51-53 High Street, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Tenement. 4 related planning applications.
51-53 High Street, Dunbar
- WRENN ID
- plain-bailey-ebony
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Tenement
- Address
- 51-53 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1EW
- OS grid reference
- NT 679 788
- Coordinates
- 56.0014, -2.51514
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
51-53 High Street in Dunbar is a later 18th century building consisting of three storeys and four bays, featuring a central pend that leads through to number 51. The structure is made of sandstone rubble with raised and painted margins and cills. It has 12-pane glazing and a slate roof, with rendered end stacks and modern dormer additions. There is a newel stair located at the rear of the pend that provides access to the upper floors.
Local climate
51-53 High Street, Dunbar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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