Philpstoun House is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. 1 related planning application.
Philpstoun House
- WRENN ID
- dark-pillar-wax
- Grade
- B
- 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 066 777
- Coordinates
- 55.98367, -3.49847
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Philpstoun House is a 17th century house, dated 1676, originally built for the Dundases of Philipstoun (or Philpstoun). The main block is a traditional two-storey and garret design with projecting wings and a rear stair tower. The exterior is harled with dressed facing stones, featuring crowstepped gables and a slate roof with wooden dormers. A cartouche bearing the initials I.D./E.D. is positioned above the central first-floor window. Six sundials are set on the angles of the wings. The house was later acquired by the Hopes in the 18th century and became part of the Hopetoun Estate. The interior contains no special features.
Local climate
Philpstoun House 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 — 1 application
- 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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