Designating Cathcart Cemetery, Glasgow

Closes 10 Sep 2025

Opened 20 Aug 2025

Contact

Designations Service

0131 668 8914

designations@hes.scot

Overview

We propose to designate Cathcart Cemetery as a listed building.

The cemetery was designed in 1876 by William Ross McKelvie. It is located in the residential suburb of Cathcart, south of Glasgow city centre, and retains much of its original layout. It includes boundary walls, entrance gates, a former gatelodge and a range of ornate monuments set within landscaped, wooded grounds. The cemetery also contains gravemarkers to many notable early footballers and other pioneers of the game.

We think the site is significant as a largely intact later 19th century garden cemetery. It is a good example of the work of cemetery designer, William Ross McKelvie, who achieved renown for the quality of his designs following the initial wave of garden cemetery construction in Scotland. It also has significance for its association with Scottish footballing heritage in Glasgow.  

We are now gathering views on our proposal to list the cemetery at category C.

Read more about why we think Cathcart Cemetery meets the criteria for listing by downloading our Report of Handling.

Picture of entrance to Cathcart Cemetary from the street. A black iron fence in the foreground of image border the grounds, with a large green conifer tree beside teh entrance. There are cars in the driveway and a large stone building in the background, surrounded by trees which suggest it is winter time due to the lack of foilage. It is a grey day.

Cathcart Cemetery - main entrance and former gatelodge © HES

How we designate listed buildings

We list buildings of special architectural or historic interest. A dedicated team researches and assesses all designation applications.

Why your views matter

We’d love to know whether you agree with our proposal.

To help you respond to the following survey, please read why we think Cathcart Cemetery meets the criteria for listing by downloading our Report of Handling.

You can tell us if you agree with our proposal by completing the short questionnaire below.

This questionnaire usually takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

Find out what comments we consider and what happens next in our consultation guide or watch our designations video on YouTube.

You can also watch a version of this video in British Sign Language.

 

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