Stables, Orchardton House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Stable.
Stables, Orchardton House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-railing-elm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- Type
- Stable
- OS grid reference
- NX 810 531
- Coordinates
- 54.85855, -3.85518
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stables at Orchardton House date from the mid-19th century and consist of partially unroofed single and two-storey ranges of rubble buildings arranged around a rectangular courtyard. The buildings serve a dual purpose, being partly domestic and partly for stabling and coach houses, with hay lofts above. The walls are made of rubble, with some sections rendered, and feature red sandstone at the angles and around the window margins. The windows are single light sash and case, with surviving glazing consisting of 12 panes.
A notable feature is the two-storey square dovecot tower, which has a consoled corniced doorpiece at the ground level and a deep projecting cornice or rat course above the first floor. The tower also includes red sandstone panels and three layers of flight holes on the second floor. The structure is topped with a pyramidal slate roof and has a deep eaves cornice.
Local climate
Stables, Orchardton House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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