Public House, 30, 32, 34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. House, public house. 2 related planning applications.

Public House, 30, 32, 34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
errant-vault-root
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
House, public house
Address
Public House, 30, 32, 34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH1 2QE
OS grid reference
NT 256 732
Coordinates
55.94681, -3.19155
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building is a public house located at 30, 32, and 34 Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh. It dates back to the early 18th century and has undergone later alterations and additions. The structure is two stories high with an attic and features five bays. The ground floor has been developed into a public house, designed by Dunn and Findlay in 1893. The exterior is constructed from random rubble with ashlar dressings, and there are piend-roofed slated dormers in the attic.

On the northeast (principal) elevation, there are tabbed bipartite windows in the two outer left bays at ground level, which are flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters. To the right, there are four arcaded bays with glazed doors in the first and third bays from the right. The upper floors are regularly fenestrated.

The southeast (side) elevation features a door with a corniced surround on the left and two irregular barred windows in red sandstone surrounds on the right. There are remains of other smaller windows that have been blocked.

The southwest (rear) elevation is single storey with a semi-basement. It adjoins the Lodge of Greyfriars Churchyard, which is listed separately.

Inside, the interior is largely modern. The upper floors have 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, while the public house has small-pane glazing in fixed windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are stone skews. A corniced gablehead stack and very broad rubble-built wallhead stacks can be found at the rear.

Local climate

Public House, 30, 32, 34 Candlemaker Row, 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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