Garden House And Summer House, Walled Garden, Conheath House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Garden wall, garden house, summer house.

Garden House And Summer House, Walled Garden, Conheath House

WRENN ID
broken-banister-swallow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Garden wall, garden house, summer house
OS grid reference
NX 995 697
Coordinates
55.01223, -3.57258
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Garden House and Summer House are located within the walled garden of Conheath House. The garden walls likely include some 17th century elements but have been raised on the north and east sides, now standing at approximately 4 to 5 meters high. The low west wall, which may have been lowered, features a circular summerhouse built around 1800, positioned centrally. There is a small, two-storey house with a piended square plan located within the north-west angle, possibly constructed when the walls were raised. The garden was extended to the south, likely in the late 18th century, using brick, but the south wall has since been demolished.

The garden walls are constructed of rubble with red ashlar coping and dressings. The main entrance is located on the east wall, with a gate on the north side. There are several blocked openings, including a roll-moulded doorway and bee boles, and the north-east corner is curved. The Garden House is also built of rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring a chamfered south-east corner. The east and west walls are whitewashed and have sash windows, although the west elevation has been altered, and there is a modern addition to the south. The house has an apex stack and a slate roof. The summerhouse, which is now roofless, is made of red ashlar and has a tripartite door facing the garden to the west.

Local climate

Garden House And Summer House, Walled Garden, Conheath House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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