South Lodge, Duncow House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. 1 related planning application.

South Lodge, Duncow House

WRENN ID
former-garret-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 1986
OS grid reference
NX 970 826
Coordinates
55.12726, -3.61677
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

South Lodge, part of Duncow House, was probably built around 1878. It is a single-story building with an attic, designed in an L-shape and incorporating Jacobean architectural details. The lodge is constructed from rough-cut red sandstone ashlar with smoother, polished dressings. It features a canted (angled) ground floor window and a single window in the north and west gable roofs. A wide eaves band is built into the roofline to resemble a parapet; a gabled porch with a decorative rope-moulded entrance is set into the angle between the north-facing walls. All main gables are topped with decorative finials and shaped crow-steps. A dormer window is present on the north wall. The building has chimney stacks with curved tops and a slate roof.

The entrance is marked by square, red ashlar gate piers with pyramidal caps. Decorative cast-iron gates and railings are also present, along with curved low walls; the wall to the south is taller and includes two blind slits (decorative, non-opening windows). Both the lodge and gate piers are inscribed with the letters 'CJ' (or possibly 'JC'). The nearby stables are dated 1878, suggesting the lodge was built around the same time.

Local climate

South Lodge, Duncow House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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