Former Hand Loom Mill, Riverside House, Ladhope Vale is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 November 2006. Former mill. 1 related planning application.

Former Hand Loom Mill, Riverside House, Ladhope Vale

WRENN ID
knotted-keystone-elm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 November 2006
Type
Former mill
Address
Former Hand Loom Mill, Riverside House, Ladhope Vale, TD1 1BT
OS grid reference
NT 491 364
Coordinates
55.61859, -2.80915
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Riverside House, a former hand-loom mill, is a regular five-storey, six-bay rectangular building dating from the earlier to mid-19th century. It is now used as office space. The exterior features squared whin stone with droved sandstone dressings on the southeast side, while the northwest elevation is rendered and painted. The building is situated on the edge of Galashiels, overlooking the Gala Water, and is oriented northeast to southwest. There are two entrances on the northeast elevation and one on the southwest.

The windows are top-hung timber plate-glass, and there are plate-glass rooflights. The roof is slate.

Inside, the space has been modernised for office use, but the original structure, floors, and timber stair remain intact.

Local climate

Former Hand Loom Mill, Riverside House, Ladhope Vale receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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