Oakwood Tower is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Tower. 1 related planning application.
Oakwood Tower
- WRENN ID
- last-crypt-martin
- 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
- Tower
- Address
- Oakwood Tower, TD7 5HJ
- OS grid reference
- NT 420 260
- Coordinates
- 55.52466, -2.92017
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Oakwood Tower is a well-preserved tower from the early 17th century. It was selected by Sir Walter Scott as the residence of the character Michael Scott.
Local climate
Oakwood Tower 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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