Holy Trinity Rectory, 20 High Cross Avenue, 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.
Holy Trinity Rectory, 20 High Cross Avenue, Melrose
- WRENN ID
- sombre-landing-clover
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NT 540 342
- Coordinates
- 55.59954, -2.73096
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Holy Trinity Rectory, built between 1847 and 1848 by Benjamin Ferrey, is a large, asymmetrical Jacobean house situated on a sloping site. The entrance front faces east, featuring a symmetrical main house block that is two stories high with three bays. The central bay is advanced and gabled, and a gothic entrance porch projects to the left. To the right, a single bay recessed link connects the main block to a service wing, which extends forward and includes a large stepped chimney to the south and a gable to the east. The building is two stories with a raised basement due to the slope of the ground. There is an original separate access from Waverley Road, which is reached by steps and a terrace with a cast-iron balustrade.
On the south front, there are two gables with a tripartite mullioned window on the right side at ground level and a canted bay on the left. The first-floor windows have been enlarged to tripartites. The exterior is constructed of coursed squared rubble with polished and stugged freestone dressings. The roof features straight skews and is slated, with rectangular ashlar corniced stacks.
Local climate
Holy Trinity Rectory, 20 High Cross Avenue, 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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