47, 49, 51, 53, 55 Lothian Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 2001. Terraced block. 11 related planning applications.

47, 49, 51, 53, 55 Lothian Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
young-bonework-root
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 2001
Type
Terraced block
Address
47, 49, 51, 53, 55 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ
OS grid reference
NT 247 734
Coordinates
55.94786, -3.20593
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 47, 49, 51, 53, and 55 Lothian Road in Edinburgh, dates from the mid-19th century and is a three-storey and attic, nine-bay plain classical terraced block with shops on the ground floor. It is constructed of cream ashlar stone. Above the shops, there is a continuous cornice and blocking course. The shops on the right feature 19th-century details, while the central flats have a timber panelled door with a plate glass fanlight, set in a corniced and consoled surround. The upper floors are regularly fenestrated with windows that have architraved surrounds. There is a moulded eaves cornice, and the attic features slated dormers.

The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are corniced ashlar stacks with circular cans.

Local climate

47, 49, 51, 53, 55 Lothian Road, 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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