No. 8 And No. 9, West Fenton Cottages is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. 2 related planning applications.

No. 8 And No. 9, West Fenton Cottages

WRENN ID
gentle-steel-khaki
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
OS grid reference
NT 500 818
Coordinates
56.02662, -2.80297
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

No. 6, West Fenton Cottages is a building from the later 19th century, originally raised from single-storey cottages dating back to 1844. It consists of a two-storey mirrored pair of L-plan cottage rows, forming an open, shallow U-plan. The first-floor windows break the eaves in gablet dormerheads on the south side. The structure is made of squared and snecked rubble with ashlar dressings.

On the southeast elevations, each block features an advanced gabled outer bay with a window at the center and an apex stack. There are nine recessed bays, comprising three sets of three-bay cottages, with doorways located in the second, fifth, and ninth bays, and windows in the remaining bays. Three first-floor windows are positioned above.

The northeast elevations are plain and show some alterations, including modern windows that have been inserted. The building has ashlar coped skews and squat ashlar stacks. The roofs are slate, with modern skylights added.

Local climate

No. 8 And No. 9, West Fenton Cottages 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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