Stables, Knockhill House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Stables, Knockhill House
- WRENN ID
- burning-moulding-wax
- 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 165 740
- Coordinates
- 55.05363, -3.30714
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
These stables, likely dating to around 1777 and contemporary with the doorpiece of Knockhill House, comprise a U-shaped layout arranged around a small, narrow courtyard. The stables are a single storey in height, with lofts above. Their construction utilises painted rubble with contrasting ashlar margins.
The north range features a piended roof, swept down at the north end over the stables. The parallel ranges each have a segmental-arched cartway and a small oculus window in their south-facing gables. A modern glazed roof covers part of the courtyard. The remaining roofs are slated and swept to accommodate horizontal roof ventilators.
Local climate
Stables, Knockhill House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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