1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Trinity Crescent, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement. 3 related planning applications.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Trinity Crescent, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
unlit-storey-jay
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Tenement
Address
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Trinity Crescent, Edinburgh, EH5 3ED
OS grid reference
NT 248 769
Coordinates
55.98006, -3.20587
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Trinity Crescent is a later 19th century tenement block that stands four stories tall and features nine bays, with a shop located on the corner. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and includes dividing bands between the ground and first floors, as well as between the third and fourth floors. It has an eaves course and projecting cills supported by brackets for the second-floor windows, along with stop-chamfered surrounds for the windows.

The windows are predominantly timber sash and case with plate glass, although the shop has modern fenestration. The building is topped with corniced ashlar wallhead chimneys that have circular cans.

Local climate

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Trinity Crescent, 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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