Proudfoot Institute, Mansfield Place, Moffat is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1981. Institution.
Proudfoot Institute, Mansfield Place, Moffat
- WRENN ID
- swift-clay-pigeon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1981
- Type
- Institution
- OS grid reference
- NT 086 052
- Coordinates
- 55.33267, -3.44225
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Proudfoot Institute, located on Mansfield Place in Moffat, was designed by Campbell Douglas and Sellars in 1886, with a later addition from the 19th century. This two-storey building features an asymmetrical plan and elevations, constructed from snecked, squared rubble with polished ashlar dressings.
The entrance front showcases a projecting arcaded portico supported by half-fluted engaged columns and pilasters, with glazing on the sides and an inscription in the frieze. Above, a scrolled pediment encloses an aedicule. The east gable and a large octagonal bay at the west angle feature alternating pediments over the ground floor windows, round-headed windows on the first floor, and oculi inserted into the parapet, topped with a dome and an arcaded cupola.
On the west gable, there is a large blocked window with mullions and transoms. The east elevation presents a broad three-window advanced gable with scroll skewputts, along with two additional paired round-arched windows on the first floor and one stair window. The roofs are slated and include ventilators.
Local climate
Proudfoot Institute, Mansfield Place, Moffat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 64 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 0.3°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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