Houses, East Port, Melrose is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. Terraced houses.

Houses, East Port, Melrose

WRENN ID
proud-kitchen-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
Terraced houses
Address
Houses, East Port, Melrose, TD6 9EE
OS grid reference
NT 548 339
Coordinates
55.59697, -2.71874
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a row of three terraced houses from the later 18th century, designed to follow the curve of the road. The westernmost house is two stories high with three bays, featuring a central door. It has a harled exterior with painted ashlar margins and chamfered openings. The roof is slated with straight skews and has brick chimney stacks. To the east, there is a two-house block with five bays on the ground floor, which includes two doors, and three bays on the first floor. This block also has a harled finish with painted ashlar dressings, and all openings have chamfered margins. The roof is slated, and the central brick stack has ashlar dressings.

Local climate

Houses, East Port, Melrose 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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