Burnlea, 9 High Street, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Classical house. 2 related planning applications.

Burnlea, 9 High Street, Dunbar

WRENN ID
waiting-corbel-fen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Type
Classical house
Address
Burnlea, 9 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1AB
OS grid reference
NT 680 787
Coordinates
56.00055, -2.5137
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Burnlea is an early 19th century, 2-storey, 5-bay classical house located at 9 High Street, Dunbar. The front of the house is made of ashlar stone with raised quoins, while the side and rear elevations are constructed from squared rubble. The building features a pilastered porch, a band course between the ground and first floors, and a cill band at the first floor. The windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern. Additional architectural details include an eaves course, a cornice, and a blocking course that is raised at the center with incised decorative detail. There are end stacks and a piended slate roof. A rear extension is present, along with a low coped garden wall.

Local climate

Burnlea, 9 High Street, Dunbar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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