Manse, East Saltoun is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Manse, East Saltoun

WRENN ID
winding-groin-plum
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Type
House
Address
Manse, East Saltoun, EH34 5EB
OS grid reference
NT 475 678
Coordinates
55.9005, -2.8397
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Manse in East Saltoun, designed by Robert Burn in 1802, is a 3-bay, 2-storey house featuring slightly recessed single-storey wings and is 1-room deep. The exterior is constructed from squared cream rubble with grey ashlar dressings and an eaves course.

On the west elevation, the 3 bays are grouped towards the center, showcasing a corniced and architraved doorway with 2-leaf doors and a fanlight. There are windows in the flanking bays on the first floor. To the right wing, there is a single window, while the left wing has been altered to include a doorway and a gabled hot-house.

The east elevation features a central stair window, with stone mullioned tripartite windows in the outer bays at ground level and single windows on the first floor. It also includes 3-light flat-roofed dormers and sash and case windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered with grey slates, has a deep pitch, and is finished with ashlar skews and generous end stacks.

The property is complemented by simple wrought-iron gates, squared rubble piers, and ashlar-coped quadrant walls, which lead to further retaining walls.

Local climate

Manse, East Saltoun 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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