Barskeoch Mains Farmhouse is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990.
Barskeoch Mains Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- idle-nave-heath
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- OS grid reference
- NX 607 833
- Coordinates
- 55.12451, -4.18541
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a single-storey cottage, likely dating from the 18th century, which was later raised and incorporated into a larger, two-storey farmhouse constructed in the early 19th century. Some window dressings from the 16th or 17th centuries were reused in the upper-floor windows.
The front of the farmhouse is a wide, three-bay design built of painted rubble. A gabled brick porch of the 20th century is positioned off-centre. There are three evenly spaced four-pane sash and case windows on each floor, and a smaller window to the ground floor on the left side. The upper windows feature reused dressings, including roll-moulded cills and checked back jambs.
The rear elevation is harled, with four-pane sash and case windows. The roof is slate, with flat skews and a sandstone ridge. The end stacks are coped and topped with mostly octagonal cans.
Local tradition suggests that a tower house once stood nearby, and its cut stones were used in the construction of Barskeoch Mains. The site of Old Barskeoch Castle is not listed in the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments inventories.
Local climate
Barskeoch Mains Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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