Oakley House, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
Oakley House, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright
- WRENN ID
- eastward-ledge-harvest
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oakley House, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4AH
- OS grid reference
- NX 682 507
- Coordinates
- 54.83396, -4.05258
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Oakley House, located on St Mary Street in Kirkcudbright, was built between 1804 and 1809 for John Walker. This two-storey, three-bay detached house features a two-storey curved bow window on its south side. The structure is made of painted rubble, with painted margins and droved quoins. In the later 19th century, an additional bay was added to the west side, and a conservatory was added in the late 20th or early 21st century.
The entrance on the east side has a central pedimented doorpiece with a timber door and a fanlight above. The south elevation includes a tripartite opening in the bow section at ground floor level, which has a cill band above it.
The windows are timber sash and case frames, mostly featuring a 12-pane glazing pattern. There are also some later, non-traditional dormer windows located at the rear and side of the house. The roof is piended and covered with slates, and it has three corniced chimneystacks topped with clay cans.
Local climate
Oakley House, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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