Old Howgate Inn, Howgate is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Inn.
Old Howgate Inn, Howgate
- WRENN ID
- worn-rafter-cedar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Type
- Inn
- OS grid reference
- NT 248 581
- Coordinates
- 55.81033, -3.20113
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Howgate Inn is an 18th-century traditional building that stands two stories tall. It is constructed from rubble and has a lime-washed finish. The roof is skew-gabled and covered with slate. To the south, there are lean-to offices, and to the north, there is a gabled wing on the first story.
Local climate
Old Howgate Inn, Howgate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% 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 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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