Flora Stevenson Primary School, Comely Bank, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Primary school. 1 related planning application.

Flora Stevenson Primary School, Comely Bank, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
fading-niche-ivory
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
Primary school
Address
Flora Stevenson Primary School, Comely Bank, Edinburgh, EH4 1BG
OS grid reference
NT 235 746
Coordinates
55.95841, -3.22525
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Flora Stevenson Primary School, located in Comely Bank, Edinburgh, was designed by Robert Wilson (J A Carfrae) and built between 1899 and 1900 in the Renaissance style. The building is three stories tall and features a dormer head. Its symmetrical front has a six-window center, with oval and pedimented windows alternating on the top floor. A Doric cupola crowns the structure, and there are twin gable projections with three windows each, showcasing Ionic pilaster angles on the ground and first floors, while Venetian windows are present on the second floor. The outer sections of the building include bay windows and hooded doorpieces, adorned with sculptures of a male figure on the east side and a female figure on the west side. The construction is made of snecked rubble with ashlar dressings, and the roof is slated.

Local climate

Flora Stevenson Primary School, Comely Bank, 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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