Walled Garden, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Garden.

Walled Garden, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
crooked-rubble-merlin
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
NT 298 688
Coordinates
55.90749, -3.12381
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at The Drum in Gilmerton, Edinburgh, dates from the earlier to mid-19th century. It is a large garden located to the west of The Drum, measuring approximately 110 meters by 60 meters. The garden is enclosed on three sides by rubble walls topped with ashlar coping. As of 1995, the garden is currently overgrown. There is an inscribed panel set in the wall above the entrance.

Local climate

Walled Garden, The Drum, Gilmerton, 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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