6 Magdala Mews, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 September 2002. 3 related planning applications.
6 Magdala Mews, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- dusk-jade-cedar
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 September 2002
- Address
- 6 Magdala Mews, Edinburgh, EH12 5BX
- OS grid reference
- NT 237 734
- Coordinates
- 55.94824, -3.22282
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Magdala Mews in Edinburgh is a pair of two-storey mews houses built between 1869 and 1879 by John Chesser, arranged around a courtyard. The buildings are constructed of squared and snecked rubble, featuring raised cills to the windows.
On the southwest elevation (Nos 1-2), there are two entrance doors in the first bay to the right (No 1) with a small window above. The second, third, and fourth bays contain three timber garage doors, with bipartite windows above them; the windows in the second and fourth bays have stone mullions. The fifth bay features a converted garage with timber and glazing doors, and above it is a bipartite window with a stone mullion. The end bay on the left (No 2) has a single door with a three-pane over-light, a very small window above, and attic lights.
The northwest elevation (No 3) includes a door with a three-pane over-light in the right bay, two garage doors adjacent to it, and bipartite windows above. There is also a very small window above the door and an attic light.
On the northeast elevation (Nos 4-5), there is a garage door in the right bay with two single windows above. The second bay has a door with a four-pane over-light (No 4), while the third and fourth bays contain timber garage doors and two single windows above. The fifth bay features a door with a four-pane over-light (No 5) and a single window in the sixth bay at both ground and first floor levels. The left bay has a garage door with a single light above and attic lights for No 4.
The southeast elevation (Nos 6-7) has a garage door in the right bay with a single window above, followed by single windows in the second bay. The third bay contains a door with an over-light (No 6), while the fourth bay has a garage door with two single windows above. The fifth bay features a door with an over-light and a flanking window (No 7a), with two single windows above. The sixth bay has a garage door and a bipartite window with a stone mullion above. The left bay has a door with a three-pane over-light (No 7) and a single window above.
The buildings showcase a variety of glazing patterns and are topped with a grey slate roof, featuring straight skews at the dividing walls and mutual coped stacks.
Local climate
6 Magdala Mews, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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