Stables, Fountainhall is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1991. Stables.
Stables, Fountainhall
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-mantel-flax
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1991
- Type
- Stables
- OS grid reference
- NT 425 676
- Coordinates
- 55.89867, -2.92002
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stables at Fountainhall date from the earlier 19th century and have undergone later alterations. They feature a symmetrical, classical design with sandstone masonry. The masonry is roughly squared with rough droving on the east side and rear, while the south front and west side are squared, coursed, and droved. The central bay has a pediment with a segmental arch leading to a barrel-vaulted pend, and there is a loft above with an oculus in the pediment. This central section is connected to two-storey, piend-roofed outer pavilions by three low, slightly recessed bays on each side. The western side has a central door flanked by windows, while the eastern side includes two doorways and one window.
Both pavilion blocks have had additions. The western pavilion retains a segmental carriage arch, which is currently glazed, and has a window above on the south elevation, along with a conservatory added to the west. Unfortunately, the structure has been altered by the addition of a modern porch to the south and later windows on the side and rear. The original windows feature a 12-pane glazing pattern, while the later windows have a 4-pane pattern, both in sash and case form. The roof is covered with grey-green slates, and there are harled and brick wallhead stacks.
Local climate
Stables, Fountainhall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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