Preston Street Primary School, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. School. 1 related planning application.

Preston Street Primary School, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
standing-chamber-saffron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
School
Address
Preston Street Primary School, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5BR
OS grid reference
NT 266 724
Coordinates
55.93977, -3.17628
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Preston Street Primary School, located on Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh, was designed by Robert Wilson, with contributions from J A Carfrae, and built between 1896 and 1897. The school features a symmetrical three-storey structure with gabled ends and two stepped dormer heads. A central decorative wood and copper roof ventilator adds to its charm. The building is constructed of red sandstone with white dressings and has a slated roof. Notably, there is a sculptured roundel on the east gable, reflecting its Scandinavian-Jacobean inspiration.

Local climate

Preston Street Primary School, Dalkeith Road, 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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