Bloom Cottage, 5 Main Street, Livingston Village is a Grade C listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971.

Bloom Cottage, 5 Main Street, Livingston Village

WRENN ID
vacant-span-myrtle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
OS grid reference
NT 037 668
Coordinates
55.88542, -3.53968
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bloom Cottage is a 19th-century building located at 5 Main Street, Livingston Village. It is a traditional, single-storey cottage constructed of rubble. The cottage has a gabled roof covered in slate. The building is included in a group listing, meaning its significance lies in its contribution to the character and appearance of the surrounding group of buildings. This group listing encompasses both the interior and exterior of the cottage to the extent appropriate for its building type. It was previously listed as a Category B building, but was re-categorised as Category C(S) in 2006 to reflect its group value.

Local climate

Bloom Cottage, 5 Main Street, Livingston Village 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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