United Presbyterian Church And Halls, East Bowmont Street, Kelso is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1980. Church, church halls. 2 related planning applications.

United Presbyterian Church And Halls, East Bowmont Street, Kelso

WRENN ID
lone-chalk-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 July 1980
Type
Church, church halls
Address
United Presbyterian Church And Halls, East Bowmont Street, Kelso, TD5 7JQ
OS grid reference
NT 727 340
Coordinates
55.5997, -2.43375
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The United Presbyterian Church and Halls on East Bowmont Street in Kelso was built by John Starforth between 1885 and 1886. This large, symmetrical church features a first pointed Gothic style. The main entrance is located at the south end, which includes a gabled porch and a four-stage, angle-buttressed tower above it. The southwest corner has a stair and cap-house, while the tower also has a lancetted belfry and a crenellated parapet.

On either side of the tower are two-storey circular stair towers topped with slated conical roofs. These are further flanked by side entrances in canted, gabled two-storey transepts. The church has broad three-bay polished dressings, a slated roof with a decorative tiled ridge, and a small timber leaded fleche. Attached to the north side of the church are the halls, which are similarly detailed.

Local climate

United Presbyterian Church And Halls, East Bowmont Street, Kelso receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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