Newmains is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986.

Newmains

WRENN ID
western-rood-heron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
OS grid reference
NX 969 575
Coordinates
54.90223, -3.60802
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 18th and early 19th century farmhouse with symmetrical wings. The farmhouse is two stories high and originally had three bays. The walls are harled and covered in ivy, with painted ashlar margins and brick nogging at the eaves; the main structure was likely built primarily of brick. The front of the house has a central door and bipartites (pair of windows) were inserted on the ground floor. The windows are sash windows with a 4-pane glazing pattern. Straight skews and margined end stacks are also present. Each wing features a Venetian window, and the roof is piended (hipped) at the south side, with a gabled north apex stack. The roof is covered with graded slates, and two modern rooflights have been inserted into the north wing.

The farmhouse is set behind a low, whitewashed rubble-built wall topped with spiked iron railings and a red ashlar coping stone. Corniced gatepiers, also constructed of red ashlar, mark the entrance. The steading is not included within the listing.

Local climate

Newmains sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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