Gate And Gatepiers, Ravelston House Lodge, 195 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 2000. Gatepiers.

Gate And Gatepiers, Ravelston House Lodge, 195 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
night-pier-gorse
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 2000
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NT 221 744
Coordinates
55.95681, -3.24817
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gate and gatepiers at Ravelston House Lodge, located at 195 Queensferry Road in Edinburgh, were built around 1791 for Ravelston House. They consist of a pair of circular-plan sandstone ashlar gatepiers that frame the carriage gateway. Each gatepier features a fluted frieze topped with a moulded cornice and has stepped circular-plan coping. The entrance includes two leaf spearheaded gates that sweep down to the center, with a pedestrian gate positioned to the right.

Local climate

Gate And Gatepiers, Ravelston House Lodge, 195 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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