Kirknewton House is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. 1 related planning application.

Kirknewton House

WRENN ID
blind-cornice-fern
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 June 1980
Address
Kirknewton House, EH27 8AF
OS grid reference
NT 115 664
Coordinates
55.88324, -3.41579
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kirknewton House is a country house, originally built around 1690, but significantly altered in the mid-19th century, approximately 1835, in a Scots Baronial style. Further alterations occurred around 1870. The house is two-and-a-half storeys high and constructed of random rubble with a slated roof.

The house was originally built for James Maconochie, 1st of Meadowbank, and subsequently altered for the 2nd Lord Meadowbank and Allen Maconochie, 4th of Meadowbank. An earlier Georgian east wing, constructed around 1795 for the 1st Lord Meadowbank, was demolished in approximately 1950.

The interior features panelled rooms. A one-storey, piended extension to the main block is also present. The property was once known as Meadowbank House. Architectural drawings by William Playfair, dating from 1835-6, are held at Edinburgh University Library.

Local climate

Kirknewton House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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