Old Fire Station, Main Street, Allanton is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. Former fire station. 1 related planning application.
Old Fire Station, Main Street, Allanton
- WRENN ID
- fossil-vault-crow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1997
- Type
- Former fire station
- OS grid reference
- NT 865 543
- Coordinates
- 55.78199, -2.21549
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Fire Station on Main Street in Allanton dates back to 1815, with later additions and alterations. This single-storey, single-bay building was originally a classical stable with a hayloft and is located next to the Allanton Inn to the north. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with stugged ashlar dressings, and the south elevation features whinstone.
On the west elevation, there are advanced engaged piers that break the eaves in a coped wallhead, which includes a blinded round arch and a tall coped parapet flanked by consoles. A modern garage door is present here. The south elevation has a window located towards the outer right, while the north elevation features a boarded door.
The roof is covered with piended slate, showcasing alternating bands of purple and green slates. There is a gabled dormer on the south side and a half-piended hayloft dormer on the north side.
Inside, the floor is laid with setts, and there is a timber stair leading to the loft.
Local climate
Old Fire Station, Main Street, Allanton receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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