Including Railings, 1-3 (Odd Nos) Roxburgh Street is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 September 2008. 6 related planning applications.

Including Railings, 1-3 (Odd Nos) Roxburgh Street

WRENN ID
winding-banister-soot
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 September 2008
Address
Including Railings, 1-3 (Odd Nos) Roxburgh Street, EH8 9TA
OS grid reference
NT 261 733
Coordinates
55.94782, -3.1833
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 5 Roxburgh Street, dates back to around 1800 and consists of a two-storey structure with a basement and attic. It features a 12 x 4-bay row of former townhouses and flats, which are currently used as offices as of 2007. The entrances have platts that overhang the basements. The upper storey is finished in stugged ashlar, while the ground floor has droved ashlar with polished ashlar band courses. There is a cill course, a mutuled cornice, and raised cills on the ground floor. The entrances are framed by Doric pilastered and corniced doorpieces, with mostly multi-panelled timber doors that have fanlights above. One entrance is located on Drummond Street. The building also features later canted and piended dormers.

The windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case on Nos 5 and 7, while Nos 1 and 3 have 4-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are raised skews along with ridge and gable stacks.

Inside, as seen in 2007, the building has been converted into interconnected offices. Some areas retain decorative plasterwork cornicing and fine plaster detailing, along with staircases that feature metal balusters and timber handrails.

On the western side facing Roxburgh Street, there is a low stone wall topped with spear-headed cast-iron railings that include integral gates.

Local climate

Including Railings, 1-3 (Odd Nos) Roxburgh Street 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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