Kilmichael, Abercromby Road, Castle Douglas is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Outbuilding. 1 related planning application.
Kilmichael, Abercromby Road, Castle Douglas
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Outbuilding
- OS grid reference
- NX 757 628
- Coordinates
- 54.94475, -3.94077
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilmichael is a building located on Abercromby Road in Castle Douglas, likely dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, and it occupies a much older site. The rectangular house is now in a state of decay and is partly used as a garage, which has a wide vehicle access created at the ground level.
The exterior features rubble walling with a battered boulder basecourse, and some quoins made of squared whinstone. The openings have red sandstone margins, with a 45-degree chamfer at the ground left and center. The original doorway is located on the first floor and has a relieving arch above it. Other first-floor windows have been enlarged, likely during the 19th century. On the ground right, the wide vehicle access has brick jambs and a timber lintel.
The rear elevation is also made of rubble, with sandstone skews and slate roofs. The interior has been significantly altered, and the flooring is in a dangerous condition.
Local climate
Kilmichael, Abercromby Road, Castle Douglas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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