County Hotel, 15, 17 High Street, North Berwick is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 May 1988. Hotel. 3 related planning applications.

County Hotel, 15, 17 High Street, North Berwick

WRENN ID
veiled-facade-jackdaw
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 May 1988
Type
Hotel
Address
County Hotel, 15, 17 High Street, North Berwick, EH39 4HH
OS grid reference
NT 553 853
Coordinates
56.0585, -2.71785
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The County Hotel, located at 15 and 17 High Street in North Berwick, is an early 19th century hotel featuring three bays and three storeys with an attic, along with a later rear wing. The building is constructed of random rubble with ashlar dressings and is rendered on the north and south sides. It has painted margins, raised cills, a base, a band, and an eaves course.

On the north elevation facing the street, the hotel has a pub front designed by J W Hardie in 1896, which includes pilasters, a central doorway with a pediment, and an additional doorway to the east. The doors are panelled, and there is a painted fascia with a moulded cornice. The first and second floors each have three windows.

There are two slate-hung dormers on the roof. The south elevation features a central projecting stair block with a piend roof and flanking dormers, as well as flat-roofed extensions. The sash and case windows have plate glass glazing, and the roof is slated with plain skews and gable stacks.

Inside, the public bar showcases Edwardian bar fronts.

Local climate

County Hotel, 15, 17 High Street, North Berwick receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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