9, 11, 13, 15 Blair Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Tenement. 5 related planning applications.

9, 11, 13, 15 Blair Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
lesser-thatch-cedar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Tenement
Address
9, 11, 13, 15 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
OS grid reference
NT 259 735
Coordinates
55.94936, -3.18793
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 9, 11, 13, and 15 Blair Street in Edinburgh, dates from around 1790. It is a fine, four-storey tenement with an attic and basement, featuring five bays and a three-window pedimented wall-head gable. The exterior is constructed of droved ashlar with raised cills. To the right, there is a four-bay polished ashlar section on the ground floor, which includes round arches that rest directly on pilasters and a moulded cornice. On the left, there is a square-headed door and a plate-glass shop front. The building has recessed dormers set within the pitch of the roof at both the far left and right ends.

The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, and the roof is covered with grey slate. It also features cast-iron rainwater goods and cast-iron railings.

Local climate

9, 11, 13, 15 Blair 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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