Old House, New Abbey is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. House.

Old House, New Abbey

WRENN ID
ragged-grate-russet
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
House
Address
Old House, New Abbey, DG2 8BU
OS grid reference
NX 961 662
Coordinates
54.97975, -3.62371
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Old House in New Abbey is a 17th-century, two-storey house constructed from rubble with modern red ashlar margins and a boulder base. The east elevation features an off-centre first-floor door accessed by a forestair. The house has irregularly-placed windows fitted with modern glazing and two small loft openings positioned high on the south side. The building has skews with kneelers, end stacks, and is topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

Old House, New Abbey 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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