Burnswark is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.

Burnswark

WRENN ID
tenth-threshold-hemlock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
OS grid reference
NY 192 789
Coordinates
55.0981, -3.26679
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Burnswark is an earlier or mid 19th century farmhouse with a full-height rear (north) wing. The main house is two storeys and three bays, constructed of whin rubble with contrasting walling on the north side. The front (south) elevation features a central boarded door with a fanlight and a console pedimented hood. Sash windows contain 12 panes of glazing. Shaped skews are present, along with end stacks including corniced octagonal flues. The roof is covered with graded slates. The rear wing was likely originally single-storey and includes a west-facing door.

The steading comprises asymmetrical ranges of whitewashed rubble and ashlar construction. Parallel blocks flank a courtyard, with a low range housing an implement shed and a taller two-storey block that formerly served as a bothy and farmhouse.

Local climate

Burnswark 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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