30-38 Thistle Street, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 January 1966. Printing works. 2 related planning applications.

30-38 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 January 1966
Type
Printing works
Address
30-38 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EN
OS grid reference
NT 252 740
Coordinates
55.95398, -3.19877
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

30-38 Thistle Street is a former printing works built in the earlier 19th century. The building is three stories high and has seven bays, constructed from coursed cream sandstone rubble. The right bay features a modern architraved corniced doorpiece, while the second floor has taller windows positioned just below the eaves.

The rear elevation is irregular and also three stories tall, with garages at ground level. The building has timber sash and case windows with 12 panes. It features ashlar coped skews, although the stacks have been removed, and is covered with grey slates.

The interior was not seen in 1995.

Local climate

30-38 Thistle 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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