Former Stable Block, Dowhill is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 2004. House.

Former Stable Block, Dowhill

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 2004
Type
House
OS grid reference
NT 118 975
Coordinates
56.16256, -3.42111
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The property comprises an 18th century house that was significantly expanded in the earlier 19th century in the style of William Burn. The original house is a simple 3-bay, 2-storey building, still visible in the garden (north) elevation. A large, L-shaped wing with multiple gables was added, wrapping around the north and east elevations to create a country house. The construction uses tooled sandstone with ashlar margins, while the rear of the original house features droved ashlar. Tudor-Gothic hoodmoulds are present above the predominantly multi-paned timber sash and case windows. The roofs are pitched grey slate, with ashlar gabled dormer windows facing the garden. The chimneys are paired and tripled square-plan ashlar stacks with polygonal decorated cans. Decorative 'gothic' cast-iron hoppers are used for the rainwater goods.

The south elevation features an advanced crow-stepped gable on the far left, with a single-storey portico set into the re-entrant angle. The portico has a timber entrance door with lying-pane glazing in the upper section, and a geometric fanlight. A further 2-storey gabled wing is positioned alongside, followed by a succession of advanced single-storey blocks; one with a shaped gable and a heraldic shield, and another with crow-stepped gables topped by a squat ashlar crucifix. First-floor windows break the eaves, with gabled ashlar pediments on the east elevation. The garden elevation has a large canted window at ground level on the gabled wing. The original house is centrally positioned and features an ashlar doorpiece with square-plan columns supporting a gabled pediment, a door similar to that of the principal elevation, and an ornamental buttress rising above the first-floor level on the left. A single-storey wing to the left also has a buttress rising to below the eaves. A late 20th century conservatory has been added to the far left.

To the west of the main house is an L-plan former stable and office block, constructed of random rubble with a pitched slate roof. The north range is now used for domestic purposes, while the west range continues to function as outbuildings. An adjoining rubble wall with lean-to outbuildings encloses the site to the south, with cobblestones in the forecourt.

A ha-ha, marked by a random rubble dry stone dyke, runs to the north, west, and south of the formal gardens. Low, rounded ashlar gate piers with hemispherical caps are situated near the B9097 road.

Local climate

Former Stable Block, Dowhill receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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