Churchgate Cottage, Borland is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Churchgate Cottage, Borland
- WRENN ID
- first-cornice-sorrel
- Grade
- C
- 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 170 908
- Coordinates
- 55.20507, -3.30449
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Churchgate Cottage is a mid-19th century single-story, three-bay cottage situated at the gate to the parish church. The cottage is built of rubble with ashlar dressings, all whitewashed. It features a central door with a rectangular fanlight, sash windows with four-pane glazing, and end stacks. The roof is slate-covered, with a piended, low single-bay wing recessed on the west gable. The building is listed for group value with the adjoining church. The listing was changed from Category B to Category C(S) on 22nd February 1988. The statutory address is Churchgate Cottage, Boreland Village.
Local climate
Churchgate Cottage, Borland 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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