51 John Street, Penicuik is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 2000. Villa. 1 related planning application.
51 John Street, Penicuik
- WRENN ID
- late-copper-auburn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2000
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- 51 John Street, Penicuik, EH26 8HL
- OS grid reference
- NT 235 601
- Coordinates
- 55.82839, -3.22239
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
51 John Street in Penicuik is a mid to late 19th century, two-storey, three-bay classical villa. The building is constructed from coursed, tooled sandstone and features raised polished long and short quoins. It has a base course and an eaves course topped with a cornice and blocking course, which includes a central tablet. The windows have raised margins and projecting cills.
On the southwest (principal) elevation, there is an advanced pilastered and corniced doorpiece that frames a deep-set four-panel timber door with a two-pane fanlight above. Windows are located on either side of the door and in each bay on the first floor.
The southeast and northwest elevations are harled and blank. The northeast (rear) elevation was not seen during the last inspection in 1999.
The villa features 12-pane timber sash and case windows and has a grey slate piended roof with lead ridges. The wallhead stacks are rendered and lined, coped, and topped with circular cans.
The boundary walls are low and made of coursed ashlar, with coping at the street and topped with modern railings.
Local climate
51 John Street, Penicuik 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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- Radon risk assessment
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