Walled Garden, Argrennan House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1996. Walled garden.
Walled Garden, Argrennan House
- WRENN ID
- frozen-granite-willow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1996
- Type
- Walled garden
- OS grid reference
- NX 715 578
- Coordinates
- 54.89923, -4.00387
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The walled garden at Argrennan House dates from the late 18th century and measures 100 meters by 50 meters. It is situated on south-facing sloping ground to the southeast of Argrennan House. The walls are constructed of rubble with contrasting quoins and dressings, featuring a coped wallhead and standing approximately 4.5 meters high. There is some brick lining and repair work present. The external wall includes lean-to sheds, while the interior contains a lean-to greenhouse along with a later neighbouring gabled greenhouse. The garden features plain pedestrian gateways and a decorative wrought-iron gate.
Local climate
Walled Garden, Argrennan House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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