Saltflats, Rockcliffe is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Saltflats, Rockcliffe
- WRENN ID
- watchful-pavement-barley
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Saltflats, Rockcliffe, DG5 4QQ
- OS grid reference
- NX 846 538
- Coordinates
- 54.86578, -3.79843
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Saltflats is a single-storey cottage built in the late 18th century, constructed from painted rubble. It features a central doorway that is sheltered by a timber gabled porch. On either side of the door, there are single light windows that are sash and case with 4-pane glazing. The cottage has coped end stacks and end skews, topped with a well-maintained graded slate roof. Additionally, there are two small dormers on the roof, each covered with slate and fitted with small pane glazing.
Local climate
Saltflats, Rockcliffe sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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 0.3°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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