118 George Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. House. 5 related planning applications.
118 George Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- keen-thatch-onyx
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- 118 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4LH
- OS grid reference
- NT 248 738
- Coordinates
- 55.95191, -3.2046
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
118 George Street in Edinburgh is a building dating from around 1785, with some later alterations. It features a three-storey and basement structure with a three-bay classical facade that was originally a house. The exterior is made of polished cream sandstone ashlar, which has been cleaned. The ground floor has channelled rustication, and there is a tripartite doorpiece that has been much restored and is now closed, flanked by fluted stylised Corinthian pilasters and a fluted frieze. Above, the first floor has a cill course with long and short rusticated quoins, and the windows on this floor are architraved and corniced. The building has a mutuled eaves cornice and a lead-covered blocking course.
The windows are timber sash and case, with 12 panes on the ground floor and 15 panes on the first floor. The building has ashlar coped skews, rebuilt stone stacks, and a roof covered with grey slates.
Inside, there is a fine geometric stair that has survived general rebuilding, which was part of the development of No 120 George Street, listed separately. The property also features modern cast-iron spearhead railings and a lamp standard.
Local climate
118 George 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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