- Conservation Area
- Morebattle
- Conservation Area Statement
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Morebattle is an attractive picturesque settlement, which has many significant features that contribute greatly to the character of the Conservation Area.
The Conservation Area boundary extends to cover much of the village including the Main Street, Teapot Street, Mansfield Road and part of the road leading to Heughhead.
The Morebattle Conservation Area retains many of the distinctive townscape characteristics that provide its sense of place.
The layout of the settlement is based around the crossroads in the centre of the village with mature trees along each side of the wide pedestrian part of the Main Street.
Properties range from single, storey and a half, two, and two and a half storeys in height. Along Teapot Street the properties have front gardens, while the majority of the rest of the village front directly onto the street.
These details are important and contribute greatly to the character of Morebattle but they do not do so in isolation.
The use of building materials and architectural details are just as important with sandstone, whinstone and slate all helping to form the character. Architectural details such as transom lights, sash and case windows (though many now lost), exposed lintels over windows (often chamfered), skews, margins and in some instances rybats also add to the sense of place.
Any alterations or new development must therefore aim to contribute to the existing character of the Conservation Area and preserve and enhance these features.
There are currently four listed properties within the Conservation Area. - Designation, adoption and boundary information
- Alterations to the Morebattle Conservation Area boundary from that shown in the Roxburgh Local Plan 1995 consist of the inclusion of land to the north stretching to the Kale Water and general tidying of the boundary so that it follows elements on the ground.
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- Morebattle Conservation Area
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