North Entrance, Kames is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1999. Gate entrance.

North Entrance, Kames

WRENN ID
fading-rubble-soot
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1999
Type
Gate entrance
OS grid reference
NT 776 459
Coordinates
55.70677, -2.35679
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The North Entrance at Kames dates from the earlier to mid 19th century. It features whitewashed harl and has coped quadrant walls that flank the entrance to the northwest of Kames House. The entrance includes coursed and whitewashed square-plan outer piers topped with pyramidal caps. There are also taller, coursed and whitewashed square-plan gatepiers, which also have pyramidal caps, and the entrance is completed with two-leaf spearheaded iron gates.

Local climate

North Entrance, Kames receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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