The Shore (former Foresters Arms), Colvin Street, Dunbar is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 January 1988. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Shore (former Foresters Arms), Colvin Street, Dunbar

WRENN ID
weathered-corner-peregrine
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 January 1988
Type
Public house
Address
The Shore (former Foresters Arms), Colvin Street, Dunbar, EH42 1HE
OS grid reference
NT 680 789
Coordinates
56.00249, -2.51451
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Shore, formerly known as the Foresters Arms, is a late 18th century three-storey building located at the angle of converging streets in Dunbar. It has an adjoining wing to the north, which is five bays wide, two storeys tall with a basement, and includes a single-storey, single-bay section that abuts it. The exterior is primarily constructed of rubble, mostly rendered on the street frontages, and features pantiled roofs. The main blocks have plain, raised skews.

The south front, which serves as the entrance, is three bays wide and situated on sloping ground, featuring an off-centre door. It has painted margins with raised cills at both the first and second floors, and the windows include plate glass and 12-pane sashes. The building is accentuated by raised quoins and a band course above the ground floor.

On the east gable, there are two ground floor windows, smaller windows on the first floor, and a gable light. The north elevation, which is the rear of the building, has been significantly altered due to extensions. It features a steeply gabled rubble stair block at the back of the main block, which includes two pigeon loft openings.

Local climate

The Shore (former Foresters Arms), Colvin 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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