Chimney, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Chimney.

Chimney, Drumlanrig Estate

WRENN ID
veiled-cellar-yew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Chimney
OS grid reference
NX 854 981
Coordinates
55.26454, -3.80418
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The chimney at Drumlanrig Estate, likely built around 1822 and contemporary with the kitchen garden, is a tall, battered square structure located to the west of the kitchen garden. It is constructed of stugged ashlar and features a shallow base with an iron collar beneath the coping. There is a small, now derelict duct house to the east of the chimney. Additionally, a vaulted smoke duct remains intact below ground.

Local climate

Chimney, Drumlanrig Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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