138, 140, 142 Rose Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 March 1996. Tenement. 5 related planning applications.

138, 140, 142 Rose Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
gentle-postern-vetch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 March 1996
Type
Tenement
Address
138, 140, 142 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JD
OS grid reference
NT 250 738
Coordinates
55.95187, -3.20173
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

138, 140, and 142 Rose Street in Edinburgh is a tenement building constructed by 1780, with later alterations. It features three stories and an attic, comprising six bays and two shops at ground level that flank a common stair door. Number 138 has later 19th-century two-leaf arched doors, while number 142 shows traces of a 19th-century front. The exterior is made of coursed rubble and includes a pair of piend-roofed dormers.

The rear elevation is irregular, consisting of four stories and four bays, also built from rubble. The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass, although there are modern tilt and turn windows on the second floor. The building has brick stacks, one of which is rendered, and is covered with grey slates.

The interior was not seen in 1995.

Local climate

138, 140, 142 Rose Street, 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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