Gate Piers, High Street, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Piers.

Gate Piers, High Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
empty-step-aspen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Piers
OS grid reference
NT 347 727
Coordinates
55.94358, -3.04559
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gate piers on High Street in Musselburgh date back to 1770. They are a pair of channelled piers that feature an entablature and are topped with urns that bear the burgh arms. These piers are positioned on either side of the entrance to High Street.

Local climate

Gate Piers, 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 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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