Gazebo, Mavisbank House is a Grade A listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. 6 related planning applications.
Gazebo, Mavisbank House
- WRENN ID
- odd-floor-pigeon
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Address
- Gazebo, Mavisbank House, EH18 1HY
- OS grid reference
- NT 288 649
- Coordinates
- 55.87213, -3.13834
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a square-plan gazebo dated 1731. It is constructed of cream sandstone ashlar, with rubble to the sides and rear, and has polished dressings. Pilasters mark the angles, supporting an entablature on the north face, and an eaves course and cornice above. The front, or north, elevation features a moulded, shouldered, and architraved doorway; above is a consoled arch with a keystone and the date “1731”. Chamfered windows are present on the east and south faces, while the west face has a small, square opening. The roof is now missing.
The gazebo is situated in the walled garden, south of the main horseshoe-plan garden, directly opposite the Dairy. It is part of a group of buildings including Mavisbank House, the doocot, Dairy, walled gardens, an ice house, a game larder, and the East Lodge at Lasswade. The structure appears on Roy’s Map of 1750.
Local climate
Gazebo, Mavisbank House 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 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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