Firknowe Farm, Skirling is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1978. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Firknowe Farm, Skirling

WRENN ID
stubborn-step-vale
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1978
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Firknowe Farm, Skirling, ML12 6HD
OS grid reference
NT 076 389
Coordinates
55.63548, -3.46853
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Firknowe Farm in Skirling is a one-storey farmhouse with an attic, likely built around 1800. The house features a slated roof with gabled dormers and was formerly painted. There are single-storey end wings, and the property includes an outbuilding made of stone and timber.

Local climate

Firknowe Farm, 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Skirling House, Skirling Grade B 28 m
  2. Joiner's Shop And Store, Skirling Green, Skirling Grade C 37 m
  3. Sundial, Skirling House Grade B 51 m
  4. House On East Side Of Skirling Green, Skirling Grade C 56 m
  5. Skirling Bridge Grade C 66 m
  6. Post Office, The Green, Skirling Grade C 68 m
  7. 1 Loanfoot Cottages, The Green, Skirling Grade C 77 m
  8. 2 Loanfoot Cottages, The Green, Skirling Grade C 88 m
  9. 3 Loanfoot Cottages, The Green, Skirling Grade C 96 m
  10. School And Schoolhouse, Skirling Grade C 97 m