West Fenton is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

West Fenton

WRENN ID
guardian-slate-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West Fenton, EH39 5AL
OS grid reference
NT 498 817
Coordinates
56.02641, -2.806
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Fenton is a 2-storey farmhouse that features a later 18th century gabled block with a substantial piend-roof addition to the south, dating from the earlier 19th century. The exterior is harled with painted margins and has a raised base course on the west side.

The earlier house has gables on the east and west elevations, with windows and a stack on the west gable that have been rebuilt with the later house. The north side has irregular and altered openings. There is a pentice-roofed outbuilding adjoining the east gable.

The later house has a pilastered doorpiece on the west elevation and a large flanking window on the ground floor. The south elevation is three bays wide, featuring three first-floor windows grouped centrally, with two ground floor windows in the outer bays, one of which has been altered to a doorway on the left side. The sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern. The later house has coped ashlar end stacks and a slate roof.

Inside, there are panelled window shutters and a winding stone stair. There is also a retaining wall to the east.

Local climate

West Fenton receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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