Weirknowe, Weirhill Place, Melrose is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. House. 2 related planning applications.

Weirknowe, Weirhill Place, Melrose

WRENN ID
last-cupola-cedar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
House
Address
Weirknowe, Weirhill Place, Melrose, TD6 9SF
OS grid reference
NT 542 343
Coordinates
55.60085, -2.72754
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Weirknowe, located at Weirhill Place in Melrose, is an earlier 19th century building featuring a single storey and a basement. The west-facing front has five bays, with a central door that is topped by a block cornice and a pediment. This entrance is accessed by steps with a railed balustrade. The front is constructed of stugged ashlar, while the flanks and rear are made of snecked rubble. At the rear, there is a half-octagon projecting bay in the center, which is flanked by tripartite windows. The building has a piended slated roof, although the chimney has been removed.

Local climate

Weirknowe, Weirhill Place, Melrose receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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