Spylaw Farmhouse, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Farm house. 1 related planning application.

Spylaw Farmhouse, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
frozen-bailey-raven
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Farm house
Address
Spylaw Farmhouse, Edinburgh, EH13 0NP
OS grid reference
NT 206 688
Coordinates
55.90623, -3.27143
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Spylaw Farmhouse is a mid-18th century building located in Edinburgh. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and features two storeys and an attic. The east elevation has three windows that are irregularly spaced, with a broader window in the center and a door to the right. The west elevation also has three windows, with a margined door to the left that has a relieving arch above it. The center ground floor window has been enlarged to serve as a French window. There is a central wallhead chimney gablet with a single off-centre light. The gable on the tall side has two windows and a low floor that faces the river. The roof is slated with straight skews and tall ashlar stacks. There is a lower addition to the north gable that has a monopitch roof, along with a forestair and railing leading to a first-floor door on the east side.

Local climate

Spylaw Farmhouse, 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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