5, 7, 9, Thistle Street, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 March 1996. 3 related planning applications.

5, 7, 9, Thistle Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
tall-latch-lake
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 March 1996
Address
5, 7, 9, Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DF
OS grid reference
NT 254 741
Coordinates
55.95469, -3.19568
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

11, 13, and 15 Thistle Street in Edinburgh is a mid-19th century building that has been refurbished and extended around 1980. It is a regular four-storey and basement structure with 18 bays, originally serving as a warehouse and printing works, featuring a modern extension to the east. The exterior is made of stugged coursed cream sandstone, with a base course and a doorpiece that has a massive consoled cornice located in the third bay from the right, along with a wrought-iron bracket. There is a band course, which was formerly the eaves, above the second floor, and a corresponding third floor that was added later. The rear elevation is similar and includes stair windows at the eastern end, with six garages at the western end.

The building has timber sash and case 12-pane windows and is topped with grey slates. Inside, the western end is fireproof, featuring brick vaults supported by cast-iron columns, with cross vaults in the basement. The interior has been thoroughly modernised and is now united with the extension.

Local climate

5, 7, 9, Thistle 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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