Inchcolm, 17 East Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Inchcolm, 17 East Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry

WRENN ID
worn-niche-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
House
Address
Inchcolm, 17 East Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9HS
OS grid reference
NT 130 782
Coordinates
55.9895, -3.39459
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Inchcolm is a 17th-century dwelling house located at 17 East Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry, with alterations and additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is two stories with an attic and has three bays, constructed from harled rubble with painted margins.

The principal elevation features a central door with a modern porch, flanked by a small window on each side. There is a single window in the left bay at ground floor and a modern bipartite window in the right bay. The first floor has a regular arrangement of three windows. In the attic, there is a box dormer in the right bay.

The south elevation has two bays with single windows at the first floor and smaller windows in the attic, which are square in proportion. Lean-to sheds are present at the ground level.

On the west elevation, there are two windows in the right bays at ground level and two windows in the left bays at the first floor, along with a box dormer in the right bay.

The north elevation has an adjoining building at ground level and a window in the right bay of the attic. The house features 12-pane and 4-pane sash and case windows, with modern glazing in the dormers. It has crowstepped skews, a slate roof, a rubble stack at the south gablehead, and a rendered stack at the north gablehead.

The interior has been significantly altered. In the early 20th century, it was converted into three flats, but the current owners restored it to a single dwelling house in the 1950s. The house has a depth of one room, and a central spiral stair leads to the upper floors. The living room on the ground floor features an exposed stone fire surround.

Additionally, there are three cellars in the garden bank, built of painted rubble with timber doors.

Local climate

Inchcolm, 17 East Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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