School, Dalton is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. School.
School, Dalton
- WRENN ID
- buried-brick-russet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- NY 115 739
- Coordinates
- 55.05256, -3.38531
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This mid-19th century school building has been converted for domestic use and features a symmetrical design. It has a wide central gabled porch on the south side, with two bays on either side and lean-to structures (formerly shelters) on each gable. The building is constructed from whin rubble, accented with contrasting red ashlar dressings. The porch includes a finialled gable and keystoned windows, although it has modern glazing throughout. The skews run horizontally over skewputts, and there are end stacks. The roof is slate with an axial ventilator.
The playground walls along the roadside, which have been breached for vehicle access, are complemented by iron railings and well-crafted square painted ashlar piers.
Local climate
School, Dalton 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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