Ashby, 46 High Cross Avenue, Melrose is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. Villa.

Ashby, 46 High Cross Avenue, Melrose

WRENN ID
solitary-doorway-owl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
Villa
OS grid reference
NT 539 341
Coordinates
55.59877, -2.73231
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ashby is a picturesque villa built in 1867 by Peddie and Kinnear. It is asymmetrical and consists of two storeys with a three-bay north front. The entrance is located in the centre gabled bay to the left, while there is a recessed bay to the right featuring a gabled dormer head on the first floor. The ground floor windows have segmentally arched heads, and the first floor windows have cusped Gothic heads. The villa is adorned with elaborate flatwork, including bargeboarding and an ornamental ridge, and displays a coursed squared design with the Kinnear monogram and date.

Local climate

Ashby, 46 High Cross Avenue, Melrose receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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