42- 50 High Street, South Queensferry is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Terrace. 2 related planning applications.

42- 50 High Street, South Queensferry

WRENN ID
lapsed-gravel-nettle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Terrace
Address
42- 50 High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9HN
OS grid reference
NT 131 782
Coordinates
55.98958, -3.39392
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

42-50 High Street in South Queensferry is a 19th-century building that has undergone significant alterations. Each shop features deep recessed entrance doorways, and the fronts of shops 41-46 are adorned with pilasters. Slim pilasters frame the doors, and there are deep entablatures along the top. The building has a raised parapet with railings that include a mix of spear-head and fleur-de-lys finials. Stairs are located at either end of the structure.

Local climate

42- 50 High Street, South Queensferry receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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