Farmhouse, Castlehill is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Farmhouse.
Farmhouse, Castlehill
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rampart-nettle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NY 181 814
- Coordinates
- 55.12026, -3.28438
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Castlehill is an earlier 19th century farmhouse that stands two storeys high and features three bays. The building is constructed of whitewashed rubble with contrasting painted ashlar margins. The south elevation, which is the front, includes a later 19th century central porch topped with a gable that has a finial. The farmhouse has sash windows with a 4-pane glazing pattern. The roof has straight skews and corniced end stacks, and it is covered with graded slates. There is a lean-to structure leading to the courtyard, and a stair window that has lying-panes.
Local climate
Farmhouse, Castlehill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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