'Howgatemouth', Howgate is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 September 1979. House.
'Howgatemouth', Howgate
- WRENN ID
- muffled-lead-raven
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 September 1979
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NT 248 580
- Coordinates
- 55.80962, -3.20133
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Howgatemouth is an 18th-century traditional building that stands two storeys high with a three-bay front. The exterior is constructed of random rubble and features a skew-gabled design with a slated roof. There are band courses visible on the façade, and a small porch with a felt roof is located on the east side. The stonework has been renovated.
Local climate
'Howgatemouth', 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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