Fourmerkland Tower And Barmkin is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Fourmerkland Tower And Barmkin
- WRENN ID
- late-joist-snow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 908 807
- Coordinates
- 55.10915, -3.71243
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a small, rectangular tower house, likely dating from around 1590, as indicated by a dated panel. It features a conical-roofed turret corbelled over the northwest and southeast angles. The tower was renovated, probably in the 19th century, with the upper parts of the turrets rebuilt. A larger window was inserted on the first floor, and wall-head dormers were added to the north and south sides. The structure is built of rubble with red ashlar dressings and some roll-moulding around the openings. A door is located at the west end of the south wall, positioned below a dated armorial panel bearing the Maxwell family crest. It has small-paned windows, slit openings, crow-stepped gables, coped end stacks, and slate roofs.
Inside, the ground floor is vaulted, and a wheel stair is situated within the angle beside the entrance door. The tower was well maintained in 1984.
Local climate
Fourmerkland Tower And Barmkin 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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