North Esk Church Of Scotland, Bridge Street, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Church. 3 related planning applications.
North Esk Church Of Scotland, Bridge Street, Musselburgh
- WRENN ID
- graven-bailey-tallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- North Esk Church Of Scotland, Bridge Street, Musselburgh, EH21 6AG
- OS grid reference
- NT 340 727
- Coordinates
- 55.94327, -3.05748
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
North Esk Church of Scotland, built in 1838 by William Burn, features a mix of Norman and late Gothic architectural styles. The church has a basically rectangular plan and is constructed from rubble, with a symmetrical ashlar gable front facing the street. The central gable includes three advanced stepped lights that rise into an octagonal base for a circular arcaded bellcote, topped with a conical stone roof and cross finial.
Flanking the central gable are lower stair hall towers, each with a single window on the front and semi-elliptically arched doors. The structure includes angle buttresses and a flat-roofed vestibule that is positioned between the towers, which projects forward into a buttressed porch featuring a semi-elliptically arched doorway. The doors have two orders of shafts, and the windows and bellcote are designed with similar detailing.
The flank elevations consist of two tiers with four bays, showcasing simple chamfered openings and a slate roof. Inside, the church has a tunnel-vaulted ceiling finished in plaster with diagonal ribs, and transverse ribs that extend into the flat-ceilinged aisles above the wings of a horseshoe gallery. The interior includes several stained glass windows, with some made by A Ballantine and Gardiner, while the remainder features tinted glass.
Local climate
North Esk Church Of Scotland, Bridge Street, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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