Laggan Cottage, 10 Fala Dam, Fala Dam is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. 1 related planning application.

Laggan Cottage, 10 Fala Dam, Fala Dam

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Address
Laggan Cottage, 10 Fala Dam, Fala Dam, EH37 5SU
OS grid reference
NT 428 615
Coordinates
55.84391, -2.91378
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Laggan Cottage is a small house located at 10 Fala Dam, Fala Dam. Described in local histories, it appears to have originally been two cottages. The front of the building has a single bay to either side of a central, unused door; the right-hand door provides access to the current dwelling. The windows are arranged with two windows on each floor. A carved stone is set at eaves level, centrally positioned. The front garden is now set out with modern metal fencing.

Local climate

Laggan Cottage, 10 Fala Dam, Fala Dam receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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