West Lodge, Biel is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1990. Gate lodge.
West Lodge, Biel
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-gutter-soot
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1990
- Type
- Gate lodge
- OS grid reference
- NT 622 758
- Coordinates
- 55.9743, -2.60616
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Lodge in Biel dates from around 1840 and is a small rectangular gate lodge designed in the Tudor style, with later additions at the rear. The building is constructed of stugged pink coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings, featuring a base course and chamfered reveals. The south elevation facing the drive is symmetrical with three bays, including a gabled porch above a four-centred doorway. The porch has lancet windows on its sides and a studded panelled door, with bipartite windows flanking the entrance.
The east and west elevations are gabled, with the west gable featuring a canted four-light bay with a parapet, while the east gable has a single window. Both gables have blind arrow slits at their apex. The north elevation includes a piend roofed addition to the right, which is sympathetic to the original design, along with modern additions that slightly encroach on the east gable. The ashlar parapets have gablet coping and skewputts. The four-centred windows, particularly those in the canted bay, are adorned with diamond-pane glazing, and the roof is covered with purple slates.
The gatepiers are square and made of stugged pink sandstone, featuring chamfered corners and pyramidal caps.
Local climate
West Lodge, Biel 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 greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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