Cottages, Balgray Home Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1988. Cottage.

Cottages, Balgray Home Farm

WRENN ID
fallow-portal-jackdaw
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1988
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NY 146 866
Coordinates
55.16637, -3.34148
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balgray Home Farm features two cottages from the early 19th century, designed in an unusual symmetrical layout. The cottages consist of a two-storey inner range with canted ends, flanked by altered single-storey bays on either side. They are constructed of whitewashed rubble, accented with contrasting painted ashlar margins. The canted bays have sash windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern. There is a central door on the west side, while the south bay has an east-facing door. The north bay has been widened in both directions. The cottages have wall-head stacks and piended slate roofs, mostly covered with graded slates, which sweep over the additions and feature leaded finials.

Local climate

Cottages, Balgray Home Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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