Stables, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. School. 10 related planning applications.

Stables, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose

WRENN ID
grim-pilaster-moon
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
School
Address
Stables, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose, TD6 9LN
OS grid reference
NT 545 342
Coordinates
55.59956, -2.72277
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The stables at Abbey Park on High Street in Melrose date from around 1820 and are designed in a Classical style. This two-storey building has three bays on its west front, with the center bay protruding and featuring a pediment. The ground floor has a large four-centre arched opening that has been blocked as a window, and an additional window has been inserted in the right-hand bay at ground level. There is an oval opening in the pediment, and the roof is piended and slated.

To the east, there is a range that was originally three bays deep, with a fourth bay that is advanced, which has since been extended to double its length. This section also has a piended slated roof. The north side of the property features a courtyard that is enclosed by a boundary wall, which includes a rectangular single-storey lodge at the entrance from St Mary's Road. This lodge is constructed of coursed squared rubble, has a piended slated roof, and its windows are topped with sloping hoods.

Local climate

Stables, Abbey Park, High Street, Melrose receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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