Muirlea, 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. 1 related planning application.

Muirlea, High Street, Gifford

WRENN ID
tenth-arch-scarlet
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
Address
Muirlea, High Street, Gifford, EH41 4QU
OS grid reference
NT 534 679
Coordinates
55.90254, -2.74609
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Muirlea is a later 18th century, 2-storey, 3-bay house located on High Street in Gifford, featuring classical details. The building is constructed of squared sandstone rubble with broad droving on the west elevation, complemented by ashlar margins and rusticated quoins.

On the west elevation, there is a Gibbsian doorpiece at the center, which includes a moulded cornice and a panelled door. Flanking the door are windows in the ground floor bays, with additional windows in each bay on the first floor.

The south elevation shows the line of a former neighboring building above the current single-storey addition, which has a piend roof. To the north, there is a 2-bay house.

The sash and case windows feature a 12-pane glazing pattern, and the building has ashlar coped skews. It is roofed with grey slates and has gable end stacks, with original cans still in place.

Local climate

Muirlea, 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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