East Church, Eden Road, Gordon is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1993. Church.

East Church, Eden Road, Gordon

WRENN ID
forbidden-steeple-rowan
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1993
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NT 647 431
Coordinates
55.68037, -2.56166
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Church, located on Eden Road in Gordon, was built in 1843 with additions made in 1893. The church is no longer used for religious purposes since 1992 and is situated next to cottages to the west. The original 1843 structure is made of whinstone with sandstone dressings, while the 1893 additions, including a porch and tower, are constructed of pink sandstone with polished cream ashlar dressings, creating an L-plan layout. The building features long and short quoins and window surrounds, as well as crow-stepped gables.

On the southeast elevation, there is an advanced gabled porch with a corbelled circular section bell tower positioned in the re-entrant angle to the left. The porch includes a roll-moulded round-arched doorway with an inscription above, flanked by two-leaf wrought-iron gates. The ground level has chamfered angles, and above, there is a round-arched painted glass window at the first floor with a hoodmould. The corbelled tower has single windows at the first floor, a "1893" datestone, and four clocks. Above the tower, there is an arcade of round-arched openings topped by a pepperpot roof with a lead finial. The main body of the church consists of three bays, each containing a round-arched window.

The east elevation features a single window at the ground level of the east gable. The church has fixed small-pane windows, a grey slate roof, stone fleur-de-lys finials, and two brick stacks on the north side. The interior has had its original fittings removed.

Local climate

East Church, Eden Road, Gordon receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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