Roweston Cottage is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Cottage.

Roweston Cottage

WRENN ID
sleeping-moulding-falcon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1971
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NT 740 456
Coordinates
55.70365, -2.41472
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Roweston Cottage is an 18th-century lodge that was originally part of Marchmont. The building is constructed from ashlar and features an octagonal shape. It has windows with pointed Gothic heads, a conical slate roof, and a central chimney.

Local climate

Roweston Cottage 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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