Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Castle. 4 related planning applications.

Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Castle
Address
Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 5QD
OS grid reference
NT 202 760
Coordinates
55.97122, -3.27863
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lauriston Castle is a tower-house built before 1600, featuring three storeys and an attic, with a turreted design and constructed from rubble. The original layout was T-shaped, measuring 40 feet by 24 feet. In 1827, the building was remodelled with a large two-storey Scots-Tudor addition designed by William Burn. Further modifications took place in 1845, likely by W.H. Playfair, which included the addition of two porches and various internal improvements.

Local climate

Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, 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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