Mossyard is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Cottage, former steading. 1 related planning application.
Mossyard
- WRENN ID
- mired-eave-woodpecker
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Cottage, former steading
- OS grid reference
- NX 928 670
- Coordinates
- 54.98669, -3.67627
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mossyard is likely an early 19th-century building consisting of a long single-storey row that includes a three-bay cottage and a small former farm steading. The cottage is located at the west end and features a full-height byre that is attached, both under a continuous gabled roof. At the east end, there is a lower stable with a lean-to structure beyond. The entire building is constructed from rubble, with the cottage having ashlar margins and being whitewashed, complemented by contrasting painted margins.
The cottage has a central boarded door with a narrow fanlight, flanked by windows that contain 6-pane glazing. It has a dormerless attic with a skylight and a gable-head light, along with end stacks. The byre features a central boarded and glazed door that is accessed by later steps, with small flanking vents. The stable has a door on the left side, a small window, and a triangular vent. The gable-head of the stable, as well as the roof and the roof of the lean-to, are all covered in corrugated iron, while the main roof is finished with small uniform slates. In front of the building, there is a cobbled pavement.
Local climate
Mossyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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