Water Tower, Kimmerghame House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Water tower.

Water Tower, Kimmerghame House

WRENN ID
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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
Water tower
OS grid reference
NT 813 513
Coordinates
55.75506, -2.29816
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The water tower at Kimmerghame House, built in the mid-19th century, is a Gothic structure with a square plan and stands approximately 16 feet high. It is constructed from squared and snecked cream sandstone, featuring droved dressings, a cornice, a blocking course, and carved stone animal water spouts at the corners. The tower is topped with carved stone crocketed pinnacles and, until recently, had a pinnacled crown. An off-centre door on one side is adorned with a carved armorial shield above it.

Local climate

Water Tower, Kimmerghame House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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