35 Back Row (former Volunteer Hall), Selkirk is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 December 1996. Community hall. 5 related planning applications.
35 Back Row (former Volunteer Hall), Selkirk
- WRENN ID
- waiting-sill-frost
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1996
- Type
- Community hall
- Address
- 35 Back Row (former Volunteer Hall), Selkirk, TD7 4LP
- OS grid reference
- NT 471 285
- Coordinates
- 55.54768, -2.83868
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The former Volunteer Hall, built in 1867, is a single-storey, three-bay rectangular building located close to the road in Selkirk. Its symmetrical, classically detailed front is constructed of squared, pale grey whinstone, featuring rusticated pilaster quoins and polished ashlar dressings, while the side and rear elevations are made of whinstone rubble. The central bay has a glazed double door framed by a classical doorpiece with a consoled pediment, and the windows on either side are adorned with corniced architraves. Above the moulded cornice, there is a rectangular plaque flanked by scrolled consoles, inscribed with 'Volunteer Hall' and dated 1867. Each front corner has a coped chimney stack with a clay can. The roof has a platform apex covered with grey slates, and the windows and doors on the main elevation feature fixed, multi-pane glazing. There is a later metal and glazed entrance outshot added around 2000, as well as an earlier lean-to addition on the south elevation.
The interior was observed in 2016 and has been remodeled for use as a community centre, including a reception area, café, and partitioned office space that extends into the hall area. The hall features a king post trussed ceiling, with timber arch braces supported on stone corbels, and each tie beam is decorated with two timber bosses.
Local climate
35 Back Row (former Volunteer Hall), Selkirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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