Bothy, Embassy Hotel, Newbridge is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Bothy.

Bothy, Embassy Hotel, Newbridge

WRENN ID
noble-panel-oak
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Bothy
OS grid reference
NX 948 790
Coordinates
55.09489, -3.64987
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The bothy at the Embassy Hotel in Newbridge is an early 19th-century, two-storey structure with a hexagonal shape and a facetted slate roof. It is built on a slope, with the entrance located at the basement level. The building is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and is painted. There are doors on two opposite sides, with the western entrance featuring a forestair. The elevations have sash windows, some of which are blind, displaying a 12-pane glazing pattern. A block cornice gutter runs along the top, and there is a wall head stack at the northern angle. Inside, the bothy includes a fireplace on both levels and a timber stair.

Local climate

Bothy, Embassy Hotel, Newbridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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