17 Market Square, Melrose is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 February 1981. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

17 Market Square, Melrose

WRENN ID
noble-tin-equinox
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 February 1981
Type
Shop
Address
17 Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PL
OS grid reference
NT 547 340
Coordinates
55.59753, -2.71924
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

17 Market Square in Melrose is a mid-19th century building that stands two storeys tall and features three bays facing Market Square. It has a recessed rounded angle and a gable that faces Abbey Street. The ground floor has a modern shop front. The building is adorned with a moulded cornice and a blocking course at the top of the front wall, with the cornice continuing around the corner, leading to a curved crow-stepped gable above. There is a door located at the ground floor corner, with a single window above it. The return side to Abbey Street includes a single window on each floor, and there is a rectangular cavetto corniced stack at the gable. The exterior is finished in droved ashlar with polished dressings, topped by a slated roof.

Local climate

17 Market Square, Melrose 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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