Scientific Block is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 May 1999. Hospital.
Scientific Block
- WRENN ID
- riven-tin-vale
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1999
- Type
- Hospital
- OS grid reference
- NT 251 712
- Coordinates
- 55.92826, -3.19885
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Scientific Block, designed by Auldjo Jamieson and Arnott in 1929, is a single-storey, 15-bay hospital building featuring an I-plan symmetrical layout in a simple modern neo-Georgian style. The exterior is harled with artificial stone dressings and details, and it is situated on level ground within the centre of lawned and wooded hospital grounds. Notable architectural features include distinctive short Doric columns that flank the porch and are positioned between the bays of the central section, showcasing incised scalloped detailing at both the base and capital. The building has a base course and eaves course, and it primarily features non-traditional large pane glazing in UPVC windows, topped by a red tiled roof.
Inside, the block has a straightforward functional interior from the 1920s, which retains its original layout as observed in 2014. This includes a terrazzo floor and timber doors, along with a marble dedication plaque in the hall.
Local climate
Scientific Block 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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