(Chessel's Court N Block), 242-244 (Even Nos) Canongate is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement.
(Chessel's Court N Block), 242-244 (Even Nos) Canongate
- WRENN ID
- tilted-merlon-rush
- 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
- Tenement
- OS grid reference
- NT 262 736
- Coordinates
- 55.95064, -3.18297
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Chessel's Court N Block, located at 242-244 Canongate, was built between 1963 and 1964 by Robert Hurd and Partners as a free version of an original design from 1769. This four-storey and attic tenement features six bays and a central gable at the wall head. The exterior is constructed of squared and snecked rubble with ashlar dressings. A wide, moulded basket-arch pedestrian pend is located at the center, providing access to Chessel's Court, with a shop positioned to the right.
At the third floor center, there are a pair of round-arched windows. The gable has a two-window nepus design with an oculus at the center and a stack at the apex. The rear elevation features a slightly advanced four-bay central section gable, adorned with urn finials at the shoulders. The building predominantly showcases 15-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, topped with grey slate. It has coped skews, gable stacks, and an end stack to the west, along with cast-iron rainwater goods.
Local climate
(Chessel's Court N Block), 242-244 (Even Nos) Canongate 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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