West Cottages, Kirkland is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986.
West Cottages, Kirkland
- WRENN ID
- deep-turret-saffron
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- OS grid reference
- NX 809 904
- Coordinates
- 55.19376, -3.87208
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Cottages comprise a terrace of four single-storey cottages built in the mid-19th century. They are arranged as a continuous block with a central doorway serving multiple properties. Each cottage has three bays, featuring 12-pane sash windows with decorative hood mouldings over. The walls are constructed from whin rubble, with ashlar dressings outlining the windows and corners. The roof is covered in slate and incorporates corniced axial stacks. The statutory address is Kirkland Village Cottages.
Local climate
West Cottages, Kirkland sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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