Wellhead, Rammerscales House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987. Wellhead.

Wellhead, Rammerscales House

WRENN ID
other-cornice-sorrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 September 1987
Type
Wellhead
OS grid reference
NY 081 776
Coordinates
55.0844, -3.44065
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Wellhead at Rammerscales House, likely built around 1800, features a hollow octagonal base topped with a tall, facetted, pointed cap that has a ball finial. The entire structure is made of red ashlar stone. A wrought-iron gate at the base faces approximately east.

Local climate

Wellhead, Rammerscales House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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