The Thorn, West Port, New Galloway is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Thorn, West Port, New Galloway

WRENN ID
small-paling-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 April 1990
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NX 633 775
Coordinates
55.07323, -4.14116
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Thorn is an early 19th century single-storey cottage located in West Port, New Galloway. It is constructed from painted rubble with a boulder basecourse and squared quoins. The cottage features a three-bay frontage with central timber vertical boarded double leaf doors and a narrow fanlight above. On either side of the door are single sash and case windows, each with a 12-pane glazing pattern. There is a central timber gablet dormer and an attic window on the gable end. The roofs are covered with slate and have coped end stacks.

Local climate

The Thorn, West Port, New Galloway sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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