British Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement. 1 related planning application.
British Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- fallen-wall-foxglove
- 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
- Tenement
- Address
- British Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8AA
- OS grid reference
- NT 261 736
- Coordinates
- 55.95058, -3.1834
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The British Linen Bank, located at 250-254 Canongate in Edinburgh, dates from around 1700 and was restored in 1955 by Robert Hurd. This four-storey, eight-bay traditional tenement is notable for its regular, closely spaced windows on each floor, featuring narrow windows in the far left and right bays. The ground floor accommodates shops. The building is constructed of rubble with moulded ashlar dressings and raised cills. A central timber door is framed by a roll-moulded architrave, and there is a square pend leading to Gibb's Close at the far left bay. The rear of the building has been rebuilt, partially harled and painted red, with a full-height outshot to the left topped by a cat-slide roof.
The principal elevation features predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows with horns. The roof is covered with Scottish slate, and there is a central axial stack on the upper pitch. Cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.
Local climate
British Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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