Bee Bole Wall, Newgardens is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981. Boundary wall.

Bee Bole Wall, Newgardens

WRENN ID
sunken-rubblework-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 January 1981
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
NT 142 779
Coordinates
55.98723, -3.3763
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bee Bole Wall at Newgardens is approximately 6 feet 52 inches high and is constructed from rubble. It features both semicircular and flat coping. On the west side of the house, there is a square of four stone bee boles that are recessed into the wall, facing the garden front.

Local climate

Bee Bole Wall, Newgardens 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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