Drumlanrig Walled Garden And Cottages, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Walled garden, cottages.

Drumlanrig Walled Garden And Cottages, Drumlanrig Estate

WRENN ID
grey-roof-reed
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
Type
Walled garden, cottages
OS grid reference
NX 859 983
Coordinates
55.26618, -3.7966
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Drumlanrig Walled Garden and Cottages, built around 1822, features a large quadrangular walled garden with a yard to the north that encloses potting sheds and outbuildings, along with three adjoining single-storey cottages. The garden walls are constructed of brick and topped with ashlar coping, featuring archways with a central gate on each wall. Temporary animal pen lean-tos currently line the inner walls, while original lean-to potting and boiler sheds are attached to the outer north wall, and modern animal pens are on the outer south wall. A small "triumphal arch" serves as the west gate, and the north gate is pedimented with paired pilasters. The yard is enclosed by a rubble-built wall with ashlar coping and square gatepiers.

The cottages were built in at least three phases and are arranged in a rough T-plan. Each cottage has three bays with a central door and is made of stugged red ashlar with polished dressings. The original south-facing cottage features 16-pane glazing, while the other north-facing cottages, which were likely doubled in depth in the late 19th century, are arranged symmetrically. The inner two bays on the north elevation are advanced and include tripartite windows. All cottages have sash windows with small-paned glazing, coped stacks, and piended roofs covered with graded slates.

Local climate

Drumlanrig Walled Garden And Cottages, 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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