Kippilaw House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Kippilaw House

WRENN ID
gentle-pilaster-falcon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1971
Type
House
Address
Kippilaw House, TD6 9HF
OS grid reference
NT 549 286
Coordinates
55.54988, -2.71636
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kippilaw House is a large composite Georgian house that may include parts of a late medieval tower. The entrance facade features a pediment and the building has three storeys with six sash windows. It is constructed from roughly coursed random stone and has a low parapet along with a moulded cornice. Notable architectural features include a projecting porch and a bay window.

Local climate

Kippilaw House receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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