The Pirn, Duns Road, Gifford is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Pirn, Duns Road, Gifford
- WRENN ID
- blind-basalt-holly
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Pirn, Duns Road, Gifford, EH41 4QW
- OS grid reference
- NT 535 680
- Coordinates
- 55.90347, -2.74519
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Pirn is a semi-detached house located on Duns Road in Gifford, dating from the late 18th century with later alterations. It is two stories tall and constructed of red rubble sandstone with heavy pointing, featuring ashlar and cement rendered margins.
On the northeast elevation, the house has three irregular bays. The central door is flanked on the left by the low, blocked outline of a former door. There are small original windows to the outer right at both the ground and first floors, while a larger later window has been inserted to the outer left at the ground floor. Additional windows are located under the eaves in the centre and outer left bays.
The west elevation faces The Wynd and consists of two bays, each with windows on both floors. At the rear, the house is adjoined by another house at right angles in The Wynd. The sash and case windows feature 4-pane and small-pane glazing patterns. The roof is covered with pantiles and has a piended design towards the northwest corner.
Local climate
The Pirn, Duns Road, Gifford 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 lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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