Former Control Tower, Dumfries And Galloway Aviation Museum, Heathall Industrial Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 October 2006. Museum, control tower.
Former Control Tower, Dumfries And Galloway Aviation Museum, Heathall Industrial Estate
- WRENN ID
- small-tracery-spindle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 October 2006
- Type
- Museum, control tower
- OS grid reference
- NX 999 785
- Coordinates
- 55.09114, -3.56844
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The former control tower at the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, located in Heathall Industrial Estate, was built in 1941. This three-storey, three-bay structure has a flat roof and a square plan, typical of Second World War control towers, and is currently used as a museum. The building features smooth cement rendered brick and has multi-pane metal casement and top-hopper windows. A cantilevered balcony extends along the northwest elevation, wrapping around the outer corners, with an external metal stair leading to the roof on the northeast elevation. The northwest elevation has regular window placement, while the remaining elevations reflect the interior layout. The interior retains its original room plan, with the main control station located on the third storey, which provides access to the exterior balcony and the roof.
Local climate
Former Control Tower, Dumfries And Galloway Aviation Museum, Heathall Industrial Estate 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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