124 Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Residential, commercial.

124 Canongate, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
empty-baluster-cream
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Residential, commercial
Address
124 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
OS grid reference
NT 264 737
Coordinates
55.95147, -3.17894
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

124 Canongate in Edinburgh is a residential and commercial building dated 1685, although it was rebuilt in the 20th century. This four-storey, four-bay structure is distinguished by its widely spaced regular windows. The exterior features red-painted harl from 1970, with chamfered ashlar dressings and a moulded eaves course. A pedimented date panel is located between the ground and first floors, and there is a doorway in the second bay. The right side of the building has a return with small openings on each floor and a small section of exposed corbelling at the third floor.

The windows are predominantly 15-pane timber sash and case, with fixed-pane plate glass at the ground level. There is a broad end stack to the west, made of clay cans, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

The interior has been extensively refurbished for use as offices, with some details visible as of 2007.

Local climate

124 Canongate, 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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