Dowding House, Old Well Road, Moffat is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1981. School. 5 related planning applications.

Dowding House, Old Well Road, Moffat

WRENN ID
roaming-span-dust
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 February 1981
Type
School
Address
Dowding House, Old Well Road, Moffat, DG10 9AW
OS grid reference
NT 086 054
Coordinates
55.33417, -3.44229
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dowding House, located on Old Well Road in Moffat, is an earlier 19th-century building that has undergone later alterations and additions. It features a symmetrical front with two storeys and three bays, finished in harled and whitewashed render.

The entrance is highlighted by a Doric portico situated in the projecting central bay, with a window located above it. On either side of the entrance, there are two-storey canted bays that have parapets which break the eavesline. The roof is piended and slated, with stacks at both ends.

To the west, there is a recessed two-storey wing with two windows, which has a later addition that is also two storeys high and consists of one bay that advances from the main structure.

Local climate

Dowding House, Old Well Road, Moffat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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