Hopeswood, High Street, Gifford is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990. House. 1 related planning application.

Hopeswood, High Street, Gifford

WRENN ID
grey-thatch-violet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 June 1990
Type
House
Address
Hopeswood, High Street, Gifford, EH41 4QU
OS grid reference
NT 534 679
Coordinates
55.90216, -2.74549
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hopeswood is a terraced house located on High Street in Gifford, dating from around 1800. It is two stories high and has three bays. The building is constructed from squared, coursed, and deeply droved sandstone in a mix of colors, with an ashlar base course and dressings.

On the west elevation, the bays are grouped towards the center, featuring a door flanked by windows, with an additional window in each bay on the first floor. The sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern. The house has mutual gable stacks and is topped with grey slates.

Local climate

Hopeswood, High Street, Gifford 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 lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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