Hermitage, Dalkeith Park, Dalkeith House is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 1992. Chamber.

Hermitage, Dalkeith Park, Dalkeith House

WRENN ID
roaming-outpost-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 March 1992
Type
Chamber
OS grid reference
NT 330 684
Coordinates
55.90436, -3.07261
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hermitage, located in Dalkeith Park near Dalkeith House, is an 18th-century structure featuring a small barrel-vaulted chamber built of rubble.

On the south elevation, there is a doorway with a modern timber beam positioned below the lintel. The north elevation has a blocked opening that includes a relieving arch. Inside, the chamber contains a segmental-arched recess in the northern wall and a concrete floor.

Local climate

Hermitage, Dalkeith Park, Dalkeith House 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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