North Gray's Close, 125 High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1989. Commercial building.

North Gray's Close, 125 High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
old-vault-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 1989
Type
Commercial building
OS grid reference
NT 259 736
Coordinates
55.95048, -3.18667
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

North Gray's Close at 125 High Street in Edinburgh is a collection of late 16th century buildings with later additions and alterations. The long row of buildings is in a ruinous state and steps down a steep slope. The structures have a rectangular plan and are roofless, with their height reduced. They are constructed of random rubble with ashlar margins and feature a roll-moulded blocked double doorway dated 1581, along with late 17th or early 18th century openings that also have ashlar margins and stone lintels.

The elevation facing North Gray's Close is asymmetrical. It includes a two-storey, two-bay section with roll-moulded doorways and a stepped string course above. There is also a single-storey, three-bay section featuring two ashlar-margined open doorways with relieving arches, and a small blocked window to the left. The northmost section is a two-storey, five-bay area with two blocked arched doorways, a small low open window, a rubble-blocked doorway, and four blocked windows above.

Inside, there is evidence of room divisions, hearths, and doorways, along with some remaining timber beams and lintels. Additionally, remnants of a turnpike stair can be found at the southern end.

Local climate

North Gray's Close, 125 High Street, 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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