Listing is the way that a building or structure of special architectural or historic interest is recognised by law through the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.
Listed Buildings have three categories,
Category A
Category A buildings are:
• of national or international importance,
either architecturally or historically;
• largely unaltered; and
• outstanding examples of a particular
period, style or building type.
(Category A accounts for around 8% of the
total number of listed buildings in Scotland.)
Category B
Category B buildings are:
• of regional or more than local importance;
• may have been altered; and
• are major examples of a particular
period, style or building type.
(Category B accounts for around 50% of the
total number of listed buildings in Scotland.)
Category C
Category C buildings are simple traditional
buildings which group well with others in
categories A and B, or are:
• of local importance;
• lesser examples of a period, style, or
building type; and
• as they were originally constructed or
only moderately altered.
(Category C accounts for around 42% of the
total number of listed buildings in Scotland.)
Information (where indicated) below, comes from 'British Listed Buildings' whose source of information is Historic Environment Scotland. (Please don't ask for explanation of any technical terms used!)
There are three button links at the bottom of this page.
'Historic Environment Scotland' will tell you about listed buildings in Scotland and 'British Listed Buildings' will tell you about listed buildings in the UK.
Queensferry itself is a Conservation Area. You can read more about this in the link at the bottom of this page.
Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,094 feet (2,467 m). When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the world's second-longest single cantilever span, with a span of 1,709 feet (521 m).
The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure are owned by Network Rail. (Wikipedia)
In 1441 James Dundas gifted a piece of land, lying in and around the town of Queensferry for the Church of St Mary the Virgin and for the construction of certain buildings to be erected there in the form of a monastery. Possibly their security of tenure led the brethren to rebuild their church, for from its style of architecture, it can hardly have been erected before their charter in 1457.
You can read more about the Priory Church in this Blog under 'Queensferry History' – Archive dated July 2015.
BALUSTRADE: coped balustrade, enclosing castle; roll-moulded base with short rectangular and tooled sandstone balusters, with occasional panelled dies and ball finials.
SUNDIAL: 17th century, obelisk style sundial, with polyhedron dials, to S.
First -A 17th century red sandstone obelisk sundial is situated to the east of the entrance elevation of Craigiehall House (NT16785 75439). This sundial sits on a wide, round stone base and consists of a square plinth, a moulded base, a globe, a 4-sided shaft capped by a polyhedron dial and a later sandstone tapered capital. The shaft is divided into 16 square panels, some of which have incised shapes. The dial above has four faces with hollowed out shapes.
Second - Category A. - An early 18th century cream sandstone, horizontal sundial is situated to the west of Craigiehall House (NT16611 75418). It dates to between 1703 and 1714 and consists of a carved, octagonal pedestal with a horizontal brass sundial plate with decorative gnomon on top. The sundial is engraved with the arms of the Marquis of Annandale, and with the inscription, 'made by England, Instrument Maker to Her Majesty at Charing X, London'.
Gateway to S. Garden features include rockery on natural outcrop at near centre, with small, crescent-shaped retaining wall at base, to S. Various ancillary buildings projecting from N wall exterior, previously used as potting sheds and boiler houses. Square flue vents of wall heating system to right of N wall exterior. There are various unused doorways to the walled garden, with panelled timber doors. Originally there would have been a series of greenhouses along the N wall.
The interior was seen in 2016. There are around 600 nesting boxes, extending from floor to ceiling on all sides of the chamber.