Manse, Skirling is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Manse.
Manse, Skirling
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-jade-pigeon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1971
- Type
- Manse
- OS grid reference
- NT 074 388
- Coordinates
- 55.63464, -3.47232
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Manse in Skirling is a two-storey building with creamwashed harling and stone quoins. It features three sash windows set in stone frames and has a piended roof. To the right, there is an arched porch, and the property includes a walled garden. At the back, a parallel gabled range extends from the main structure. The core of the building dates from around 1803, but it was largely remodeled in 1837.
Local climate
Manse, Skirling sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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