Sundial, Currie House is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1991.
Sundial, Currie House
- WRENN ID
- lost-loft-sable
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1991
- OS grid reference
- NT 371 597
- Coordinates
- 55.82704, -3.00544
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The structure dates to the late 18th century and comprises a near-quadrangular walled garden. The walls are constructed of random rubble with polished dressings, which have been droved to margins, and rubble coping. There is evidence of wall heightening, particularly to the north-west. A low entrance faces north, featuring long and short red sandstone dressings and a boarded timber door. A secondary entrance is located to the south-east, also with a boarded timber door. A lean-to building is incorporated into the north-west wall, with a replacement corrugated iron roof and doors, and stone skews. The wall extends to Currie Bridge in the southern corner (listed separately). The south-west wall was obscured by trees in 1997 and its integrity is uncertain.
The interior, overgrown at the time of inspection in 1997, contains a waisted sundial in the centre, for which the gnomon is missing. The sundial is documented on the first edition Ordnance Survey map from 1852 and is now part of the Borthwick Castle estate.
Local climate
Sundial, Currie House 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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