Rowan Cottage, Kirkton is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. 1 related planning application.
Rowan Cottage, Kirkton
- WRENN ID
- woven-postern-hawk
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- OS grid reference
- NX 975 814
- Coordinates
- 55.11644, -3.60803
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rowan Cottage is an early to mid-19th century single-storey cottage, comprising three narrow bays. It is constructed of squared rubble with painted margins. An off-centre door is fitted with a fanlight, accompanied by four-pane sash windows. A low opening has been blocked at the left-hand side, with its margins linked to an eaves band. The roof is covered with graded slates. The cottage forms a group with Rowan House, Greystone Cottage, and 1-5 Weighbridge Cottages. The statutory address is Rowan Cottage, Kirkton Village.
Local climate
Rowan Cottage, Kirkton 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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