Kennel Block, The Kennels, St Boswells is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. 1 related planning application.

Kennel Block, The Kennels, St Boswells

WRENN ID
frozen-outpost-fog
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1971
Address
Kennel Block, The Kennels, St Boswells, TD6 0HD
OS grid reference
NT 590 305
Coordinates
55.56709, -2.65128
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The stables at The Kennels in St Boswells date back to the early 19th century. They are constructed from pink ashlar blocks and consist of one storey. The building features six sash windows and a prominent wide pedimented gable that includes a round-headed attic window. To the right, there is another courtyard range with a central archway and flanking pedimented wings. At the rear, there is a two-storey range that is fronted in white ashlar. Additionally, a hay barn was relocated to the roadside along the A699 in 2004.

Local climate

Kennel Block, The Kennels, St Boswells receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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