Newcraighall Miners' Welfare Society, Whitehill Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 September 1997. Miners welfare institute.
Newcraighall Miners' Welfare Society, Whitehill Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- south-gutter-pine
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 September 1997
- Type
- Miners welfare institute
- OS grid reference
- NT 322 718
- Coordinates
- 55.93525, -3.08679
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Newcraighall Miners' Welfare Society is a miners' welfare institute located on Whitehill Road in Edinburgh, designed by Alexander Allan in 1925. This two-storey building features an eight-bay, symmetrical T plan with classical details. It is constructed of cream rubble sandstone, accented with polished red sandstone dressings.
The northeast entrance elevation showcases two depressed arches at the ground level within an advanced and gabled central bay. Above these arches are bipartite windows topped with round-headed pediments. A louvred oculus is set in the gablehead, which is adorned with ball finials on the skewputts and gablehead. Paired single windows are present on both floors in the flanking bays, while bipartite windows are found in both floors of the remaining bays.
On the southeast elevation, there are two bays. A doorway is located at ground level in the outer left bay, with bipartite windows above and in the outer right bay.
The northwest elevation consists of three bays, featuring a canopy over an opening at ground level in the outer right bay. There is a single window in the central bay, and bipartite windows in the remaining bays.
The southwest rear elevation includes a large piend-roofed wing that is advanced to the centre, along with a later single-storey wing at the centre. There are flat-roofed additions on the left and right sides. The building has a grey slate piended roof and shouldered wallhead stacks, although it features replacement glazing.
Local climate
Newcraighall Miners' Welfare Society, Whitehill Road, 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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