15 Arboretum Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Villa. 4 related planning applications.

15 Arboretum Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
tangled-storey-vermeil
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Villa
Address
15 Arboretum Road, Edinburgh, EH3 5PN
OS grid reference
NT 242 757
Coordinates
55.96852, -3.21554
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

15 Arboretum Road in Edinburgh is a large and finely detailed two-storey villa designed by John Kinross in 1902, showcasing a Scots late 17th century style. The exterior features small rubble with raked joints, moulded openings, and ashlar dressings, topped by a slated piended roof. The asymmetrical south front includes a crow-stepped gable and a well-crafted moulded doorpiece, which is adorned with a sculpture of a ship's prow above it. At the northwest, there is a back wing. Inside, the villa contains notable wood and plasterwork.

Local climate

15 Arboretum Road, 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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