Cart Shed, Wester Middleton is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1998. Cart shed. 1 related planning application.

Cart Shed, Wester Middleton

WRENN ID
distant-transept-heron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 March 1998
Type
Cart shed
OS grid reference
NT 362 579
Coordinates
55.81083, -3.01841
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Cart Shed at Wester Middleton is an early 19th century coach house with a rectangular plan, featuring two storeys and four bays. It is constructed of random rubble and has segmental arches with polished voussoirs supported by squared and snecked columns on the ground floor. The first floor has unglazed openings in each bay, with droved dressings polished at the margins. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a piended design with lead ridges. The building also includes cast iron rainwater goods.

Local climate

Cart Shed, Wester Middleton 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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