Gardener's House, Walled Gardens, Raehills House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. 1 related planning application.

Gardener's House, Walled Gardens, Raehills House

WRENN ID
late-pediment-vermeil
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
OS grid reference
NY 067 938
Coordinates
55.23018, -3.46832
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Gardener's House, located within the walled gardens of Raehills House, was likely built around 1834, possibly by William Burn. The gardens now form a symmetrical arrangement with two walled enclosures, the northern one dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. A central courtyard is bisected by a high wall containing a basket archway. This archway abuts the front wall of a single-story cottage to the north and faces a long range of lean-to potting sheds to the south. An entrance to the western court is flanked by hoodmoulded and round-headed garden gateways and by circular ornamental "sentinel boxes". A conical-roofed, circular structure, potentially a fruit store, is situated at the southeast angle of the inner court.

The main elevations of the principal buildings are faced in red ashlar, while the remainder is mostly rubble-built, with slate roofs. The cottage has three bays and a piended porch to the court, set within the re-entrant angle of the dividing wall and supported by a single Doric column. The cottage features sash windows with a vertical glazing pattern and end stacks. Low flanking wings are present; the western wing is largely concealed within the walled garden, although it has dummy slits, while the eastern wing is adjoined by a recessed range of sheds.

The garden walls enclose each area and feature curved end walls furthest from the courtyard. The southern enclosure has high, rubble-built walls, while the northern enclosure primarily consists of brick walls with plain iron railings. A smaller, ashlar-walled enclosure is located at the south, nearest the house.

Local climate

Gardener's House, Walled Gardens, Raehills House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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