Corn Exchange, 29 Woodmarket, Kelso is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1980. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.

Corn Exchange, 29 Woodmarket, Kelso

WRENN ID
sacred-flint-wagtail
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 July 1980
Type
Commercial building
OS grid reference
NT 728 339
Coordinates
55.59861, -2.43226
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Corn Exchange, located at 29 Woodmarket in Kelso, was designed by Davis Cousin in 1856 and showcases English Elizabethan architectural style. This symmetrical building features two storeys and an attic, with a three-bay front and gables over the outer bays. At the center, there is a four-centred arched entrance topped with a square hoodmould. On either side of the entrance, there are tripartite mullioned windows. The first floor is highlighted by a five-light mullioned and transomed window in the center, flanked by crenellated oriel windows at the outer bays. The attic contains bipartite mullioned windows with latticed panes in the gables. The exterior is constructed of snecked rubble with polished dressings, while the gables and the central wall-head parapet are rendered.

Inside, the Corn Exchange features a broad hall with a hammer-beam roof supported by corbels, and a gallery at the north end. The elevation facing Abbey Row includes a broad gablet with a centrally placed arched door and a five-light mullioned and transomed window above, all made of coursed squared rubble with polished dressings.

Local climate

Corn Exchange, 29 Woodmarket, 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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