North Gate-Piers, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 April 1996. Gatepiers.

North Gate-Piers, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
seventh-gravel-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 April 1996
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NT 297 691
Coordinates
55.91025, -3.12572
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The North Gate-Piers at The Drum in Gilmerton, Edinburgh, were likely built around 1730 by William Adam. They consist of a pair of tall, rusticated gatepiers made of cream sandstone ashlar, featuring a frieze and cornice at the former northern entrance to The Drum Estate. There are later rubble walls adjoining the piers, and the lower area between the piers has been infilled. A pedestrian passage that was formed in the wall is also blocked, and there is no access remaining.

Local climate

North Gate-Piers, The Drum, Gilmerton, Edinburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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