Abbotsford Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.

Abbotsford Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford

WRENN ID
forgotten-tin-barley
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
OS grid reference
NT 533 772
Coordinates
55.98629, -2.75004
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Abbotsford Cottage is a late 18th century, single-storey cottage originally built around 1780. It comprises three bays and adjoins a lower two-bay cottage to the right, now linked to form a single dwelling. The construction is of random rubble with some brick dressings. The front features a central door, flanked by windows with lying pane glazing, and two four-pane windows on the right-hand wing. The rear of the cottage has seen little alteration. The roof is covered with red pantiles, and brick skews and stacks are present. The cottage was built as a feu from Kinloch of Gilmerton, who encouraged improvements to the village. It forms a group with the adjoining 'West End Cottage' to the east.

Local climate

Abbotsford Cottage, Main Street, Athelstaneford receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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