General, Newcastleton is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 November 2007. Well.
General, Newcastleton
- WRENN ID
- tattered-belfry-spindle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2007
- Type
- Well
- OS grid reference
- NY 483 875
- Coordinates
- 55.17977, -2.81286
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 19th century pant well located in Newcastleton. It features a shouldered square base that supports an octagonal shaft topped with a rounded cornice and a domed cap, which includes a cast-iron central lantern. There is a rectangular trough attached to the southwest side of the well. The structure is made of sandstone ashlar. On the southeast side, there is a boarded door with decorative wrought-iron hinges, and on the northeast side, there is a cast iron lion's-head spout.
Local climate
General, Newcastleton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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