Ashley Cottage, Main Street, Garvald is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1990.

Ashley Cottage, Main Street, Garvald

WRENN ID
lost-gable-indigo
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1990
OS grid reference
NT 589 708
Coordinates
55.92893, -2.65811
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ashley Cottage is a two-storey house dated 1834, which likely incorporates fabric from an earlier period. It consists of a three-bay house adjoined to a slightly smaller two-bay house of the late 18th century, situated to the west. The building is constructed of red sandstone rubble with chamfered arrises around the window and door openings. Three first-floor windows have painted sills with stugged borders.

The north elevation retains a deep-set door to the three-bay section, above which is a dated and initialled marriage lintel, alongside a blank panel. A two-leaf boarded door is set within the opening. Flanking windows are positioned on either side of the door, with smaller windows on the first floor of each bay. The two-bay section has a doorway to the left and windows to the right.

The south elevation features a lean-to outbuilding spanning across the centre of the three-bay house and extending to intercept the two-bay house on the left. The east gable is blank, while the west gable has two windows. The windows throughout are sash and case with a 12-pane glazing pattern. Grey slates cover the roof of the three-bay house, while pantiles cover the roof of the two-bay section. A brick stack is located at the west gable end, and a stone stack is positioned to the east of the taller house.

The cottage is situated directly on the banks of the Papana Burn to the south and alongside Main Street to the north.

Local climate

Ashley Cottage, Main Street, Garvald 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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