Burnside Cottages, Wanlockhead is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Cottage.

Burnside Cottages, Wanlockhead

WRENN ID
iron-hammer-onyx
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NS 872 129
Coordinates
55.39725, -3.78175
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Burnside Cottages in Wanlockhead are likely from the late 18th century. They consist of a symmetrical pair of adjoining single-storey cottages, each with two bays. The cottages feature inner doors and outer windows. They are constructed from whitewashed rubble with ashlar dressings, have straight skews, and end stacks. The roofs are covered with uniform slates, and there is a low addition to each gable.

Local climate

Burnside Cottages, Wanlockhead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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