Curling House, Duddingston Manse, 5 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Curling museum.

Curling House, Duddingston Manse, 5 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
solemn-paling-hawk
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Curling museum
OS grid reference
NT 283 725
Coordinates
55.94051, -3.14835
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Curling House, located at Duddingston Manse on Old Church Lane in Edinburgh, was designed by W H Playfair and built between 1823 and 1824. This octagonal, two-storey building served as a meeting house for a curling society and is positioned on the sloping banks of Duddingston Loch. The exterior features lime harled rubble with raised tooled ashlar margins and a deep modillioned cornice. An external stair on the north side leads to a rectangular entrance, with an additional entrance on the south side. The building was restored as a curling museum between 2010 and 2011.

Inside, as observed in 2012, there is a flagstone floor, painted rubble walls, and a stone fire surround.

Local climate

Curling House, Duddingston Manse, 5 Old Church Lane, 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Graveyard, Duddingston Parish Church, Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade A 77 m
  2. Watch Tower, Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade A 85 m
  3. Duddingston Parish Church, Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade A 91 m
  4. Loupin' On Stane, Duddingston Parish Church, Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 96 m
  5. The Manse Of Duddingston, 5 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 121 m
  6. 16 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 122 m
  7. 14 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 134 m
  8. Duddingston Lodge, 12 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 146 m
  9. Lochside Cottage, 66 The Causeway, Duddingston, Edinburgh Grade B 154 m
  10. 10 Old Church Lane, Edinburgh Grade B 157 m