43, 45, 47 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Flatted block. 8 related planning applications.

43, 45, 47 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
patient-bastion-wagtail
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Flatted block
Address
43, 45, 47 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9NZ
OS grid reference
NT 263 725
Coordinates
55.94031, -3.18008
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

43, 45, 47 South Clerk Street is a three-storey, astylar classic flatted block built between 1851 and 1852. It features a nine-window façade, with the ground floor designed as shops on either side of a central rusticated doorpiece. The first-floor windows are architraved and corniced, with consoled cills that break forward from the cill course. The building is topped with a cornice and a plain parapet, showcasing high-quality execution and detail.

Local climate

43, 45, 47 South Clerk Street, 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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