Archbank Farm is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Barn.
Archbank Farm
- WRENN ID
- hollow-stone-wax
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NT 090 067
- Coordinates
- 55.34666, -3.43501
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Archbank Farm is a tall barn, likely built in the late 18th century, located at the northern end of the steading courtyard. The barn features a water wheel and thrashing machinery that are both still intact. It is constructed from mostly whitewashed whin rubble and has two storeys, built against a bank with a west gable opening at the upper level. There are two small windows on each level facing the courtyard and three doorways at the ground level. The north wall contains a wheel house with an overshot cast-iron wheel that has wooden buckets. The lade is carried underground through a fireclay pipe, and a wooden lever operates the sluice through a window above the wheelhouse. The roof is made of slate, with graded slates on the northern side.
Local climate
Archbank Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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