Arkland Cottage is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Arkland Cottage
- WRENN ID
- late-pillar-hyssop
- 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
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Arkland Cottage, DG3 4NF
- OS grid reference
- NX 805 980
- Coordinates
- 55.26234, -3.88141
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Arkland Cottage is a single-storey lodge designed by architect William Blore, built around 1830. It has a rectangular plan and features a gabled porch at the south end of the west wall, with a modern addition at the east (rear). The cottage is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and hood-moulds. On the west elevation, there is a depressed-arched doorway located in the porch, a single window to the left, and a narrow light between them. The roof has saw-toothed skews, a central apex stack, and is covered with graded slates. Additionally, a Buccleuch monogram is displayed above a bipartite window in the south gable.
Local climate
Arkland Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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