Eildon House, Dingleton Road, Melrose is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. House. 1 related planning application.

Eildon House, Dingleton Road, Melrose

WRENN ID
stony-mullion-equinox
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
House
Address
Eildon House, Dingleton Road, Melrose, TD6 9QY
OS grid reference
NT 547 338
Coordinates
55.59631, -2.72019
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Eildon House, located on Dingleton Road in Melrose, was built in 1814 by John Smith of Darnock. This two-storey building features three bays, with the central bay being advanced and adorned with a cornice, blocking course, and a block pediment. The entrance is marked by a central door that has a corniced architrave and a fanlight above it. The structure is constructed from coursed squared rubble with dressed freestone details. It has straight skews and rectangular block corniced end-stacks, topped with a slated roof.

Local climate

Eildon House, Dingleton Road, 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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