Branxholme Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Castle. 4 related planning applications.

Branxholme Castle

WRENN ID
tangled-entrance-sunrise
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1971
Type
Castle
Address
Branxholme Castle, TD9 0JT
OS grid reference
NT 464 116
Coordinates
55.39601, -2.84713
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Branxholme Castle, as it existed in 1544, originally comprised a tower and a barmkin. After being demolished in 1570, it was rebuilt with structures on the north and south sides of a courtyard. The main range on the south side still survives, although it is obscured by additions made in 1790 and later.

Local climate

Branxholme Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% 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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