Calder House is a Grade A listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Mansion.
Calder House
- WRENN ID
- blind-vestry-marsh
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- Type
- Mansion
- OS grid reference
- NT 072 672
- Coordinates
- 55.88943, -3.48436
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Calder House is a mansion dating from the 16th to 17th century, which incorporates walls from an earlier fortalice. It has a traditional L-plan layout, with a main block that is three storeys high, including low floors to the north, and a garret. The exterior is constructed of random rubble and features gabled, slated roofs. Notable architectural elements include corbie steps and a buttress at the west end, as well as skews, oculi, and corner stones at the eastern extension. The chimney heads are rusticated.
The northwest wing, which was extended in the later 17th century, is four storeys tall with a low floor and includes similar skews at its gable end. Additional structures were built around 1780 and in 1880, located in the re-entrant angle and on the west side of the wing.
The interior of Calder House has been greatly altered. The older part of the first storey of the main block contains three contiguous vaulted chambers. Above this, the drawing room, also known as the Great Hall, features pine panelling and tall windows. The kitchen and a fine scale-and-platt stair are located in the wing.
Local climate
Calder 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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