Thorstone, Athelstaneford is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 June 1991. 2 related planning applications.
Thorstone, Athelstaneford
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-mantel-grain
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1991
- Address
- Thorstone, Athelstaneford, EH39 5BE
- OS grid reference
- NT 534 773
- Coordinates
- 55.98672, -2.7478
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house formed from the combination of three single-story, three-bay cottages. The house is constructed of random rubble with a lined harl finish, and has concrete margins. The openings have been altered; a central doorway is present, flanked by windows. Other doorways have been blocked. The left side of the house has three irregular windows with modern glazing, while the right end cottage features two windows and a single window to the gable, with lying pane glazing. The roof is covered with red pantiles and has straight skews, with brick stacks. The rear elevation is largely unaltered. The building is set within a group context with 'Oaklea' to the west. Historic records, including a plan of the Gilmerton Estate from 1784 and the Statistical Account of 1799, document the property, along with a 1987 study by M King.
Local climate
Thorstone, Athelstaneford receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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