Ormiston is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. 5 related planning applications.

Ormiston

WRENN ID
far-pinnacle-root
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 June 1980
Address
Ormiston, EH27 8DQ
OS grid reference
NT 099 665
Coordinates
55.88397, -3.44138
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ormiston is a house built in 1851 in the Scots Baronial style by David Bryce. It is two storeys high with a basement. The house is constructed of stugged ashlar stone and features corbie-step gabled roofs and angle turrets with conical roofs. It was originally built for Archibald Wilkie of Ormiston.

Local climate

Ormiston 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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  1. Bridge, Ormiston Estate Grade C 87 m
  2. Ormiston Hill House Grade C 235 m
  3. Ormiston Mains Grade C 486 m
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