Upper Craigend Cottages, 60 Kingston Avenue, 58, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 October 2003.

Upper Craigend Cottages, 60 Kingston Avenue, 58, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
muted-bronze-summer
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 October 2003
OS grid reference
NT 282 702
Coordinates
55.91984, -3.14904
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Upper Craigend Cottages, built around 1870, is a row of single-storey polychrome brick cottages. Number 40 is detached, while numbers 42 to 56 form a terrace, and numbers 58 and 60 are two-storey with an external stair at the rear. There are later extensions to the rear of the cottages. The buildings are constructed of red brick with pale brick used for the segmental-arched, chamfered door and window surrounds, quoins, and decorative brick cornice. They feature bracketed cills and brick voussoirs, with some original timber panelled doors still in place.

The cottages have 8-pane glazing and timber sash case windows, although some have modern glazing. The polychrome brick stacks are corniced and topped with polygonal cans. The roofs are covered with graded grey slates, although numbers 50 and 52 have been replaced with modern tiles. Some cast iron downpipes with decorative brackets and hoppers are also present.

Local climate

Upper Craigend Cottages, 60 Kingston Avenue, 58, Edinburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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