Walls To Former Policies, Barnton House, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1994. Boundary wall, structure.

Walls To Former Policies, Barnton House, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
solitary-cinder-yew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 October 1994
Type
Boundary wall, structure
OS grid reference
NT 198 750
Coordinates
55.96185, -3.28492
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The walls to the former policies of Barnton House in Edinburgh date back to the early 19th century. They are constructed of ashlar stone, which is coursed and diminishes in size towards the coping, featuring a slight batter effect and keel-shaped coping. At the eastern end, there are iron railings that form a clair voyee at the corner with Quality Street. The wall span has been altered, with sections lowered to create openings for modern housing development. There are breaches for bus shelters at two intervals, and a third shelter is located within a former gateway that has monolithic piers. Additionally, there is another original gateway leading to the south lodge, with quadrant walls on the western side.

Local climate

Walls To Former Policies, Barnton House, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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