Wall, 87 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Garden folly, ice house. 3 related planning applications.
Wall, 87 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- small-lantern-bracken
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Garden folly, ice house
- Address
- Wall, 87 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3PA
- OS grid reference
- NT 217 739
- Coordinates
- 55.95195, -3.25533
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The wall at 87 Ravelston Dykes Road in Edinburgh dates from the 18th century and is constructed of coped rubble. It incorporates a composite garden folly that features a fireplace and dormer heads, as well as an entrance to an ice house.
The fireplace, dated 1624, is designed in the Renaissance style and is adorned with a Greek fret, rosettes, and dog-tooth detailing. An inscription along the cornice reads: "I MAR 1624 YEAR SO AS LIVELY STONES ARE BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE I PETER 2 5." The tympani above the fireplace is decorated with dormer windows that have crowning finials in the shapes of a rose, thistle, and star.
The entrance to the ice house features carved strapwork and a shield on the lintel that displays the combined arms of the Foulis and Bannatyne families. Above this, there is a detached stone with a crowning sun.
Local climate
Wall, 87 Ravelston Dykes Road, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 3 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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