Old Schoolhouse, Canonbie is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Schoolhouse.
Old Schoolhouse, Canonbie
- WRENN ID
- little-alcove-sienna
- 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
- Type
- Schoolhouse
- OS grid reference
- NY 396 766
- Coordinates
- 55.08085, -2.94736
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Schoolhouse in Canonbie is a two-storey, three-bay building dating from the earlier to mid-19th century. The exterior is rendered and features painted margins.
On the southeast elevation, there is a square central bay that is set forward, with a side entry that includes a panelled door topped by a fanlight. To the right, there is a bipartite window inserted at ground floor level, while the other windows are all 12-pane sashes. The building has projecting eaves and squat apex stacks that are corniced. The roof is piended and covered with graded slates.
The west elevation has two wide bays. The entrance is marked by square gatepiers with projecting caps, flanked by wrought-iron gates.
Local climate
Old Schoolhouse, Canonbie sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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