Gatepiers And Boundary Wall, Eskdalemuir Observatory is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 July 1988.

Gatepiers And Boundary Wall, Eskdalemuir Observatory

WRENN ID
forbidden-baluster-saffron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 July 1988
OS grid reference
NT 235 026
Coordinates
55.31174, -3.20553
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gatepiers and boundary wall form part of the original grounds of Eskdalemuir Observatory. Constructed between 1904 and 1908, they are thought to be the work of W T Oldrieve. The boundary wall is built of rubble and features tall, regularly-spaced battered piers, with the gatepiers at the south-east corner similarly treated.

Local climate

Gatepiers And Boundary Wall, Eskdalemuir Observatory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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