Gateway, Kippilaw House is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 2003. Gateway, boundary wall.

Gateway, Kippilaw House

WRENN ID
deep-dormer-honey
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 June 2003
Type
Gateway, boundary wall
OS grid reference
NT 555 291
Coordinates
55.55377, -2.70608
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gateway at Kippilaw House likely dates from the early 19th century. It features square-plan ashlar gatepiers that are topped with pyramidally-coped caps, and have a fluted frieze and cornice. The gateway includes two-leaf timber gates. Additionally, there are semicircular-coped rubble quadrant walls that are complemented by pyramidally-coped, square section ashlar outer piers.

Local climate

Gateway, Kippilaw House 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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