1 Simon Square, Kelso is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1980. House. 1 related planning application.

1 Simon Square, Kelso

WRENN ID
riven-gallery-snow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 July 1980
Type
House
Address
1 Simon Square, Kelso, TD5 7AZ
OS grid reference
NT 729 340
Coordinates
55.5989, -2.43141
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1 Simon Square in Kelso is a mid-19th century building featuring four bays and two storeys, along with an attic and basement. The entrance door is off-centre on the ground floor and is accessed by steps. The exterior is constructed of coursed squared rubble with raised ashlar at the corners and around the window margins. There is a band-course between the ground and first floors, and a block eaves-course. The roof is slated and includes two segmental-headed attic dormers, with a straight skew to the south and a piended roof to the north. The elevation facing Woodmarket has two bays, with a blocked door to the left and a single attic dormer that has a straight skew to the west.

Local climate

1 Simon Square, Kelso receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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