Conservatory, Tyninghame House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 May 1989. Garden.
Conservatory, Tyninghame House
- WRENN ID
- iron-hammer-crow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1989
- Type
- Garden
- OS grid reference
- NT 615 796
- Coordinates
- 56.00836, -2.61896
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The conservatory at Tyninghame House is part of an 18th century walled garden that spans 4 acres and features rounded corners to the north. To the east, there is a segmentally arched Gibbsian gateway, which includes a similarly arched decorative wrought-iron slip and pedestrian gate that is dated 1893. Above the keystone on the garden side, there is a lion statue on a corbel.
To the south, the garden has a cream ashlar pedimented classical gateway, which is adorned with moulded pilasters and a carved lintel featuring a central drop stone with the date 1666. The gateway has curved angles and a moulded cornice, along with decorative two-leaf wrought-iron gates.
The late 19th century conservatory, designed by MacKenzie and Moncur, is constructed of ashlar and is attached to the north wall at the center. It is supported by fluted cast-iron columns and has doorways on either side. There is also a rectangular tool shed that runs parallel to the conservatory along the outer walls.
In the garden, stone statues depicting mythological subjects are placed on decorative pedestals, flanking a central north-south yew walk. At the center, there is an ornate stone fountain with a basin and putti, which leads to a circular pond.
Local climate
Conservatory, Tyninghame House 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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