Garden Walls And Sundials, Smeaton House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1990. Garden walls, sundials.

Garden Walls And Sundials, Smeaton House

WRENN ID
second-portal-juniper
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1990
Type
Garden walls, sundials
OS grid reference
NT 594 785
Coordinates
55.99844, -2.65183
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The garden walls and sundials at Smeaton House date from the later 18th century. These extensive random rubble walls measure approximately 200 by 70 meters and were formerly lime-washed, enclosing three adjoining square gardens. Each wall features doorways. The area now accommodates a nursery with modern greenhouses.

There are two detached sundials, likely relocated, situated to the southeast. One is a horizontal dial dated 1690, while the other is an undated horizontal octagonal dial mounted on an octagonal pedestal, which has cup hollows below with dials and gnomons.

Local climate

Garden Walls And Sundials, Smeaton House 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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