Gardener's Cottage, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Gardener's Cottage, Drumlanrig Estate

WRENN ID
former-soffit-elm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NX 853 991
Coordinates
55.27312, -3.80627
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gardener's Cottage, located on the Drumlanrig Estate, dates from the earlier to mid-19th century. This single-storey cottage features three bays and has rear wings. It is constructed of stugged pink ashlar and includes a base course. The south elevation has a central door with a fanlight, flanked by two bays. Throughout the cottage, there are sash windows with 12-pane glazing. The piended roof is arranged in an E-plan and is topped with two symmetrically placed corniced axial stacks, all covered with graded slates.

Local climate

Gardener's Cottage, 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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