List of Category A listed buildings in West Lothian

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

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 in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A.^[4]

The council area of West Lothian covers 427 square kilometres (165 sq mi), and has a population of around 169,500. There are 42 Category A listed buildings within the area, ranging from Linlithgow Palace, a principal residence of the Kings of Scotland, to more modest farms and cottages such as Gowanbank or Woodcockdale. Historic churches include those at Abercorn, Mid Calder, Linlithgow, and Torphichen, the last being the only Scottish house of the Knights Hospitaller. Several small castles and tower houses merit Category A listing. More recent country houses include Hopetoun House, worked on successively by Sir William Bruce, William Adam and Robert Adam. A number of 19th-century viaducts and aqueducts carry railways and canals across the River Avon and River Almond. In the historic royal burgh of Linlithgow, besides the palace and parish church, several town houses are listed at Category A. Few recent buildings in the area merit Category A listing, with nothing later than the church at Bangour Village Hospital, completed in 1930, being recognised as such.

[edit] Listed buildings

Name	Location	Grid ref.^{[note 1]}	Notes	HB Number ^{[note 2]}	Ref.
Abercorn Church	Abercorn	NT081790	12th-century church with later alterations	612	^[5]
Hopetoun House	4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of South Queensferry	NT088790	Late 17th-century country house	613	^[6]
Hopetoun House estate buildings and steading	Hopetoun House Estate	NT0901678851	18th century estate buildings	614	^[7]
Midhope Castle	Abercorn	NT0728378685	16th-century tower house	630	^[8]
House of the Binns	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of Blackness	NT0508078567	Country house dating to 1612–1630	632	^[9]
Duntarvie Castle	2km north of Winchburgh	NT0905076477	Scots Renaissance house of circa 1590	6422	^[10]
Bangour Village Hospital, excluding villas 9, 23-29, 31, and boiler house	1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Dechmont	NT0322171218	Former hospital built 1898–1906, and church dating from the 1920s	6588	^[11]
Hatton House, south entrance gates	2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Ratho	NT1279968444	Gateway built 1692 as an entrance to the now-demolished Hatton House	7355	^[12]
Linhouse Viaduct	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of Murieston	NT076647	1842 railway viaduct carrying the Edinburgh to Carstairs railway over the Linhouse Water	7365	^[13]
Almondell Bridge	1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of East Calder in Almondell and Calderwood Country Park	NT0881668838	1800 bridge over the River Almond	7370, 14228 ^{[note 3]}	^[14]^[15]
Almondell Aqueduct	Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, East Calder	NT0864068528	1820 aqueduct built to feed the Union Canal	7371	^[16]
Blackburn House	Between Blackburn and Seafield	NT000656	18th century country house	7419	^[17]
Broxburn Viaduct	2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) east of Broxburn	NT1057872525	Railway viaduct carrying the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway over the A89 road	7427	^[18]
Almond Valley Viaduct ^{[note 4]}	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Broxburn	NT1123772183	1842 railway viaduct carrying the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway over the River Almond	7428	^[19]
Almond Aqueduct ^{[note 4]}	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-east of Broxburn	NT104706	1820 aqueduct carrying the Union Canal over the River Almond	7430	^[20]
Niddry Castle	Near Winchburgh	NT095743	Tower house of circa 1500	7437	^[21]
Avon Aqueduct ^{[note 5]}	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-west of Linlithgow	NS967758	1822 aqueduct carrying the Union Canal over the River Almond	7468	^[22]
Kingscavil Cottages	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Linlithgow	NT030764	1873 cottages and former schoolhouse	7482	^[23]
Grange House	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Linlithgow	NT0002878768	Early 20th-century country house	12972	^[24]
Ochiltree Castle	3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south-east of Linlithgow	NT0326474760	Early 17th-century tower house	12978	^[25]
Preston House	Preston Road, Linlithgow	NS9957875849	19th century baronial house by William Burn and David Bryce	12983	^[26]
Avon Viaduct ^{[note 5]}	Linlithgow Bridge	NS9816076951	1842 viaduct carrying the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway over the River Avon	12985	^[27]
Woodcockdale, cottages and stables	2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-west of Linlithgow	NS9758775895	Early 19th-century stables and cottages	12989	^[28]
Mid Calder Parish Church (St John's)	Main Street, Mid Calder	NT0737267323	16th-century Gothic church	14144	^[29]
Calder House	Mid Calder	NT0725967251	16th- or 17th-century mansion, incorporating walls of earlier fortalice	14153	^[30]
Calder House, east gateway	West Calder Road, Mid Calder	NT0742367187	Ornamental gateway of circa 1670	14155	^[31]
Linhouse	2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Murieston	NT062629	1589 country house	14156	^[32]
Houstoun House	Uphall	NT0526471334	17th-century house, now a hotel	14243	^[33]
Torphichen Preceptory and Torphichen Parish Church	Torphichen	NS9689472516	Gothic church of the 13th to 15th centuries, Scottish house of the Knights Hospitaller	14532	^[34]
Gowanbank	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-west of Armadale	NS9157071261	19th-century farmhouse, steading and cottage	14557	^[35]
Bathgate Academy	Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate	NS9794768697	19th-century Greek revival school	22125	^[36]
Linlithgow Burgh Halls	The Cross, Linlithgow	NT0021977204	17th-century town house, including former jail and court house	37362	^[37]
Cross House	5 The Cross, Linlithgow	NT0018277195	18th-century house, Category A listed for its interiors	37363	^[38]
St Michael's Well	High Street, Linlithgow	NT0041377119	Well dated 1720 with a statue of St Michael	37383	^[39]
West Port House	297-299 High Street, Linlithgow	NS9965377027	Laird's house, circa 1600 with later additions	37430	^[40]
Hamilton's Land	38-44 High Street, Linlithgow	NT0039877139	Early 17th-century tenement building, restored 1958	37438	^[41]
Hamilton's Land	46-48 High Street, Linlithgow	NT0038977143	Early 17th-century tenement building, restored 1958	37439	^[42]
Dovecot	Learmonth Gardens, Linlithgow	NT0034577008	16th-century beehive dovecote	37468	^[43]
Linlithgow Palace	Linlithgow Peel	NT0019677325	Former royal palace built over 15th to 17th centuries, now in ruins	37469	^[44]
Linlithgow Palace Gateway	Linlithgow Peel	NT0019677279	Gateway to former royal palace, circa 1535	37470	^[45]
St Michael's Church	Linlithgow Peel	NT002772	15th-century parish church	37499	^[46]