over River Dee, at Craiglug	12 Jan 1967	NJ9431604968	57°08′08″N 2°05′44″W / 57.135584°N 2.095541°W / 57.135584; -2.095541 (Wellington Suspension Bridge)	Important example of an early suspension bridge, 1829 by Samuel Brown and John Smith	20073	Upload another image See more images
Girdleness Lighthouse	Greyhope Road	12 Jan 1967	NJ9715905348	57°08′20″N 2°02′55″W / 57.139025°N 2.048576°W / 57.139025; -2.048576 (Girdleness Lighthouse)	1833 lighthouse by Robert Stevenson, and late-19th-century fog signal	20078	Upload another image See more images
Former Old Town School	Little Belmont Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9398506250	57°08′50″N 2°06′04″W / 57.147096°N 2.101041°W / 57.147096; -2.101041 (Former Old Town School)	Greek revival school of 1841 by John Smith	20082	Upload another image See more images
Robert Gordon's College	Schoolhill	1 Jun 1966	NJ9388006496	57°08′57″N 2°06′10″W / 57.149305°N 2.102782°W / 57.149305; -2.102782 (Robert Gordon's College)	1732 school by William Adam	20088	Upload another image See more images
Marischal College	Broad Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9424006535	57°08′59″N 2°05′49″W / 57.14966°N 2.096833°W / 57.14966; -2.096833 (Marischal College)	Tudor-Gothic granite college by Archibald Simpson, 1844, Aberdeen's largest granite building	20096	Upload another image See more images
Devanha House	12, 14 Devanha Gardens, Ferryhill	12 Jan 1967	NJ9391005030	57°08′10″N 2°06′08″W / 57.136136°N 2.10225°W / 57.136136; -2.10225 (Devanha House)	Early-19th-century Regency house, extended by Archibald Simpson in 1840	20098	Upload another image
Westburn House	Westburn Park, Westburn Road and Cornhill Road	12 Jan 1967	NJ9267607055	57°09′16″N 2°07′22″W / 57.154308°N 2.122698°W / 57.154308; -2.122698 (Westburn House)	Brick house by Archibald Simpson, 1839	20108	Upload another image See more images
Provost Skene's House	Broad Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9419806385	57°08′54″N 2°05′51″W / 57.148312°N 2.097524°W / 57.148312; -2.097524 (Provost Skene's House)	Largely 17th-century house of George Skene, Provost of Aberdeen	20156	Upload another image See more images
Former Clydesdale Bank	5 Castle Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9442206361	57°08′53″N 2°05′38″W / 57.148099°N 2.093821°W / 57.148099; -2.093821 (Former Clydesdale Bank)	Built as North of Scotland Bank in 1842, by Archibald Simpson	20162	Upload another image See more images
Sheriff Court Annex and High Court of Justiciary (formerly Bank of Scotland)	53 Castle Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9443606307	57°08′51″N 2°05′37″W / 57.147614°N 2.093589°W / 57.147614; -2.093589	Classical-style former bank, built 1801, the first fully dressed granite ashlar building to be built in Aberdeen	20174	Upload another image See more images
Mitchell Hospital	9 The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9382608671	57°10′08″N 2°06′13″W / 57.168842°N 2.10373°W / 57.168842; -2.10373 (Mitchell Hospital)	Courtyard of alms houses, 1801	20186	Upload another image See more images
Bede House	20, 22 Don Street, Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9395308529	57°10′03″N 2°06′06″W / 57.167568°N 2.101626°W / 57.167568; -2.101626 (Bede House)	17th-century town house	20288	Upload another image See more images
The Chapter House (Cruickshanks Lodgings)	245, 247 Don Street, Balgownie	12 Jan 1967	NJ9402109633	57°10′39″N 2°06′02″W / 57.177486°N 2.100529°W / 57.177486; -2.100529	17th-century town house	20299	Upload another image See more images
The Northern Hotel	1 Great Northern Road	23 Apr 1987	NJ9304207944	57°09′44″N 2°07′00″W / 57.1623°N 2.116673°W / 57.1623; -2.116673 (The Northern Hotel)	Art Deco hotel of 1938, by A.G.R. Mackenzie	20331	Upload another image See more images
Tivoli Theatre	34 - 48 Guild Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9418906033	57°08′43″N 2°05′52″W / 57.14515°N 2.097664°W / 57.14515; -2.097664 (Tivoli Theatre)	Rare example of a nearly intact Victorian theatre, Charles J. Phipps 1872, alterations by Frank Matcham 1909	20333	Upload another image See more images
62, 62a and 62b Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9244006338	57°08′52″N 2°07′36″W / 57.147864°N 2.126577°W / 57.147864; -2.126577 (62, 62a and 62b Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1885	20334	Upload another image See more images
64, 64a, 66, 66a and 66b Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9242906332	57°08′52″N 2°07′36″W / 57.14781°N 2.126758°W / 57.14781; -2.126758	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1885	20335	Upload another image See more images
68, 68a and 70 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9239606318	57°08′52″N 2°07′38″W / 57.147683°N 2.127303°W / 57.147683; -2.127303 (68, 68a and 70 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1886	20336	Upload another image See more images
72 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9238906311	57°08′51″N 2°07′39″W / 57.14762°N 2.127419°W / 57.14762; -2.127419 (72 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1890, with Provost's lamp	20337	Upload another image See more images
74 and 76 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9237506307	57°08′51″N 2°07′40″W / 57.147584°N 2.12765°W / 57.147584; -2.12765 (74 and 76 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1887	20338	Upload another image See more images
78 and 80 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9235906299	57°08′51″N 2°07′40″W / 57.147512°N 2.127914°W / 57.147512; -2.127914 (78 and 80 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, c.1886	20339	Upload another image See more images
82, 82a and 84 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9233006290	57°08′51″N 2°07′42″W / 57.147431°N 2.128393°W / 57.147431; -2.128393 (82, 82a and 84 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, c.1886	20340	Upload another image See more images
86, 86a, 88 and 88a Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9231406284	57°08′51″N 2°07′43″W / 57.147376°N 2.128657°W / 57.147376; -2.128657	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1885	20341	Upload another image See more images
90 and 92 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9229406276	57°08′50″N 2°07′44″W / 57.147304°N 2.128988°W / 57.147304; -2.128988 (90 and 92 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, c.1886	20342	Upload another image See more images
94, 94a and 96 Hamilton Place		19 Mar 1984	NJ9227506268	57°08′50″N 2°07′45″W / 57.147232°N 2.129301°W / 57.147232; -2.129301 (94, 94a and 96 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, c.1886	20343	Upload another image See more images
81 High Street	Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9386808366	57°09′58″N 2°06′11″W / 57.166103°N 2.103027°W / 57.166103; -2.103027 (81 High Street)	Late-18th-century town house	20360	Upload another image See more images
96 High Street	Old Aberdeen	12 Jan 1967	NJ9393108425	57°10′00″N 2°06′07″W / 57.166634°N 2.101987°W / 57.166634; -2.101987 (96 High Street)	Early-17th-century town house	20374	Upload another image See more images
50, 50a and 50b Queen's Road		12 Jan 1967	NJ9191305654	57°08′30″N 2°08′07″W / 57.14171°N 2.135264°W / 57.14171; -2.135264 (50, 50a and 50b Queen's Road)	Gothic villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1887	20459	Upload another image See more images
1-13 Rosemount Square	Rosemount	23 Apr 1987	NJ9333106463	57°08′56″N 2°06′43″W / 57.149001°N 2.111855°W / 57.149001; -2.111855 (1-13 Rosemount Square)	Local authority housing designed in the 1930s and completed 1948, the last granite tenement block to be built in Aberdeen	20471	Upload another image See more images
Provost Ross's House	48 and 50 Shiprow	12 Jan 1967	NJ9436406204	57°08′48″N 2°05′41″W / 57.146688°N 2.094776°W / 57.146688; -2.094776 (Provost Ross's House)	Pair of late-16th-century town houses, once occupied by Provost John Ross, now houses part of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum	20484	Upload another image See more images
1, 2, 3 Union Terrace and 146 Union Street		12 Jan 1967	NJ9387406102	57°08′45″N 2°06′10″W / 57.145765°N 2.102872°W / 57.145765; -2.102872	Renaissance-style office building by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, 1885	20573	Upload another image See more images
His Majesty's Theatre	Rosemount Viaduct	8 Nov 1973	NJ9374806368	57°08′53″N 2°06′18″W / 57.148153°N 2.104961°W / 57.148153; -2.104961 (His Majesty's Theatre)	Free Renaissance style theatre by Frank Matcham, 1906	20605	Upload another image See more images
79 Hamilton Place		26 May 1977	NJ9236606252	57°08′50″N 2°07′40″W / 57.14709°N 2.127797°W / 57.14709; -2.127797 (79 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1894	20628	Upload another image See more images
98 Hamilton Place		26 May 1977	NJ9227106266	57°08′50″N 2°07′46″W / 57.147214°N 2.129367°W / 57.147214; -2.129367 (98 Hamilton Place)	Villa by Pirie and Clyne, 1891	20629	Upload another image See more images
Aberdeen Station	Guild Street	2 Mar 1990	NJ9415205889	57°08′38″N 2°05′54″W / 57.143856°N 2.098272°W / 57.143856; -2.098272 (Aberdeen Station)	Railway station completed 1920, the last major station to be built in Scotland, and mid-19th-century road bridge	20673	Upload another image See more images
Turntable, Ferryhill Motive Power Depot	Polmuir Avenue, Ferryhill	17 May 1996	NJ9405604484	57°07′52″N 2°05′59″W / 57.131233°N 2.099825°W / 57.131233; -2.099825	Early-20th-century locomotive turntable, one of very few surviving in Scotland	43378	Upload another image See more images
Broadford Works	Maberly Street	12 Jan 1967	NJ9356006922	57°09′11″N 2°06′29″W / 57.153127°N 2.108082°W / 57.153127; -2.108082 (Broadford Works)	Early-19th-century mill, the oldest iron-framed mill in Scotland, and the fourth oldest known to survive in the world, with 19th- and early-20th-century extensions	43908	Upload another image See more images
Crombie Halls of Residence	Meston Walk	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)	Modernist student residence by Sir Robert Matthew, completed 1960	50016	Upload another image See more images

List of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeen facts for kids

Listed buildings

See also