Walled Garden Greenhouse, Closeburn Mains is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. 2 related planning applications.
Walled Garden Greenhouse, Closeburn Mains
- WRENN ID
- tall-niche-rush
- 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
- Address
- Walled Garden Greenhouse, Closeburn Mains, DG3 5HH
- OS grid reference
- NX 908 926
- Coordinates
- 55.2158, -3.71745
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Walled Garden at Closeburn Mains dates from the mid to late 18th century and is a large, quadrangular structure. It features tall walls made of rubble with red ashlar coping that rises at the north end. There are segmental and square-headed gates located to the north and south. Against the north wall, there is a range of glass houses, along with a boiler house and a shed situated behind them.
Local climate
Walled Garden Greenhouse, Closeburn Mains sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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