Glasite Chapel, Botany Lane, Galashiels is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1988. Former chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Glasite Chapel, Botany Lane, Galashiels
- WRENN ID
- final-mullion-dew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1988
- Type
- Former chapel
- OS grid reference
- NT 489 363
- Coordinates
- 55.61806, -2.81261
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glasite Chapel, built around 1842, is a former chapel and house located on Botany Lane in Galashiels. The building is now disused as of 2005 and features a single and two-storey, five-bay rectangular plan constructed from whinstone rubble. The chapel section has pointed-arch windows, while a semicircular stair projects to the rear, and there is a flat-roofed extension to the southwest.
On the front (southeast) elevation, the former chapel is situated to the right and consists of three bays, two of which have tall pointed-arch windows. To the left is a two-bay, two-storey house with two adjacent single doors. The windows throughout are timber sash and case, predominantly with 12 panes, and the chapel windows feature Y-tracery. The roof is covered with purple slate and has two gable stacks, one of which has been replaced with brick.
Inside, the layout has been somewhat altered to extend the upper floor into the chapel area, but some original finishes remain, including joinery and simple plaster cornices. The house contains a cast iron fireplace and stove, as well as a timber stair.
Local climate
Glasite Chapel, Botany Lane, Galashiels receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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