2 Venlaw Road, Peebles is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 1995. 2 related planning applications.

2 Venlaw Road, Peebles

WRENN ID
late-footing-blackthorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 1995
Address
2 Venlaw Road, Peebles, EH45 8FE
OS grid reference
NT 253 405
Coordinates
55.65265, -3.18763
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

1 Venlaw Road in Peebles is a pair of semi-detached cottages, likely built in the later 19th century. They are single storey with an attic and feature three bays in an asymmetrical layout, showcasing distinctive vermiculated details. The front is made of cream sandstone, with stugged ashlar and polished dressings, while the rear and sides are constructed from whinstone rubble. Notable architectural features include a base course, stop-chamfered reveals, vermiculated quoins, and an eaves band. The cottages have finialled canted dormers with stop-chamfered reveals and chevron cornices.

On the front elevation, each cottage has a central doorway with a plate glass fanlight (the door to No 2 is panelled), flanked by narrow windows (No 1 has a window to the right, and No 2 to the left). The outer bays contain bipartite windows, and there are two dormers visible. The rear elevation has irregular openings and some small additions. Both the north and south elevations feature gabled ends with apex stacks.

The cottages have plate glass sash and case windows, a grey slate roof, and corniced apex stacks with octagonal cans. The skews are lugged ashlar with vermiculated pendants. The interior was not seen in 1994.

Local climate

2 Venlaw Road, Peebles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 1 Venlaw Road, Peebles Grade C 10 m
  2. Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles Grade B 22 m
  3. Green Tree Inn, Eastgate, Peebles Grade C 44 m
  4. Cross Keys Inn, Northgate, Peebles Grade B 59 m
  5. 32 Northgate, Peebles Grade B 76 m
  6. Goods Office, Car Park, East Station, Peebles Grade C 81 m
  7. St Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Eastgate, Peebles Grade B 86 m
  8. Market Cross, High Street, Peebles Grade B 88 m
  9. 11 Northgate, Peebles Grade C 98 m
  10. 15 Northgate, Peebles Grade C 98 m