Hobsburn is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971.

Hobsburn

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1971
OS grid reference
NT 582 119
Coordinates
55.39963, -2.6612
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hobsburn is an 18th-century building, originally named Hobsburn. It is a harled and limewashed structure with three storeys and five sash windows, capped by a hipped slate roof. The building has a T-shaped plan, with a projecting two-storey wing at the rear.

Local climate

Hobsburn 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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