The Old Manse, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall is a Grade C listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. Manse.

The Old Manse, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall

WRENN ID
young-alcove-heath
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 June 1980
Type
Manse
OS grid reference
NT 059 722
Coordinates
55.93445, -3.50643
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Manse, located on Ecclesmachan Road in Uphall, dates back to around 1695. This two-storey building features harled walls and a skew-gabled roof that is slated. The structure has undergone alterations, including large additions to both the front and rear.

Adjacent to the main building is a steading, also two storeys high, constructed from random rubble with a corbie-step-gabled roof, which is likewise slated.

Local climate

The Old Manse, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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