Balgray House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Mansion. 1 related planning application.
Balgray House
- WRENN ID
- second-chancel-coral
- 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
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Balgray House, DG11 2JT
- OS grid reference
- NY 141 863
- Coordinates
- 55.16385, -3.34868
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balgray House is a mansion built between 1883 and 1885, featuring classical details. It has a rectangular plan with symmetrical elevations, advanced and recessed bays, and stands two storeys high with a basement and attic. The basement is sunken on the east side against a terrace, which has been removed on the west side. The entrance is marked by a central port-cochere supported by Ionic pilasters.
The exterior is constructed of stugged red coursers with polished dressings, string courses, and rusticated quoins. Most windows are architraved and corniced, with small-paned sash windows on the ground floor and plate-glass windows above. The first floor and wall-head attic windows feature pedimented dormer heads. A canted window is centrally located on the long west wall, flanked by wide pedimented central bays. The main cornice is topped by a plain parapet that encloses a piended and platform roof, which is slated and leaded, with large corniced stacks.
There is a low garage extension on the north flank. Inside, the house boasts extensive timber panelling and decorative plasterwork.
Local climate
Balgray House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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