Well House, Soaperie Gardens, Kirkcudbright is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 May 1981. Well.

Well House, Soaperie Gardens, Kirkcudbright

WRENN ID
little-pillar-yew
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 May 1981
Type
Well
OS grid reference
NX 684 510
Coordinates
54.83684, -4.05007
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Well House, located in Soaperie Gardens, Kirkcudbright, was built in 1854. This square-plan wellhead is constructed of red sandstone and is situated over an earlier well. It features a modillioned cornice beneath a castellated parapet.

Local climate

Well House, Soaperie Gardens, Kirkcudbright sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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