The Cross Cottage And Retaining Wall, High Street, Aberlady is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 January 1993. Cottage.

The Cross Cottage And Retaining Wall, High Street, Aberlady

WRENN ID
last-cornice-meadow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 January 1993
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NT 464 799
Coordinates
56.00941, -2.86073
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Cross Cottage is an 18th-century single-storey, three-bay cottage located on High Street in Aberlady, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble with sandstone dressings. The entrance is centrally positioned and features a door with a four-pane strip fanlight above it. On either side of the door are enlarged windows, which are sash and case style with a 12-pane glazing pattern. The cottage has recently renewed red pantiles from 1989 and includes a coped skew and a mutual stack on the west side. In front of the cottage, there is a low wall made of ashlar with simple iron railings that enclose the front garden.

Local climate

The Cross Cottage And Retaining Wall, High Street, Aberlady 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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