31 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 April 1977. Tenement block. 1 related planning application.

31 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
twisted-pedestal-reed
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 April 1977
Type
Tenement block
Address
31 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9NZ
OS grid reference
NT 263 725
Coordinates
55.94078, -3.18049
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

31 South Clerk Street is a four-storey tenement block built around 1850. This late classical building is constructed of ashlar stone and has an astylar design. It features a continuous design with a two-window quadrant facing Bernard Terrace, as well as a pair of five-window fronts. While the detailing on the upper floors is mostly intact, the ground floor has been altered. The building is topped with a slated roof.

Local climate

31 South Clerk 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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