31-33 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 September 2002. House. 5 related planning applications.
31-33 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- muted-roof-heath
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 September 2002
- Type
- House
- Address
- 31-33 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3PA
- OS grid reference
- NT 216 739
- Coordinates
- 55.95235, -3.2561
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
31-33 Ravelston Dykes Road is a dwelling house that possibly dates back to the 17th century, with later modifications and alterations. It is a single storey and attic structure featuring seven bays. The building is constructed from squared and snecked rubble, with the northern elevation finished in painted harl and exposed margins.
The northern elevation, which serves as the entrance to No 31, has a two-storey harled L-plan center. It features a single window on the ground floor of the northern face, with two single windows above on the first floor. The entrance door is located on the western return, accompanied by a single window on the northern face of the return and modern attic windows. To the right, there is a single-storey range made of exposed rubble with two single windows. To the left, a one-and-a-half storey range includes two single windows at ground level and two crowstepped dormer windows above, along with a lean-to garage.
The eastern elevation has a modern V-plan window at ground level. The southern elevation, which serves as the entrance to No 33, features a two-storey rubble center and a one-and-a-half storey range to the right that has two crowstepped dormer windows, along with a modern conservatory at ground floor level.
Local climate
31-33 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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
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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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