8 Whitehill Street, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. 1 related planning application.

8 Whitehill Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
sunken-obsidian-crimson
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Address
8 Whitehill Street, Edinburgh, EH21 8RA
OS grid reference
NT 319 718
Coordinates
55.93524, -3.09052
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 2 and 4 Whitehill Street in Edinburgh, is possibly from the 18th century and has been remodeled since then. It is a single-storey row of cottages featuring two windows and a central door. The exterior is made of rubble that has been patched in brick and harled, with long and short surrounds around the openings. The roof is covered with pantiles, and there are brick chimneys. At the back, there are later brick outshots.

Local climate

8 Whitehill Street, Edinburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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