Cally Bathhouse and Cistern, Cally Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 August 2017. Bath house.

Cally Bathhouse and Cistern, Cally Estate

WRENN ID
under-casement-russet
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 August 2017
Type
Bath house
OS grid reference
NX 606 549
Coordinates
54.86992, -4.17229
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Cally Bathhouse and Cistern, located on the Cally Estate beside a stream in woodland to the east of the walled garden at Cally Palace Hotel, is a rustic structure likely dating to the early 19th century or possibly the late 18th century. It is constructed of mixed stone rubble. The northeast elevation features an entrance with a rough tooled ashlar doorway and cast iron pins that once held a door or iron grille, which has since been removed. The roof and sides of the building are covered with piled earth and turf.

Inside, the bathhouse consists of a single room measuring approximately 2 by 3 metres, with a barrel vaulted ceiling made of red brick. The room contains a sunken, lead-lined bath that measures 180 by 90 centimetres and is 67 centimetres deep. Water flows continuously into the bath from a below-ground cistern or settling tank located to the east (rear) of the building, entering through an overflow pipe. There are two outlet pipes on the downhill side of the bath, one positioned above the other. The lower pipe connects to a below-ground stopcock valve to the west. The pipework is mainly made of cast iron, with some sections of lead.

Local climate

Cally Bathhouse and Cistern, Cally Estate 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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