Ivy Cottage, Low Brae, Torphichen is a Grade C listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Residential. 3 related planning applications.

Ivy Cottage, Low Brae, Torphichen

WRENN ID
night-lancet-storm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Residential
Address
Ivy Cottage, Low Brae, Torphichen, EH48 4LU
OS grid reference
NS 966 722
Coordinates
55.93251, -3.65583
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ivy Cottage is an 18th-century traditional building that stands one storey tall. It is constructed from random rubble and features a lime-washed front. The cottage has a skew-gabled design and is topped with a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Ivy Cottage, Low Brae, Torphichen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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