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Latitude: 56.0343 / 56°2'3"N
Longitude: -2.8441 / 2°50'38"W
OS Eastings: 347499
OS Northings: 682699
OS Grid: NT474826
Mapcode National: GBR 2P.RWGG
Mapcode Global: WH7TJ.8LXD
Plus Code: 9C8V25M4+P9
Entry Name: The Whim, Whim Road, Gullane
Listing Name: Gullane, Whim Road, the Whim
Listing Date: 7 December 1988
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331952
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB1392
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200331952
Location: Dirleton
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: North Berwick Coastal
Parish: Dirleton
Traditional County: East Lothian
Tagged with: Folly
Late 18th century. Small round tower folly/lookout post
on Gullane Hill. Rubble, formerly harled. Rubble
boundary wall abutting to S and NE. Projecting porch at E.
3 lights under eaves with 4-pane glazing to sash and case
windows. Slated cone roof with decorative cast-iron finial.
Overlooks golf links and the Firth of Forth. Formerly
belonged to Whim House (demolished), and currently lies in
the grounds of The Roundel, Whim Road. Marked as "wheem" and
the property of "Darg Esq" on Forrest's map.
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