North Craigs is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988.
North Craigs
- WRENN ID
- leaning-spire-pearl
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- OS grid reference
- NY 261 785
- Coordinates
- 55.09566, -3.15856
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
North Craigs Farmhouse is a late 18th century, east-facing, single-storey cottage with three bays, situated on a slope that descends towards the south, below the road. To the east, there is a low steading block, which is also mainly from the 18th century. This steading comprises two wings set at an obtuse angle, abutting the southeast corner of the cottage. The buildings are constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, and the cottage is painted with contrasting margins. The roofs are slated, with a swept design over the roof ventilators at the steading.
The cottage features a central modern door and sash windows with four-pane glazing, along with corniced end stacks. The steading includes a tall barn that adjoins the house, which has a large barn door inserted near the cottage, dated 1827, along with flanking slit ventilators, a door, and a loft window on the east side near the angle. There is one tall bay with a blocked cart opening that returns around the angle into the easternmost wing. The remainder of the steading is single storey and has two doors with lintels dated 1754 and 1818.
Local climate
North Craigs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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