Midshiels is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971.
Midshiels
- WRENN ID
- vacant-tower-azure
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 535 173
- Coordinates
- 55.44791, -2.73579
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Midshiels is an early Georgian house, originally built and subsequently extended and remodelled in the late 18th century. The exterior is harled and limewashed, with two storeys and four sash windows. It features a projecting porch and a ridge slate roof with plain gables and skews.
Local climate
Midshiels sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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