39 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979.

39 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
fallow-kitchen-torch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Address
39 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
OS grid reference
NT 257 733
Coordinates
55.94752, -3.19127
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

37 George IV Bridge in Edinburgh is a mid-19th century three-storey tenement building that features shops on the ground floor. The exterior is made of polished ashlar with raised dressings, cill courses, and cill blocks, topped with a deep cornice. The building rises to five storeys down to Merchant Street level.

The windows are fitted with 8-pane glazing in timber sash and case style, complete with horns. The roof is slate, with end stacks, coped skews, and skewputs. Clay cans and cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.

Local climate

39 George Iv Bridge, 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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