Former Stable Courtyard Ranges, Boreland House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Former Stable Courtyard Ranges, Boreland House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-trefoil-rowan
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NY 171 914
- Coordinates
- 55.21011, -3.30325
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
These are former stable buildings dating from the later 18th and mid-19th centuries, arranged around a partly cobbled rectangular courtyard. The buildings are constructed of whitewashed rubble with ashlar dressings. They are largely single-storey with lofts, and have varying roof levels.
The east range comprises a three-bay block, possibly heightened, with a tall, pyramidal roof topped with a weathervane finial, and small-paned windows. This section is built against a bank, featuring a wide, banked opening to the south. Originally, it had three segmental-arched wide doors opening onto the courtyard, though these bays now contain square-headed windows. Three windows are visible above. A lower wing with a north-facing cartshed returns to partly enclose the courtyard to the north.
The west range has all square-headed openings, including a single cart opening to the courtyard and loft doors with gabled dormerheads. All roofs are slate-covered. The courtyard is partly enclosed to the south by a wall topped with ashlar coping. Boreland House itself, along with a triple-gabled range of outbuildings to the north, are not included in this listing.
Local climate
Former Stable Courtyard Ranges, Boreland House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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