Craigieburn Hermitage is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1988. Hermitage. 1 related planning application.
Craigieburn Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- still-remnant-yew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1988
- Type
- Hermitage
- OS grid reference
- NT 115 053
- Coordinates
- 55.33376, -3.39665
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Craigieburn Hermitage is a small gabled chamber likely built in the second half of the 18th century. It is situated on the western slope of a bank above the Craigie Burn. The structure is made of rendered rubble and has a slated roof. It features a door with an asymmetrically pointed head and a small square-headed window. Inside, there is a vaulted stone ceiling.
Local climate
Craigieburn Hermitage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 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 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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