3-5 Old Fishmarket Close, 190 High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 August 1987. Residential tenement. 3 related planning applications.

3-5 Old Fishmarket Close, 190 High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
fallen-bracket-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 August 1987
Type
Residential tenement
Address
3-5 Old Fishmarket Close, 190 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1RW
OS grid reference
NT 258 735
Coordinates
55.94939, -3.18943
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 3-5 Old Fishmarket Close and 190 High Street in Edinburgh, dates back to the early 19th century. It is a traditional residential tenement with a shallow plan, featuring four storeys and a basement, and has six bays. The structure is set on steeply sloping ground, with a raised iron-railed forestair and a platt at the ground floor on the right side. The exterior is made of coursed, squared rubble with ashlar dressings and bands between the floors. There is a small wallhead stack with a clay can located at the centre left of the building.

The fenestration is regular, with commercial premises occupying the ground floor, which is finished in painted ashlar and features hood-moulded openings. The sixth bay has blind openings. The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, and the roof is covered with Scottish slate. The building also has coped end stacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.

Local climate

3-5 Old Fishmarket Close, 190 High Street, 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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