Kendoon Surge Tower, Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 February 2011. Surge tower.

Kendoon Surge Tower, Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme

WRENN ID
hushed-grate-claret
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 February 2011
Type
Surge tower
OS grid reference
NX 607 879
Coordinates
55.16602, -4.18807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Kendoon Surge Tower, part of the Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme, was designed by Sir Alexander Gibb consulting engineers and Merz and McLellan, electrical engineers, in 1936. This tall cylindrical structure is made of riveted plate steel and features an advanced eaves course. It is integrated with two large pipes leading to its base.

Local climate

Kendoon Surge Tower, Galloway Hydroelectric Power Scheme sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% 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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