Philiphaugh Sawmill, Selkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 May 1979. Sawmill.

Philiphaugh Sawmill, Selkirk

WRENN ID
veiled-steeple-wren
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 May 1979
Type
Sawmill
OS grid reference
NT 450 277
Coordinates
55.54002, -2.87204
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Philiphaugh Sawmill in Selkirk is a working sawmill that operates using waterpower. It features a cast iron undershot stream wheel with a diameter of 12 feet, which is housed in a wheelhouse topped with a slated roof.

Local climate

Philiphaugh Sawmill, Selkirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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