Clonfeacle Tower is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Clonfeacle Tower
- WRENN ID
- hollow-truss-dale
- 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
- NX 954 859
- Coordinates
- 55.15658, -3.64313
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Clonfeacle Tower is a round tower dated 1810. It is constructed of rubble with red ashlar dressings, set on a base of boulders. The tower has a straight-sided design and is roofless, with the interior now completely gutted. A doorway faces east, with a plaque positioned above it. There are four windows on the upper floor, and a single slit window to light the stair. A band course runs below a coped parapet. The plaque records that the tower was erected as a monument to Rev Dr Wm Richardson of Ireland, who introduced fiorin grass, with the hope of achieving significant agricultural successes. The New Statistical Account, page 140, provides additional information.
Local climate
Clonfeacle Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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