Walled Garden, Johnstounburn House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.
Walled Garden, Johnstounburn House
- WRENN ID
- tired-turret-heron
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 460 615
- Coordinates
- 55.84448, -2.8636
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The site includes a late 18th-century summer house and walled garden, situated within the grounds to the south of Johnstounburn House Hotel.
The summer house is a two-storey, square-plan garden pavilion constructed of random red sandstone rubble, with some harling remaining. It features ashlar dressings, an eaves course, and a cornice. A doorway faces east, featuring a three-pane fanlight above a blind, narrow eight-pane window, with a window guard below. A further doorway is located on the first floor to the east, accessed by a timber forestair. A squat, panelled stack is situated at the southwest corner. Narrow nine-pane sash and case windows are present on the north side, at both ground and first floor levels, the latter with a window guard. The roof is grey slated, pyramidal in form, with a lead weathervane and urn finials on three corners; one finial is missing.
The walled garden is enclosed by sandstone rubble walls with ashlar coping and some brick lining. A lean-to, 19th-century decorative hot-house is attached against the north wall, with a canted projection at its centre, a brick base course, and a decorative wrought-iron finial.
The Johnstounburn House Hotel, coach house, gate lodge, entrance arch, and dovecot are listed separately. Further information can be found in the listing for Johnstounburn House.
Local climate
Walled Garden, Johnstounburn House 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 lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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