Corra Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990.
Corra Castle
- WRENN ID
- little-sandstone-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- OS grid reference
- NX 866 661
- Coordinates
- 54.97728, -3.77236
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The ruins of Corra Castle represent a late 16th-century tower house, originally built by Sir John Maxwell. The castle was constructed using rough rubble walling. The north gable and part of the southwest angle remain, now integrated into more recent farm buildings. Additional reference information is recorded as Inv 275.
Local climate
Corra Castle 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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