West Barns Inn, Edinburgh Road, West Barns, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 May 1989. Inn. 4 related planning applications.

West Barns Inn, Edinburgh Road, West Barns, Dunbar

WRENN ID
gaunt-entrance-crimson
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 May 1989
Type
Inn
Address
West Barns Inn, Edinburgh Road, West Barns, Dunbar, EH42 1UR
OS grid reference
NT 654 781
Coordinates
55.99503, -2.55509
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Barns Inn is a late 18th century establishment located on Edinburgh Road in West Barns, Dunbar. The inn features a sprawling layout that includes four converted houses along the main street. The main block is two stories high with three regular bays, flanked by two slightly recessed sections that join at an angle. The left block has three irregular bays, while the right block has two equally irregular bays. The outer right cottage is a single-story structure with two bays and low eaves.

The main block is rendered and lined to resemble ashlar, while the flanking sections are harled with painted margins. The rear of the building is constructed from red rubble sandstone. There is a variety of openings and glazing patterns throughout the inn, including a two-leaf door in the left bay of the main block and a narrower door in the left of the flanking block to the right. A pend is formed in the outer right bay of the single-story cottage. The first floor predominantly features 12-pane glazing, while the ground floor has plate glass. The doorway of the outer left house has been blocked and converted into a window.

The northern rear elevation is irregular and has been altered, with single-story extensions added to the main and left blocks. The roofs are covered with pantiles, and there are mutual gable stacks on the harled sections.

Local climate

West Barns Inn, Edinburgh Road, West Barns, Dunbar receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 11 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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