Dempsterton is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Farmhouse.
Dempsterton
- WRENN ID
- dim-vault-smoke
- 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
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NX 873 849
- Coordinates
- 55.14582, -3.76928
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dempsterton is an early 19th-century farmhouse that stands two stories tall and has three bays. The exterior is harled, featuring contrasting painted margins. On the south elevation, there is a narrow central doorpiece with a pediment, a recessed door, and a fanlight above it. The windows are sash style with 4-pane glazing. The building has straight skews, coped end stacks, and is roofed with graded slates. There is also a low rear wing attached to the farmhouse.
Local climate
Dempsterton 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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