Kirkland is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. 5 related planning applications.
Kirkland
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-slate-grain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NY 034 895
- Coordinates
- 55.19097, -3.5186
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kirkland is an earlier 19th-century, two-story, three-bay farmhouse, accompanied by full-height rear wings. It is constructed of rubble, painted, with contrasting ashlar dressings. The south elevation has a ground floor that projects forward, likely due to a mid-19th century alteration. There’s a continuous etablature running along the elevation, and a central doorpiece with pilasters. The doorway itself is round-headed, with a panelled door and a decorative fanlight above. The windows are 12 or 4-pane sashes, with an eaves/lintel band and a cornice. Two symmetrically placed ridge stacks are present, and the roof is covered in slate, pitched in a piended style. The west elevation has five bays, while the east elevation has three. A single-story lean-to is located at the north side.
To the rear of the house is a mid/late 18th-century dovecot, now converted into a workshop. It's constructed of whitewashed rubble with painted ashlar margins, and has a square plan with a pyramidal roof. A forestair is situated on the south wall, with a door below a triangular flight hole. The roof is covered in graded slates, and topped with a weathervane finial. A window has been inserted into the east wall. The house is possibly by Walter Newall.
Local climate
Kirkland sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 — 5 applications
- 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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