Western Cottage, Catcune Cottages is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1998.

Western Cottage, Catcune Cottages

WRENN ID
second-chimney-bittern
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 March 1998
OS grid reference
NT 355 599
Coordinates
55.82854, -3.02995
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Middle Cottage, part of Catcune Cottages, dates from the late 19th century and is a single-storey terrace originally comprising three rectangular plan cottages, now converted into two cottages. The building features tooled squared and snecked rubble with droved dressings and has chamfered and stop-chamfered reveals.

On the southwest elevation, which is the principal front, the original three cottages are evident. The central cottage has a segmental arched window that was originally the entrance, with the door surround intact. To the right is another segmental arched window, and to the left is a bipartite window. The outer cottages each have a central segmental arched doorway with a panelled timber door and a three-pane fanlight above. To the right of these doorways is a segmental arched window, and to the left is another bipartite window. There are crenellated screen walls at both outer ends.

The southeast elevation features a gable with a lean-to addition at ground level, which includes four boarded timber doors and a corrugated iron roof.

The northeast elevation was not visible in 1997.

The northwest elevation has a gabled structure with a lean-to addition on the right, which contains two boarded timber doors and a slate roof. To the left, there is a small corrugated iron lean-to with a boarded timber door on the left return.

The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case style. The roof is covered in grey slate with a lead ridge and has coped ashlar skews. There are two coped ashlar gablehead stacks with octagonal cans and two ridge stacks, one of which has a circular can. The building also features cast iron rainwater goods, including hoppers and decorative brackets.

The interiors were not seen in 1997.

Local climate

Western Cottage, Catcune Cottages receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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