Wall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 August 1987. Town wall. 2 related planning applications.

Wall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
moated-jamb-flax
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 August 1987
Type
Town wall
Address
Wall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
OS grid reference
NT 261 736
Coordinates
55.95023, -3.18458
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a substantial fragment of wall located on the west side of Tweeddale Court in Edinburgh, running from north to south. The date and purpose of the wall are uncertain, but it is comparatively early and may be a remnant of the town wall from around 1450. The wall is built from rubble and features a shallow cavetto-moulded coping. The southern end of the wall has been truncated and includes 18th century dressings. Adjoining the eastern side is an 18th century lean-to known as the 'Sedan Chair House' (refer to a separate listing). Additionally, a further stretch of wall with similar construction and massing continues to the south of Tweeddale House, following the same alignment.

Local climate

Wall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, 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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