Westerhall Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Former stables.

Westerhall Farm

WRENN ID
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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
Type
Former stables
OS grid reference
NY 324 890
Coordinates
55.19075, -3.06262
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Westerhall Farm is likely from the late 18th century, with alterations including a garage block added after 1911. The farm consists of a stable court and three main blocks arranged in a U-shape, featuring a symmetrical south front and a smaller detached block to the north. It is a single storey with lofts, constructed from whitewashed rubble with ashlar margins.

The south elevation includes a central garage block, which replaces the original quadrant walls and resembles a traditional stables block. It has sliding timber doors leading to the courtyard, a central segmental-arched pend, and flanking windows. Square stacks are positioned over the corners, and there are axial roof ventilators. Narrow bays connect the end walls of the outer ranges, which each have a loft opening above an off-centre ground-floor window.

The east range has been converted into two houses, with the first-floor windows raised above the eaves and featuring semi-circular dormer heads. There is a single porch and slappings on the east wall.

The south range has three wide bays facing the court, with a square loft opening above each door, one of which is blocked. The windows are mostly small-paned sashes, and the roofs are primarily slate, with a piended design. The detached block consists of three bays and has two inner doors, one of which is blocked, beneath an arched loft window.

Local climate

Westerhall Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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