10, 12, 14 Robertson's Close, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981. Tenement. 4 related planning applications.

10, 12, 14 Robertson's Close, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
scattered-brick-merlin
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 January 1981
Type
Tenement
Address
10, 12, 14 Robertson's Close, Edinburgh, EH1 1LY
OS grid reference
NT 260 734
Coordinates
55.94843, -3.18607
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

10, 12, 14 Robertson's Close is a tenement building from the early to mid 18th century. It is four storeys high and has four bays, with a filled-in segmental-arch pend on the far right. The exterior is made of harled rubble with chamfered margins, and it features later piended dormers. The building was restored by Nicholas Groves-Raines between 1981 and 1982. The windows are predominantly timber sash and case, with a configuration of six over nine panes. The roof is covered with grey slates.

Local climate

10, 12, 14 Robertson's Close, 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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