Athelstaneford Mains is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 June 1991.
Athelstaneford Mains
- WRENN ID
- broken-facade-acorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1991
- OS grid reference
- NT 540 772
- Coordinates
- 55.9858, -2.73737
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The north range of steading at Athelstaneford Mains dates to 1860, as indicated by a plaque above the depressed-arched entrance pend. The building is rendered and lined to resemble ashlar, with dressings and chamfered reveals to the main openings. A stone bull's head is set in a plaque above the pend, and the entrance is surmounted by a date plaque and a clock decorated with fruit. The roof is flat.
To the right of the pend are a cartshed and a granary. Three arches remain at ground level, with four windows in the loft above. A doorway is positioned to the right, flanked by windows, with a further door providing access to the loft above. A gabled bay extends to the outer right, featuring a single window on the first floor. A single-storey range runs to the left of the pend.
The building features straight skews and finials to the gables, and is roofed with red pantiles.
J Douglas of Athelstaneford Mains was a well-known breeder of shorthorn cattle in the mid-19th century.
Local climate
Athelstaneford Mains receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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