The Bield, 75 Main Street, Port William is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. House.
The Bield, 75 Main Street, Port William
- WRENN ID
- nether-render-burdock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1979
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NX 338 438
- Coordinates
- 54.76187, -4.58412
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bield is an early 19th century, two-storey, three-bay house located at 75 Main Street in Port William. It features a single-storey wing attached to the north side and is constructed of painted rubble with painted margins.
On the west elevation facing Main Street, there is a centrally located doorway with a modern door. The windows are arranged in a regular pattern. The wing to the left has a window on the right, a blocked doorway in the center, and a garage door on the left.
The north elevation shows the wing that is adjoined to No 73 Main Street. The south elevation is gabled and blank, with a tall painted rubble wall to the right. It has modern glazing, red sandstone coped skews, and partly painted rubble gablehead stacks. The house is covered with purple slates, while the wing has graded grey slates and the rear slope of the main roof is finished with concrete tiles.
Local climate
The Bield, 75 Main Street, Port William sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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