Ystrad House, High Street, Gifford is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. House.

Ystrad House, High Street, Gifford

WRENN ID
solitary-gravel-hemlock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NT 535 678
Coordinates
55.9015, -2.74447
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ystrad House is a long, two-storey house originally built in the earlier 18th century, with later alterations. It is part of a terraced pair and constructed from rubble sandstone, featuring droved ashlar dressings, while the west elevation is harled and painted rubble.

The west elevation was originally symmetrical, with two doors at the center, one of which has been blocked and converted into a window when the house was adapted to a single residence. There are windows flanking the outer bays and three additional windows under the eaves above.

On the east elevation, there is a stair window off-centre to the left, with French doors in the flanking bays and first-floor windows above. Each outer bay has windows on both floors, and there is a timber mullioned bipartite window inserted at ground level on the outer right.

The north gable is blank and faces a narrow close. The house features a 12-pane glazing pattern in the sash and case windows, with end and mutual gable stacks, and is topped with grey slates.

Additionally, there is a rubble rigg wall retaining the garden to the east.

Local climate

Ystrad House, High Street, Gifford 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 lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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