Albie is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Farmhouse, steading.
Albie
- WRENN ID
- frozen-turret-cedar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Farmhouse, steading
- OS grid reference
- NY 247 771
- Coordinates
- 55.08315, -3.18104
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Albie is a farmhouse that likely dates back to 1821, based on the lintel, although it incorporates earlier fabric. It is set within a courtyard steading and features painted or whitewashed rubble with ashlar margins and dressings, topped with slate roofs.
The house is two storeys high with a long, nearly symmetrical south elevation consisting of five bays. The arrangement includes three bays with a central door and two bays that have a door and a window. The eastmost bays appear to contain some early fabric. A modern porch has been added. The house has sash windows with a four-pane glazing pattern, skewed chimneys, and two end stacks along with two axial stacks. The roof is covered with graded slates and sweeps over a rear outshot.
The steading includes a low range that connects to the northeast angle of the house. It has an L-plan main block, with the western range being a tall, long 18th century barn that features slit ventilators. The main roof of the barn sweeps over a projecting barn doorway, which is flanked by modern lean-tos.
Local climate
Albie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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