Croftheads is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987. Farmhouse, steading.
Croftheads
- WRENN ID
- ruined-sill-hyssop
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse, steading
- OS grid reference
- NY 171 661
- Coordinates
- 54.98341, -3.29614
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Croftheads is a farmhouse built mainly in the early 19th century, accompanied by a steading. The building features whitewashed rubble with ashlar dressings, and the roofs are primarily covered with graded slates.
The house, which forms the southern boundary of the farm court, is two storeys high with five bays, although the two western bays are not original. A mid-19th century porch is centrally located on the original house, which has modern glazing and end stacks. There is a rear wing and outshots that lead to the courtyard.
The steading is relatively unaltered and consists of two L-plan blocks that are separated to the north by a driveway. The eastern block includes a tall barn and a cartshed with a loft in the lower returning range, while the other block is mainly single storey.
Local climate
Croftheads sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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