Garden Walls of Abbey House, New Abbey is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Garden enclosure.

Garden Walls of Abbey House, New Abbey

WRENN ID
shifting-wattle-burdock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
Garden enclosure
OS grid reference
NX 962 661
Coordinates
54.97948, -3.62307
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The garden walls of Abbey House in New Abbey are likely from the 18th century and are built from rubble with ashlar coping. These walls enclose the garden and connect at the north end to Abbey House. At the west side, there are two small sheds with square plans and pyramidal roofs; one is inside the enclosure while the other is outside. The gabled shed at the southeast incorporates two reused moulded stones as lintels, one of which is initialled T.S.-MM, likely originally a marriage lintel. In front of the house, a low wall curves towards chamfered square gatepiers and rises towards the east to connect with the gable of an outbuilding.

Local climate

Garden Walls of Abbey House, New Abbey sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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