Nicolson Square Methodist Chapel, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Chapel.

Nicolson Square Methodist Chapel, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
gilded-pedestal-storm
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
Chapel
Address
Nicolson Square Methodist Chapel, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX
OS grid reference
NT 260 731
Coordinates
55.94543, -3.18605
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Nicolson Square Methodist Chapel, built between 1814 and 1815, is a classical two-storey building featuring a five-window front. The ground floor is rusticated and has an arched design, with a three-arch recessed porch. The end bays are advanced and have Venetian windows on the first floor. The recessed central section includes arched windows adorned with a Roman Doric pilaster order. The chapel has an inscribed parapet and balustraded parapets over the advanced end bays. It was refurbished in 1872.

Local climate

Nicolson Square Methodist Chapel, Nicolson Square, 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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