George Cottage, The Wynd, Gifford is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990. House. 1 related planning application.
George Cottage, The Wynd, Gifford
- WRENN ID
- noble-mantel-thistle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- George Cottage, The Wynd, Gifford, EH41 4QT
- OS grid reference
- NT 534 680
- Coordinates
- 55.90315, -2.74575
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
George Cottage, located on The Wynd in Gifford, is a semi-detached house dating from the later 18th century. It is two stories tall and has three bays. The exterior features white-painted harling with painted ashlar dressings.
On the south elevation, there is a central door flanked by windows in the outer bays, with additional windows under the eaves of each bay on the first floor. The west elevation has a window at ground level to the right and another at the first floor to the left. The sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern. The house has ashlar coped skews on the west side and a later chimney stack.
To the north, there is a rubble retaining wall that supports the garden. A boulder is positioned at the southwest angle of the house, located at the corner where The Wynd meets another path leading to Main Street.
Local climate
George Cottage, The Wynd, Gifford receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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