139 High Street, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 January 1988.

139 High Street, Dunbar

WRENN ID
gentle-brick-hemlock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 January 1988
Address
139 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1ES
OS grid reference
NT 678 790
Coordinates
56.00322, -2.51642
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

137 High Street in Dunbar is a house that dates from the 17th century to the early 18th century, with some later alterations. It is a three-storey structure built in an L-plan, featuring a two-storey extension at the rear, which is from the 18th century. There is also a wash-house at the eastern end. The building is constructed of red sandstone rubble, with a bull-nose rendered and painted western front and plain rubble on the northern side. The roofs are covered with pantiles.

The house is set back from the High Street at a lower level, extending along a narrow rigg. A single-storey, flat-roofed shop front was added in 1916. The original western front had a central door flanked by windows, and there were two windows on both the first and second floors, although these have since been altered and obscured by the shop front. To the south, there is a segmental arched entrance supported by timber beams and stone corbels. The eastern rear of the main wing features a swept dormer above a close bay. A turnpike stair bows from the eastern wing of the oldest part, corbelled to a square above, with the roof swept into the adjoining gabled roof.

Inside, the eastern rear section is in disrepair, with thick walls. Some 18th-century features remain, including panelled doors and window shutters on the second floor. There are also two large bakehouse ovens, which are now sealed at the rear end.

Local climate

139 High Street, Dunbar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 133, 135 High Street, Dunbar Grade C 8 m
  2. 137 High Street, Dunbar Grade B 19 m
  3. 136 High Street, Dunbar Grade C 42 m
  4. 140 High Street, 138, Dunbar Grade C 45 m
  5. 126, 128 High Street, Dunbar Grade B 49 m
  6. Castle Hotel, 165 High Street, Dunbar Grade C 53 m
  7. 2 Victoria Street, Dunbar Grade B 54 m
  8. 28B-28C Castle Street, Dunbar Grade C 59 m
  9. 105 High Street, Dunbar Grade C 62 m
  10. 114, 116 High Street, Dunbar Grade B 63 m