West Range, Farmsteading, Highstenries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987.
West Range, Farmsteading, Highstenries
- WRENN ID
- ghost-gateway-meadow
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1987
- OS grid reference
- NY 289 769
- Coordinates
- 55.08229, -3.11382
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century farmhouse accompanied by a courtyard farmsteading, including a notable barn dated 1778. The buildings have been altered and extended over time and are constructed primarily of whitewashed rubble with ashlar dressings, and roofs largely covered with graded slates.
The farmhouse is a two-story, three-bay building with a large, wide-gabled wing situated centrally on the south front. A central porch provides access to the courtyard. Chimneys are located at each end of the building.
The west range of the steading, with its mid-18th century barn, is the principal element. The barn features a depressed-arched doorway with a key block in the centre, flanked by slit ventilators. A 19th-century L-shaped range is integrated to the barn's north gable. A separate range extends to the east. The farmsteading is listed because of the high quality of the barn.
Local climate
West Range, Farmsteading, Highstenries sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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