Gatepiers, South Strip, Riccarton Estate, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Gatepiers.

Gatepiers, South Strip, Riccarton Estate, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
veiled-hall-mallow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NT 177 688
Coordinates
55.90538, -3.31762
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gatepiers at the South Strip of the Riccarton Estate, part of Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, date back to the 17th century. They are made of sandstone and feature a distinctive vermiculated cyclopean rustication. Each pier has a cornice and stop-chamfered reveals. The right pier includes gate-hinges. A modern wall has been constructed between the two gatepiers.

Local climate

Gatepiers, South Strip, Riccarton Estate, Heriot Watt University, 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 78% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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