18 Laurieknowe, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Manse. 1 related planning application.

18 Laurieknowe, Dumfries

WRENN ID
burning-brick-briar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Manse
Address
18 Laurieknowe, Dumfries, DG2 7AJ
OS grid reference
NX 965 759
Coordinates
55.06733, -3.62188
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

18 Laurieknowe in Dumfries is a manse built in the later 19th century, featuring Gothic detailing. The building has two storeys and two bays. Tall octagonal gatepiers stand on either side of the original approach to both the church and the manse.

The manse is constructed of snecked bull-faced red ashlar with polished dressings and has arched window heads. It features an advanced gable on the right side with a canted window on the ground floor, and an upper window on the left with a pedimented dormer head. The door is centrally located in the three-bay northeast flank. The roof has saw-toothed skews with gabletted skewputts, end stacks, and is covered with slate.

The gatepiers consist of two large piers made of polished ashlar, accompanied by a low garden retaining wall with cast-iron railings. There are wrought-iron gates and an overthrow that serve as a war memorial.

Local climate

18 Laurieknowe, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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