2 Shorthope Street, Musselburgh is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. House.

2 Shorthope Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
winter-beam-kestrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
House
OS grid reference
NT 344 727
Coordinates
55.94286, -3.05129
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century, two-storey house located at 2 Shorthope Street in Musselburgh. The building features three windows on the first floor and a central doorway that has a mid-19th century moulded surround. The ground floor is mostly blind, with the exception of a narrow, horizontal louvred opening on the right side. The roof is pantiled and the exterior is rendered, with raised margins around the windows and door. The centre window is a six-pane sash, while the other windows have been reglazed with single panes.

Local climate

2 Shorthope 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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