East Mains, Seton is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1992. Farmhouse.

East Mains, Seton

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1992
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
NT 413 749
Coordinates
55.96417, -2.94111
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Mains, Seton is a farmhouse dating from around 1800. It is a two-storey, three-bay structure with single-storey pavilions added in the mid-19th century. The building features warm-coloured stone that is squared and coursed on the south elevation, with dressed ashlar detailing and distinctive pointing.

On the south elevation, the bays are grouped towards the centre. There is a two-leaf panelled door with a fanlight, flanked by a window in each bay, with additional windows above on the first floor.

The pavilions are attached to the east and west gables. The single-storey pavilions have piend roofs; the one on the right has a door and a window facing south, with a later harled, piend-roofed addition to the north. The left pavilion features a large bipartite window and a modern conservatory addition on the return.

The north (rear) elevation includes a stair window at the centre, situated above a square stone porch addition. The building predominantly has plate glass glazing and sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are two large slate-hung dormers with piend roofs at the rear, along with one smaller dormer. End stacks are present.

The retaining walls and gatepiers consist of rubble walls topped with crenellated ashlar coping on the east and north sides. The east side features large drum piers with ball finials, while the north side has square piers with ashlar caps.

Local climate

East Mains, Seton receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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