Loretto School Mound, Linkfield Road, Musselburgh is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.

Loretto School Mound, Linkfield Road, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
woven-loft-grain
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
Chapel
Address
Loretto School Mound, Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, EH21 7RF
OS grid reference
NT 349 729
Coordinates
55.94476, -3.04384
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The remains of the 16th century chapel of Our Lady of Loretto are located at Loretto School Mound on Linkfield Road in Musselburgh. The entrance to a subterranean cell features a scrolled Jacobean strap work pediment, which is adorned with a coronet and initials, and is dated 1649. Inside the cell, there are stone wine bins.

Local climate

Loretto School Mound, Linkfield Road, 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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