Beater's Cottages, Byrecleugh is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971.
Beater's Cottages, Byrecleugh
- WRENN ID
- hidden-marble-rook
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 627 580
- Coordinates
- 55.81407, -2.59518
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
These early 19th-century cottages are located at Byrecleugh and were in use as a kennel in 1997. The building consists of a two-story, two-bay rectangular main block with single-story, four-bay and three-bay wings extending to the outer left and right respectively. The front and sides are whitewashed harl render, with exposed rubble in some areas, while the rear is harl-pointed rubble, largely of whinstone. The eaves overhang, with slightly raised margins at the centre, and flush cills are present.
The south-facing elevation features a central block with a boarded timber door in the right-hand bay; a single window sits above it. To the left, another bay contains a single window on the first floor and one on the ground floor. The left wing has boarded timber doors in the two central bays, a single window to the right, and a small window to the left. The right wing has a boarded timber door offset to the left of centre, flanked by single windows.
The eastern side elevation shows a single-story wing with a small window offset to the left. The rear (north) elevation is irregularly fenestrated. The western side elevation was not visible in 1997.
The majority of the windows on the front have 12 panes within timber sash and case frames. Some windows at the rear are blocked. A modern profiled sheeting roof is in place, capped by a harled ridge stack on the right wing with circular cans.
The interior was not inspected in 1997.
The cottages were originally linked to the Duke of Roxburgh's Old Shooting Lodge, which was demolished in the late 1980s and located to the southeast of the cottages. According to the Ordnance Survey Name Book of 1850s, the shooting lodge included a substantial dwelling house with a thatched roof, along with carriage houses, stabling, an office, a farm steading, and new herds' cottages. Despite a replacement roof, the cottages have retained traditional features such as sash and case windows, boarded timber doors, and overhanging eaves. The cottages are owned by Roxburgh Estates. An Ordnance Survey map from 1857 shows the location of the buildings.
Local climate
Beater's Cottages, Byrecleugh receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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