Broadhead Cottage is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 November 1998. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Broadhead Cottage

WRENN ID
old-string-brook
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 November 1998
Type
Cottage
Address
Broadhead Cottage, EH23 4SS
OS grid reference
NT 318 570
Coordinates
55.80197, -3.088
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Broadhead Cottage is an earlier 19th century single-storey cottage with a rectangular plan and three bays, featuring later additions and alterations to the rear. The exterior is constructed from tooled rubble with droved dressings, including a base course, pilaster quoins, an eaves course, and deep overhanging eaves.

The principal elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a segmental arched doorway and window recesses with voussoirs. A timber door is centrally located, flanked by segmental arched windows in the outer bays. The northeast elevation is also symmetrical, consisting of a single bay with a central segmental arched window recess. There is a 20th century brick addition to the outer right, which includes a central window in a segmental arched recess.

The west elevation is asymmetrical and has three bays, with a two-bay 20th century brick addition on the left featuring a window in each bay. To the right, there is a tooled rubble addition with stugged dressings and a central window with a projecting cill. The south elevation is symmetrical, featuring a tripartite window in the center with blind outer panes and a projecting cill. There is a 20th century timber porch on a rubble wall to the outer left.

The cottage predominantly has 12 pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with graded grey slate and has lead ridges. A coped, harled central ridge stack with circular cans is present, along with cast iron rainwater goods. The interior was not seen in 1998.

Local climate

Broadhead Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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