Abbey Bank, The Knowes, Kelso is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.

Abbey Bank, The Knowes, Kelso

WRENN ID
tattered-corbel-khaki
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 July 1980
Type
House
Address
Abbey Bank, The Knowes, Kelso, TD5 7BH
OS grid reference
NT 729 338
Coordinates
55.59709, -2.43021
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Abbey Bank is an early 19th century building that stands two storeys high with an attic and features three bays. The original entrance is located at the center of the south front, but it is now also accessed through a projecting timber porch at the center of the north front. The structure is constructed of coursed rubble with raised polished ashlar at the angles and around the window margins, as well as an eaves-band. It retains its original 12-pane double sash glazing throughout. The roof is piended and has a platformed slate covering, with paired central rendered stacks. There is a piended attic dormer on the west side, along with a pair of piended attic dormers.

Local climate

Abbey Bank, The Knowes, Kelso receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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