Kennels, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 April 1996.

Kennels, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 April 1996
OS grid reference
NT 259 683
Coordinates
55.90253, -3.18617
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building known as the Kennels at Mortonhall House, located on Frogston Road East in Edinburgh, dates from the earlier 19th century. It consists of a pair of single-storey, semi-detached T-plan cottages situated to the south of a walled garden, which were formerly used as kennels. The cottages are constructed of squared and snecked stugged rubble with ashlar dressings, while the sides and rear are finished in rubble. There are steps leading to the central doors, which feature letterbox fanlights, and flanking windows that have modern glazing. At the rear, the cottages have two-bay wings that project outward, each fitted with small-pane timber sash and case windows. The roofs are covered with graded grey slates and feature bracketed eaves and timber barge boards on the gable ends. The building has end and mutual ashlar stacks that are shouldered and corniced, complete with moulded cans.

Local climate

Kennels, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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