Shortrigg is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. 5 related planning applications.
Shortrigg
- WRENN ID
- stark-gravel-moon
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Address
- Shortrigg, DG11 1AW
- OS grid reference
- NY 161 743
- Coordinates
- 55.05672, -3.3143
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 18th-century tower windmill, an early 19th-century horsemill, and an 18th-19th century courtyard steading. The farmhouse, located to the east, is separately listed.
The windmill is a tall, circular tower built of rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a late 19th-century conical cap and weathervane finial. It features square-headed openings, with a door positioned above ground level connected by a platt to the upper door of an adjoining barn. The horsemill adjoins the windmill to the north and is circular, with full-height rectangular openings and a tall conical roof covered in finely graded slates.
The steading consists of one and two-storey ranges, some whitewashed, with lofts, and some brick additions. The east and west ranges are likely from the 18th century. The east range has a two-bay cartshed in its north gable, while the west range adjoins the windmill and horsemill. Further ranges extend to the north.
The original machinery within the windmill has mostly been removed. The site is notable for its unusual combination of power sources.
References to this site can be found in Douglas, Oglethorpe, and Hume’s Scottish Windmills, 1984, pages 24 and 41-2.
Local climate
Shortrigg 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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