5, 6, 7, 8 South College Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. 2 related planning applications.

5, 6, 7, 8 South College Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
first-nave-russet
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
Address
5, 6, 7, 8 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
OS grid reference
NT 259 732
Coordinates
55.94697, -3.18662
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Nicolson Street is a tall, five-storey and attic Classical tenement building dating from around 1790. It features a 10 x 15-bay layout with commercial premises on the ground floor. The building is constructed of ashlar stone with raised cills, and includes decorative band courses and a cornice.

The east elevation facing Nicolson Street has an off-centre entrance door leading to the flats, flanked by shopfronts that have timber fascias, recessed entrance doors, timber pilasters, mullions, and cills, along with panelled stall risers. The shopfront on the right is enhanced with decorative semi-circular console brackets.

On the South College Street side, the shopfronts also feature timber fascias, timber transoms and mullions, along with panelled stall risers. The upper storeys predominantly have 12-pane timber sash and case windows, while the ground floor has plate glass windows. The roof is covered with grey slates and includes coped gable stacks.

Local climate

5, 6, 7, 8 South College 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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