23, 24, 25 Union Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 June 1966. 8 related planning applications.
23, 24, 25 Union Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- fallow-lantern-grove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1966
- Address
- 23, 24, 25 Union Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH1 3NQ
- OS grid reference
- NT 260 744
- Coordinates
- 55.95747, -3.18565
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
2 Union Street in Edinburgh is a terraced corner tenement building designed by Robert Burn, planned in 1800. It features a 10-bay by 5-bay layout with a bowed 3-bay corner, standing three stories tall with an attic and shops on the ground floor. The exterior is constructed of sandstone ashlar and includes a cill band at the first floor, projecting cills at the second floor, an eaves band, and a blocking course.
On the southeast elevation facing Union Place, there is a modern shop at ground level. The upper floors have regular window arrangements, although the 4th, 7th, and 9th bays from the left are blinded for symmetry. Above, there are piended dormers, including two tripartite dormers on the left, and a common stair door located in the 7th bay from the left, topped with a tall 9-pane fanlight.
The southwest elevation features a chamfered ground level with a door leading to a modern shopfront. Above, there is a corner round tower in the recessed angle, with three regular windows on each floor.
The northeast elevation, also facing Union Street, has a modern shop at ground level. The upper floors display regular fenestration, although the 1st and 4th bays from the left are blocked. There are three box dormers above.
The building has timber sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing, roof lights, grey slate roofing, ridge stacks, and terracotta cans. The piended dormers are located on the southeast elevation, while the northeast features box dormers.
The interior was not seen in 1998.
Local climate
23, 24, 25 Union Place, Leith Walk, 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 — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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