House Of The Binns is a Grade A listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. 5 related planning applications.
House Of The Binns
- WRENN ID
- south-jamb-autumn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 050 785
- Coordinates
- 55.99064, -3.52317
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a 17th-century mansion, subsequently altered. The main block was built between 1612 and 1630. It is two and a half storeys high and has a harled exterior. The roof is slated with pedimented dormers dated 1621 facing the south court. There are two turnpike stair towers on the north side. The house was extended at both ends around 1670. The north side was remodelled in a castellated style around 1810 by William Burn, creating a three-storey facade with crenellated parapets.
The interior is notable for its 17th-century plaster ceilings. A morning room and a dining room were added to the court around 1810.
The south-east and south-west wings are partly 17th-century, but were refaced in a castellated style and extended around 1810.
The house was built for Thomas Dalyell, a merchant in Edinburgh, who acquired the land of Binns in 1612. It was extended for his son and heir, General Tam Dalyell (1615-1685), who defeated Covenanters at Rullion Green in Midlothian in November 1666 and raised the Royal Scots Greys here in 1681. Further alterations were made for Sir James, 5th Baronet, and Sir John Graham Dalyell, 6th Baronet (1778-1851), who was an eminent antiquary and zoologist.
Local climate
House Of The Binns receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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