'Old Castle', Moredun is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971.
'Old Castle', Moredun
- WRENN ID
- far-footing-nettle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 243 472
- Coordinates
- 55.71235, -3.20589
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Schoolhouse in Calderbank, Eddleston, is a simple 18th century cottage featuring rolled carved skews. The building's core includes the lower part of a small tower-house, although the upper section has been removed. Attached to it is a single-storey dwelling, creating a charming group of buildings.
Local climate
'Old Castle', Moredun sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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