Knox Institute, Know Place, Haddington is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 December 1977. Institute. 1 related planning application.

Knox Institute, Know Place, Haddington

WRENN ID
south-corner-aspen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 December 1977
Type
Institute
Address
Knox Institute, Know Place, Haddington, EH41 4EB
OS grid reference
NT 510 737
Coordinates
55.95451, -2.78488
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Knox Institute, designed by architect John Starforth in 1878, is a Gothic Revival building located at Know Place in Haddington. This symmetrical structure is built from rubble and features a slated roof. At the center, there is a four-stage tower topped with a pyramid roof, which is capped by a small louvred feature. On either side of the tower, there are twin gables that each contain two-light windows set within tall arched recesses. Additionally, the building includes twin spired ventilator features.

Local climate

Knox Institute, Know Place, Haddington receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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