Watch Tower, New Burial Ground, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1983. Watch tower.

Watch Tower, New Burial Ground, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith

WRENN ID
slow-portal-stoat
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 June 1983
Type
Watch tower
Address
Watch Tower, New Burial Ground, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith, EH22 1JD
OS grid reference
NT 330 672
Coordinates
55.8939, -3.07264
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Watch Tower, located in the New Burial Ground on Old Edinburgh Road in Dalkeith, dates back to 1827. It is a two-stage octagonal tower with crenellations, constructed from stugged squared and coursed red sandstone rubble. The tower features droved rybats and quoins, as well as ashlar raised cills and a crenellated battlement.

On the northeast side, there is a doorway with a lintel inscribed "1827" and a boarded door. Each elevation at the second stage has a slit in a recessed panel.

Local climate

Watch Tower, New Burial Ground, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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