Basic Site Details
| Name: | Melrose Railway Station |
| Town, district or village: | Melrose |
| City or county: | Roxburghshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A Listed |
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| Notes: | Now converted into restaurant and offices. |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
 | 1847 | 1849 | ||
| 1985 | 1986 | Build/construction | Restoration and conversion from dereliction as a mixed use commercial development. The architect was also the owner-developer of the property and managed it until 2003. |
| 1989 | Won award or awards | The RICS The Times Conservation Awards 'Conserving the Industrial Heritage' | |
| 1989 | Won award or awards | First Class Award, The Ian Allen Railway Heritage Awards. | |
| 1990 | Won award or awards | The Sunday Times Scotland / Morton Fraser Milligan Heritage Awards, under the category of ‘The most sympathetic conversion and restoration of a Listed building’, 1990 | |
| 1990 | Won award or awards | Borders Regional Council Architectural Awards Scheme | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| John Miller | 1847 | 1849 | |||
| Dennis Graham Rodwell | B | 1985 | 1986 | Restoration and conversion from dereliction as a mixed use commercial development. The architect was also the owner-developer of the property and managed it until 2003. | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p551 | |
| Macdougall, Hugh | 1989 | Melrose Station and the Romance of the Waverley Route | The Scotsman | ||
| Rodwell, Dennis | 2007 | Conservation and Sustainability in Historic Cities | Blackwell | ||
| Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | p178 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Context | March 1989 | D G Rodwell: ' A Terminal State: the Rescue of Melrose Station'. | ||
| Craftwork | 1986 | Summer | 'Melrose Station: A Crafts Focus for the Borders' | |
| Prospect | October 1985 | 'From Steam to Crafts' (by Dennis Rodwell) | ||
| Scottish Field | 1986 | Summer | D G Rodwell: 'What Does one do with a dilapidated Pigeon Coop?' | |
| Stone Industries | October 1986 | Muriel Burton: 'Character Restoration (Melrose Station' | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Dennis Rodwell | Information sent to Dictionary | Sent 2012. | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 37803 | |
| National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | North British Railway Archives | NBR1/3 NBR4/4 | |