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

Friar's Carse

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
OS grid reference
NX 925 849
Coordinates
55.14758, -3.68743
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South East Range of the Stables at Friars Carse dates mostly from the early 19th century, but the principal southeast range was remodeled around 1873, coinciding with the enlargement of the main house. This stable complex consists of four single-storey ranges arranged around a quadrangular courtyard, with a central pend located in the main range and another at the east end of the opposite range. The former has a segmental-arched opening at the base of the tower, while the latter features a round-arched entrance beneath a gabled dovecot.

The tower and southeast elevation are constructed from bullfaced red ashlar, while the rest of the building is made of rubble with ashlar dressings. The tower includes a rectangular opening in its tall lower stage, and the offset upper stage has blind narrow openings on its elevations, topped with a piended roof that has stone-bracketted eaves. The southeast elevation is roughly symmetrical and features seven bays (excluding an additional bay to the right), with the outer bays showcasing segmental-headed bipartite windows and bargeboarded jerkin roofs. A cottage is located to the right, which has a door and an additional bipartite window.

The northwest range includes slit ventilators and a square-headed cartway on its outer face. The dovecot, positioned astride the roof, has slated flanks and a gabled apex ventilator with flight-holes on the southwest gable. There is also a cartshed or garage in the northeast range. All roofs are covered with graded slates, and the courtyard is cobbled.

Local climate

Friar's Carse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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