Chapel Farmhouse And Steading, Durisdeer is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Farmhouse, steading.
Chapel Farmhouse And Steading, Durisdeer
- WRENN ID
- hushed-solder-pigeon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, steading
- OS grid reference
- NS 880 054
- Coordinates
- 55.33036, -3.76597
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Chapel Farmhouse and Steading, built around 1830, is a courtyard steading with the farmhouse located at the west end of the south range. The structure is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings, painted, and has a roof made of graded slates.
The farmhouse was originally a single-storey, three-bay cottage that was enlarged, likely by Charles Howitt around 1860. This enlargement included the addition of a south wing against the westernmost bay, a porch in the re-entrant angle, and the walls were heightened with saw-toothed skews. It features sash windows with lying pane glazing and end stacks.
The steading includes a tall north range that houses a barn, a cartshed, and a three-bay stable with glazed loft openings. The other ranges are all single-storey; the west and south ranges are adjacent to the house, with a haybarn built against the west wall of the former and a cart opening at the east end of the latter. The east range has most of its openings blocked. There is also a small detached shed within the courtyard next to the house, and the courtyard itself is cobbled.
Local climate
Chapel Farmhouse And Steading, Durisdeer sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 61 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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