Whiteholm, Whim Road, Gullane is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

Whiteholm, Whim Road, Gullane

WRENN ID
crumbling-balcony-hyssop
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
Type
House
Address
Whiteholm, Whim Road, Gullane, EH31 2BD
OS grid reference
NT 476 825
Coordinates
56.03338, -2.84177
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Whiteholm is a 2-storey house built in 1906 by Sir Robert Lorimer, designed in the T-plan 'Colinton Cottage' style. The exterior features harled walls with a snecked rubble base course and ashlar cills, while the windows have timber mullions.

On the southeast elevation, the house has a 3-bay design with two full-height rectangular projecting windowed bays. These bays are connected at the center by a loggia that has a swept roof, although it is now enclosed with modern materials. The first-floor bays are slate-hung and adorned with decorative fish-scale diamond detailing and bell-cast roofs that complement the main pitch.

The east elevation includes a doorway with an ashlar surround and a decorative ogee pediment located in the re-entrant angle of a recessed and lower northern wing. The east gable projects outwards, featuring a stack that breaks the eaves to the right of the gablehead, which is decorated with an ashlar triangle and a blind slit. There is a variety of window sizes and details throughout this elevation.

To the north, there is a single-storey service wing with small-pane glazing in the casement windows. The harled stacks have ashlar coping, and the roofs are slated.

Inside, the house retains well-preserved original details.

Local climate

Whiteholm, Whim Road, Gullane 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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