Appletree Leaves Former Stable and Remains of Ladhope Tower Melrose, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Appletree Leaves Former Stable and Remains of Ladhope Tower has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 348627 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 15102
- Canmore ID
- 54381
- Category
- C
- Name
- Appletree Leaves Former Stable and Remains of Ladhope Tower
- Parish
- Melrose
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Easting
- 349479
- Northing
- 636690
- Date Listed
- 24 May 1979
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Early to Mid 19th century, gable-ended, rectangular-plan stable block incorporating much reduced fragment of a 16th century tower house to W. Single storey with gableted loft door breaking eaves to N elevation; to right, 2-leaf timber doors to large round-arch opening (early 20th century possibly using stone from tower house); blank rectangular panel inset above. Remnant of tower adjoining to W comprising two 15ft walls of roughly coursed and pinned rubble with evidence of 1st floor corbelling to inner faces. Large 2-leaf timber door with further single door to left at S elevation. Grey slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The remains of 16th century Ladhope Tower were incorporated into the Appletree Leaves farmsteading in the early to mid 19th century. The building is sited prominently on high ground at the entrance to the Galashiels Golf Club on the W slope of Blaikie's Hill. The single-storey 2-wall remnant of the tower retains evidence of corbelling which formerly carried a mezzanine floor, suggesting the tower was originally vaulted to ground as seen at nearby Hillslap and Buckholm towers (see separate listings). Previously belonging to Melrose Abbey, the land at Ladhope was feued to a family called Darling in 1577 and the tower is likely to have been built around that time. The building as a whole is currently used by the Galashiels Golf Club as a ground-keepers store. Previously listed as 'Ladhope Tower Appletreeknowe'. Change of category from B to C(S) and list description updated at resurvey (2010).
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1856-9). Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Inventory of Roxburghshire: Vol. II (1956) p 295.
