Grierson House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 November 1995.
Grierson House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-tracery-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1995
- OS grid reference
- NX 984 740
- Coordinates
- 55.05056, -3.59105
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Grierson House is a two-story villa built in 1932-34 by James Flett, designed as an observation villa. It is an H-plan building with Art Deco detailing. Constructed from bull-faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings, the villa features cill courses, lintel courses, a cornice, and a tall parapet composed of metal balustrading set between moulded ashlar pedestals. Architraved windows are a prominent feature.
The west-facing (garden) elevation has a recessed central block with a glazed verandah supported by cast iron columns. Above are six windows on the first floor, with three-bay advanced end returns. The bays have paired windows to the centre, flanked by single windows, each bay framed by stylized pilasters, and the centre bay surmounted by a moulded parapet.
The north-facing side elevation is symmetrical, displaying eight bays on the ground floor and seven bays on the first floor. A mix of single and paired windows are present, with an architraved door to the far left, incorporating a two-leaf door and fanlight. The south-facing side is a mirror image of the north.
The east-facing (rear) elevation consists of a recessed centre block with advanced wings and symmetrically disposed elevations. The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, and the roof is flat. Cast iron rainwater goods are visible. Modern disabled ramps have been added.
The interior of the building has not been inspected.
References include an unpublished report, 'Survey of Scottish Hospitals,' by Harriet Richardson for Historic Scotland. The statutory address is The Crichton, Grierson/Cairnsmore.
Local climate
Grierson House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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