Cottages, Drumelzier is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Cottage.

Cottages, Drumelzier

WRENN ID
solemn-hammer-curlew
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
Cottage
OS grid reference
NT 135 342
Coordinates
55.59376, -3.37299
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an L-shaped range of cottages built from whinstone, which includes a smithy. The buildings likely date back to the 18th century.

Local climate

Cottages, Drumelzier sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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