Bewlie Orchard is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 September 1991. Laird's house. 1 related planning application.
Bewlie Orchard
- WRENN ID
- vast-grate-yew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 September 1991
- Type
- Laird's house
- Address
- Bewlie Orchard, TD6 9ER
- OS grid reference
- NT 561 259
- Coordinates
- 55.52517, -2.69679
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Bewlie Orchard is an 18th-century, two-storey, three-bay laird's house that was extended around 1800 to five bays, with further alterations made in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of random rubble and was originally harl-pointed. It features windows and doors with roughly droved red sandstone margins, although some openings have been blocked, enlarged, or added in the 19th century. The roof is steeply pitched and was originally thatched, but it has since been replaced with a corrugated iron roof, while the original adzed A-frame roof timbers are still retained inside. The end stacks have thackstanes.
The front (southeast) elevation has five irregular bays, with a variety of glazing patterns, mostly consisting of four-pane sash and case windows. The second bay on the ground floor has been altered with a later 19th-century mullion and features 12-pane sash and case glazing in each light. There is a four-panel door at the fourth bay (in the later block) with a narrow rectangular six-pane fanlight above, and a window above that with modern plate glass sash and case glazing.
At the northeast end gable, there is a flat-roofed single-storey brick addition that has been rendered, which connects to a mid-19th-century gateway leading to the orchard.
The rear elevation has a low single-storey porch with a modern slated roof that projects to the right. Most of the moat openings have been blocked, except for a rear door with roughly splayed reveals and a timber lintel to the left of the porch, a small square fixed nine-pane window near the center, and a bipartite window at the left-hand bay on the first floor, which is an enlargement. There is also an original single-storey outbuilding attached to the southwest gable, featuring a single four-pane window on the front and a garage door on the rear elevation.
Local climate
Bewlie Orchard receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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