Howes Scaur is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987. Farmhouse.
Howes Scaur
- WRENN ID
- south-vault-gold
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NY 184 671
- Coordinates
- 54.9924, -3.27632
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Howes Scaur is a single-storey, three-bay farmhouse built in the earlier to mid-19th century, forming the southern range of a courtyard steading. The building features whitewashed rubble with ashlar dressings and contrasting margins. It has sash windows and prominent stacks with diamond flues. A gabled, full-height central porch is located at the re-entrant angle of the house, which has square-headed openings. The steading remains largely unaltered and is topped with slate roofs.
Local climate
Howes Scaur 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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