20 The Square, Kelso is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

20 The Square, Kelso

WRENN ID
leaning-plinth-sienna
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1971
Type
Commercial
Address
20 The Square, Kelso, TD5 7HH
OS grid reference
NT 727 339
Coordinates
55.59829, -2.43435
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

20 The Square in Kelso is an earlier 19th century building that features two bays and three storeys. The ground floor is occupied by a shop, while the upper floors are finished in painted ashlar. There are cill-courses at the first and second floors, and a single giant-order pilaster flanks the right side. The building has a cornice and a slated roof with brick end stacks.

Local climate

20 The Square, Kelso receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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