Gazebo, Johnstounburn House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.
Gazebo, Johnstounburn House
- WRENN ID
- idle-alcove-oak
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 460 616
- Coordinates
- 55.84465, -2.86322
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a later 18th-century summer house and walled garden located within the grounds of Johnstounburn House Hotel, to the south of the main house.
The summer house is a two-storey, square-plan garden pavilion constructed of random red sandstone rubble, with some harling remaining. It features ashlar dressings, an eaves course, and a cornice. A doorway on the east side has a three-pane fanlight above, with a blind, narrow eight-pane window above and a window guard. A further doorway is situated on the first floor, accessed by a timber forestair. A squat, panelled stack is located at the southwest corner. Narrow nine-pane sash and case windows are present on the north side, at both ground and first floor levels, with a window guard to the upper windows. The roof is grey slated and pyramidal, topped with a lead weathervane, and urn finials to three corners, one of which is missing.
The walled garden has sandstone rubble walls with ashlar coping and some brick lining. A lean-to, 19th-century decorative hot-house is built against the north wall. This features a canted projection at the centre, a brick base course, and a decorative wrought-iron finial.
Other structures within the Johnstounburn House estate, including the coach house, gate lodge, entrance arch, and dovecot, are listed separately. Further information relating to the site can be found in the listing for Johnstounburn House itself.
Local climate
Gazebo, Johnstounburn House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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