East Cottage, Straight Steps, Church Street, Wanlockhead is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Cottage.

East Cottage, Straight Steps, Church Street, Wanlockhead

WRENN ID
sombre-quoin-wax
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
East Cottage, Straight Steps, Church Street, Wanlockhead, ML12 6XG
OS grid reference
NS 870 131
Coordinates
55.39933, -3.78568
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Cottage is a pair of adjoining single-storey cottages built in the mid-19th century. Each cottage has three bays, with the rear wall constructed against a road embankment. The central door of each cottage features a fanlight above it, and there are sash windows with lying-pane glazing, where the inner windows are narrower. Each door is topped with a skylight. The cottages have straight skews, end stacks, and a slate roof. There is also a low addition to the east that includes a door and a window.

Local climate

East Cottage, Straight Steps, Church Street, Wanlockhead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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