Gatepiers, Kirkconnel House is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Gatepiers.
Gatepiers, Kirkconnel House
- WRENN ID
- deep-iron-moon
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NX 979 681
- Coordinates
- 54.99704, -3.59725
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gatepiers at Kirkconnel House date from the early 19th century and consist of four corniced octagonal piers, with the inner piers being larger than the outer ones. They are made of painted ashlar stone and are complemented by wrought-iron gates and railings that feature ball-finialed rails.
Local climate
Gatepiers, Kirkconnel House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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