White Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. 1 related planning application.

White Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford

WRENN ID
frozen-cellar-rook
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Address
White Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford, EH39 5BE
OS grid reference
NT 535 773
Coordinates
55.98667, -2.74625
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century cottage, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is a single-story, four-bay building, incorporating one bay from an adjoining cottage to the left. The exterior is white-painted harl, with blue-painted window surrounds. A central door is accentuated by a doorpiece that breaks the eaves line. Canted bays with three lights flank the doorway, and there is a single light to the outer left. The canted windows have four-pane glazing, with plate glass in the lower sashes. Rear openings have been altered. The roof is covered with red pantiles, featuring straight skews and brick stacks. The interiors are not described in detail. The cottage is part of a B Group with "The Cottage" adjoining it to the east. Historical records, including a Gilmerton Estate Plan from 1784, refer to the area.

Local climate

White Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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