Linkfield Cottage, 1 Millhill, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Linkfield Cottage, 1 Millhill, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
forgotten-cobble-honey
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Linkfield Cottage, 1 Millhill, Musselburgh, EH21 7RG
OS grid reference
NT 349 730
Coordinates
55.94575, -3.04312
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Linkfield Cottage is a single storey and attic cottage villa built around 1830, set within a high rubble walled garden. The main entrance features a lintelled door that is aligned with the main door of the house. The building has a symmetrical design with a central ridge roof, end stacks, and flat roofed wings extending beyond. The main section includes a central doorway flanked by tripartite windows, a slated roof, and two canted flat roofed dormers. The exterior is constructed of coursed rubble with raised quoins and margins around the windows and doors. The wings each have single windows, block cornices, and blocking courses. The rear elevation is also made of rubble and symmetrical, featuring three windows with smaller single windows in each wing. Throughout the cottage, there are sash windows with lying panes.

Local climate

Linkfield Cottage, 1 Millhill, 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 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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