Alderston House is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. House, offices. 1 related planning application.

Alderston House

WRENN ID
frozen-flint-snow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
House, offices
Address
Alderston House, EH54 7DF
OS grid reference
NT 043 662
Coordinates
55.88021, -3.52989
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Alderston House is a traditional harled building from the 17th to 18th centuries, featuring a gabled design and a slated roof. The main block, dated 1626, stands at 2 and a half storeys tall and has corbie steps. There is an aumbry that is corbelled out on the northeast gable, and it includes two later gabled dormers. The date is displayed above the old entrance, which is accessed through a modern vestibule.

The rear wing, dating from the 18th century, is three storeys high and features skewed roofs and band courses, with a long late addition at the southeast end. Inside, the main block has a vaulted kitchen on the ground floor. There is also a single-storey office building, which may date from the 18th century, featuring a piended roof.

Local climate

Alderston House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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