4, 5, 6 South Bridge, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Tenement. 1 related planning application.
4, 5, 6 South Bridge, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- moated-groin-pearl
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1977
- Type
- Tenement
- Address
- 4, 5, 6 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1LL
- OS grid reference
- NT 259 736
- Coordinates
- 55.94989, -3.18724
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
4, 5, 6 South Bridge in Edinburgh is a Classical tenement building, primarily designed by Robert Kay around 1790 and refronted between 1860 and 1870. It stands three stories tall and has seven bays, with its main facade facing west towards South Bridge. The ground floor has been altered for commercial use. The building features painted ashlar stone with contrasting painted margins. The window openings have raised, key-stoned shouldered architraves, with carved heads on the keystones. There are string courses, a cill course, and a bracketed cornice.
At the rear, there is a three-window pedimented wallhead gable, which is flanked by later piended dormers. The west elevation predominantly has two-over-four pane timber sash and case windows, while the east elevation features twelve-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates. Additionally, there is access to vaults located below street level.
Local climate
4, 5, 6 South Bridge, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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