Bastion And Retaining Walls, Newliston House is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. House.

Bastion And Retaining Walls, Newliston House

WRENN ID
forgotten-pillar-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NT 109 739
Coordinates
55.95004, -3.4275
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The bastion and retaining walls at Newliston House were built between 1722 and 1744 and feature a French style fortified terrace that is rectangular in shape with bastion angles. The structure is bisected obliquely by a canal to the south and was constructed 40 years before the current mansion house. The vistas are aligned with significant landmarks, including Craigiehall to the east and Niddry Castle to the northwest. The walls are made of squared stone with large block coping. Currently, some sections of the terrace are in poor condition due to tree roots and age, although part of it has been repaired. There are three weirs associated with the canal.

Local climate

Bastion And Retaining Walls, Newliston House receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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