17, 18, 19, 20 Bank Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement.

17, 18, 19, 20 Bank Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
solemn-step-tarn
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Tenement
Address
17, 18, 19, 20 Bank Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2LN
OS grid reference
NT 255 736
Coordinates
55.94975, -3.19314
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

17, 18, 19, 20 Bank Street in Edinburgh is a late 17th century tenement that has undergone later alterations and additions, notably by Henry Kerr in 1895. This building features six storeys and an attic, with five bays and a shop extending from the ground floor. The main structure is constructed of random rubble with ashlar dressings, while a flat-roofed block at the rear is harled to the ground floor. The building has a regular arrangement of windows, with small windows on the outer left, three gabled dormers in the attic, and bipartite windows on the west elevation of the rear block.

Inside, the plasterwork dates from the 1895 alterations, and there are some original mahogany display cases. The windows are timber sash and case with 12-pane glazing, and the roof is covered with grey slates.

Local climate

17, 18, 19, 20 Bank 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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