9, 10, 11 South College Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Tenement. 10 related planning applications.

9, 10, 11 South College Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
former-gable-ivory
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Tenement
Address
9, 10, 11 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
OS grid reference
NT 259 732
Coordinates
55.94694, -3.1868
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

9, 10, 11 South College Street is a Classical tenement building from 1790, featuring five storeys and an attic, with four bays and shops on the ground floor. The structure is built of ashlar and includes decorative band courses, raised cills, and a cornice. The central entrance is round-arched and has a four-panel timber door that leads to the flats above. On the right, there are flanking shops with timber fascias and recessed entrance doors, while the shop on the left boasts a timber consoled cornice and slim mullions. The building is topped with a pair of piended dormers.

The windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case with horns, and the ground floor features plate glass. The roof is covered with grey slates and has gable stacks.

Local climate

9, 10, 11 South College 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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