Rodnivet, 6 Free Church Place, Melrose is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. 1 related planning application.

Rodnivet, 6 Free Church Place, Melrose

WRENN ID
dim-thatch-storm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Address
Rodnivet, 6 Free Church Place, Melrose, TD6 9RZ
OS grid reference
NT 543 341
Coordinates
55.59918, -2.72567
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

5 Free Church Place in Melrose is a former Free Church School built in 1844. This two-storey, five-bay building has a rectangular plan and a symmetrical front, set back from the road behind a rectangular garden plot.

The principal (north) elevation features squared rubble with polished ashlar dressings, chamfered margins, and square Tudor-hoodmoulds above the doors and ground floor windows. The slightly advanced central gable has two entrances, which were originally for boys and girls, each with timber doors and large margined fanlights above. The first floor windows are narrower than those on the ground floor and have gablets. The piended roof is covered with slate and has end chimney stacks with octagonal cans. The windows are fitted with multi-pane glazing in timber sash and case frames, although some have been replaced. There are also cast iron rainwater goods with ornamental ties.

The interiors, which were partially observed in 2016, have been remodelled following the building's conversion from a school to residential use.

Local climate

Rodnivet, 6 Free Church Place, 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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