Cottage No. 31, Fala is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. 1 related planning application.

Cottage No. 31, Fala

WRENN ID
tall-rubblework-moth
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Address
Cottage No. 31, Fala, EH37 5SY
OS grid reference
NT 437 609
Coordinates
55.83838, -2.89904
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cottage No. 31 is a traditional, one-and-a-half storey cottage dating to the later 18th century. It is harled (roughcast) and has a skew-gabled roof covered in slate. The roof is punctuated by four gabled dormers, and there are one-storey additions at each end. There is a possibility the cottage was once the Fala Inn. Further information can be found in Hunter’s “Fala and Soutra” on pages 26 and 27.

Local climate

Cottage No. 31, Fala receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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