123 High Street, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

123 High Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
gilded-courtyard-larch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
Shop
Address
123 High Street, Musselburgh, EH21 7EQ
OS grid reference
NT 344 726
Coordinates
55.94266, -3.05117
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

123 High Street in Musselburgh is a building from the later 18th century, featuring two storeys and an attic. The first floor has three windows, one of which is blind, while the ground floor has a modern shopfront. The roof is slated and includes an end stack and a scrolled skewputt. The exterior is made of painted coursed rubble with quoins, raised window margins, and an eaves band course. There are two square dormers on the roof. On the Shorthope Street elevation, the gable end has an outshot extending beyond it. This side has three windows on the first floor, two in the gable, and one in the outshot. All windows have been reglazed and feature single pane sashes.

Local climate

123 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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