Black Bull Hotel, 15 Black Bull Street, Duns is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 December 1994. Hotel. 3 related planning applications.

Black Bull Hotel, 15 Black Bull Street, Duns

WRENN ID
eastward-buttress-briar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 December 1994
Type
Hotel
Address
Black Bull Hotel, 15 Black Bull Street, Duns, TD11 3AR
OS grid reference
NT 784 539
Coordinates
55.77803, -2.34562
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Black Bull Hotel, located at 15 Black Bull Street in Duns, is an early 19th-century building that has undergone later alterations. It is a three-storey, three-bay hotel constructed with dry-dash and features ashlar margins that are painted.

On the northeast elevation facing Black Bull Street, there is a central squat Doric doorpiece with half-engaged columns and a dentilled cornice, leading to a deep-set panelled door. To the right, there is a bipartite window with chamfered reveals, and to the left, a broad rectangular window with etched and stained glass and an arched central panel. The upper floors have windows in all bays, positioned close to the eaves on the second floor. To the left, there is a single-storey, single-bay extension with a stepped parapet that conceals a lean-to roof, featuring a deep-set door with a gabled architrave.

The northwest elevation shows a blank gable on the left, with a stair window flanking to the right. There is a three-bay block to the right that includes windows on the second floor. Attached garages are present at the ground and first floors.

The southwest elevation is not visible due to a 1994 alteration. The southeast elevation has a blank gable on the right with a single-storey extension at the ground level. To the left is an irregular three-bay block with timber sash and case windows, including 12-pane, plate glass, and 2-pane styles. The roofs are pitched, covered with grey slates, and feature ashlar coped skews and rebuilt brick stacks.

Local climate

Black Bull Hotel, 15 Black Bull Street, Duns receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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