The Old Bakehouse, Main Street, Stenton is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1990. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Bakehouse, Main Street, Stenton

WRENN ID
peeling-quartz-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1990
Type
House
Address
The Old Bakehouse, Main Street, Stenton, EH42 1TE
OS grid reference
NT 621 741
Coordinates
55.95906, -2.60834
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Bakehouse on Main Street in Stenton is likely a 17th-century building that has undergone some alterations. It is a two-storey rectangular plan structure that served as both a baker's house and bakery, with an earlier 19th-century extension at the rear. The exterior is made of pink sandstone rubble with harl pointing and features ashlar window surrounds.

On the northeast elevation, there are six irregular bays. The center has two blocked doorways, with the one on the left being lower. To the right, there are two small square windows, and one small window to the left. The first floor has three widely spaced small windows located under the eaves.

The southeast elevation has altered windows and features a gabled extension that projects at the outer right. There is a blank gable facing the wynd on the northeast side, and the rear extension to the left diminishes in height as it rises with the ground. This extension includes a cart entrance, a small window, and a doorway. The southwest gable is adjoined by a later building.

The building has a small-pane modern glazing pattern, pantiles on the roof, and coped gable end stacks, showcasing the distinctive early East Lothian skew form.

Local climate

The Old Bakehouse, Main Street, Stenton 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 greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 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.

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