8 Old Manse Lane, Hawick is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 August 1977. Former fire station.

8 Old Manse Lane, Hawick

WRENN ID
lone-marble-plum
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 August 1977
Type
Former fire station
OS grid reference
NT 502 143
Coordinates
55.42047, -2.78781
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

8 Old Manse Lane in Hawick is a former fire station built in 1857. This two-storey building has roughly six bays and is situated on a sloping site. It features a roundel window above a keystoned segmental-arched engine entrance on the right, which is now blocked, and has a stepped ridge roof that slopes to the right (east). The exterior is rendered, with painted droved ashlar margins and projecting cills.

To the left, there is an irregularly fenestrated section with three bays and a central timber door, while a modern half-glazed timber door is located to the left of the three-bay section on the right. The windows are predominantly timber sash-and-case with an 8-pane glazing pattern. The building also has ashlar-coped brick stacks with tall circular clay cans and a grey slate roof with a metal ridge.

Local climate

8 Old Manse Lane, Hawick sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% 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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