Gate-Lodges, Kirknewton House is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1976. 1 related planning application.
Gate-Lodges, Kirknewton House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-rood-thyme
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1976
- OS grid reference
- NT 113 668
- Coordinates
- 55.8862, -3.41927
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gate lodges, situated at 19 and 21 Whitemoss Road, Kirknewton Village, and the associated gate, date from the 19th century and stand within the grounds of Kirknewton House, at the drive leading to the main house.
No. 19 is a two-storey tower constructed of snecked rubble. It features a corbelled parapet and an angle turret. An oriel window is present on the north side. A single-storey addition projects to the east. The building has gabled dormers, a corbie-stepped east gable with a ball finial, and a flat-roofed extension to the east. The window surrounds are chamfered.
No. 21 is a single-storey lodge built of stugged ashlar with a slated roof. It also has chamfered window surrounds and decorative strap hinges on the door. Dressed stone gate piers support iron gates.
Local climate
Gate-Lodges, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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