Mercat Cross, High Street, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Mercat cross.

Mercat Cross, High Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
errant-moulding-sage
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Mercat cross
Address
Mercat Cross, High Street, Musselburgh, EH21 7AB
OS grid reference
NT 346 727
Coordinates
55.94323, -3.04819
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Mercat Cross in Musselburgh is a late 18th century structure featuring a Tuscan column that supports a lion holding the Burgh arms. It is set on three steps and stands atop a tall square-plan corniced ashlar pedestal, which has a small door on its north face.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, High Street, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 51, 53 High Street, Musselburgh Grade C 17 m
  2. Musselburgh Arms Hotel, 49 High Street, Musselburgh Grade B 17 m
  3. 55, 57 High Street, Musselburgh Grade B 19 m
  4. 61, 63 High Street, Musselburgh Grade C 25 m
  5. 47 High Street, Musselburgh Grade B 32 m
  6. 58 High Street, Musselburgh Grade C 37 m
  7. Tolbooth, High Street, Musselburgh Grade A 38 m
  8. Tolbooth, High Street, Musselburgh Grade A 38 m
  9. 60 High Street, Musselburgh Grade C 39 m
  10. 70 High Street, Musselburgh Grade C 44 m