89 West Bow, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 April 1969. Tenement. 1 related planning application.
89 West Bow, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- narrow-storey-storm
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1969
- Type
- Tenement
- Address
- 89 West Bow, Edinburgh, EH1 2JP
- OS grid reference
- NT 254 734
- Coordinates
- 55.94833, -3.19477
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
89 West Bow in Edinburgh is a late 17th century tenement building that stands four storeys high with an attic and features three bays. The ground floor includes a shop, and the building is stepped to follow the slope of the street, with flats accessed from a common stair at No 87. The exterior is constructed of random rubble with relieving arches and ashlar margins, and there are cill courses at the first, second, and third floors. Above the eaves cornice, there is a crowstepped gable that has two windows and a small window to the right, along with two flight-holes above. The shop front features a recessed glazed timber door and a dentilled cornice, dating from 1863 when George Fox was involved. The rear of the building is also made of random rubble and has an irregular arrangement of windows, with a crowstepped gable that includes a single window. The windows are timber sash and case with 12-pane glazing, and the roof is covered with grey slates.
Local climate
89 West Bow, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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