Melville House, 101, 103 North High Street, Musselburgh is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.

Melville House, 101, 103 North High Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
moated-garret-vetch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
House
Address
Melville House, 101, 103 North High Street, Musselburgh, EH21 6JE
OS grid reference
NT 340 728
Coordinates
55.94423, -3.05814
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Melville House, located at 101 and 103 North High Street in Musselburgh, dates back to 1866. This two-storey building with attics features a shop on the ground floor and is symmetrical, with three windows across its façade and a recessed link to No 107. It has a steep, piended slate roof with a lead platform. The ground floor is constructed of ashlar stone, complete with a band course that supports the shop fascia, while the upper section is finished in stugged ashlar, featuring a raised eaves course and window margins on the first floor. The shop windows and door are in their original openings. The entrance to No 103, located at the recessed link, has an anta pilastered doorpiece with a lettered block pediment, and there is one window above it. Additionally, there is one monolithic gate pier surviving on the approach, and the building has three flat-roofed, square dormers.

Local climate

Melville House, 101, 103 North High Street, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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